Aug 6, 7 – movies: THE GARDENER, OPERATION MINCEMEAT, DOWNTON ABBEY

For early August, Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has three movies. First up is THE GARDENER on Saturday at 5pm and then OPERATION MINCEMEAT at 8pm. And DOWNTON ABBEY on Sunday at 4.30pm

Book online: http://raglanmovies.nz. 

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at these screenings.

Face masks are recommended.

Entry prices: Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).


THE GARDENER

“A soothing and transporting journey sure to inspire gardeners of all stripes to create their own slice of heaven.” – Los Angeles Times

“Doco takes audiences inside Quebec’s famous Les Quatre Vents.” Graeme Tuckett, Stuff/ Waikato Times 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.

THE GARDENER | Documentary, Exempt | 88 mins Canada | English and French with English subtitles

Saturday 6th August 5.00pm
Sunday 4th September 4.30pm

Normal ticket prices of $15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children will apply.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

In THE GARDENER, just before his 86th birthday, influential gardener and horticulturalist Frank Cabot recounted his personal quest for perfection at Les Quatre Vents, his twenty-acre English style garden and summer estate that was opened to a film crew for the first time ever in 2009. Nestled amongst the rolling hills of the Charlevoix County in Quebec, Les Quatre Vents has become one of the world’s foremost private gardens. Created over 75 years and three generations, it is an enchanted place of beauty and surprise, a horticultural masterpiece of the 21st century.

Through the words of Cabot and his family, and with the participation of gardening experts and writers, the film looks back at this remarkable man’s personal story and the artistic philosophy that gave birth to one of the greatest gardens in the world.

Director: Sébastien Chabot (feature debut)

Doc. Exempt 88 mins Canada | English and French with English subtitles


OPERATION MINCEMEAT

Kelly Macdonald and Colin Firth head up the cast in this John Madden-directed WWII drama depicting the events of the titular Allied Forces operation – a deception effort to hide the invasion of Sicily.

NZME, Jen Shieff, “Excellent acting and a good yarn, probably containing many elements of the truth, make Operation Mincemeat well worth seeing. Highly recommended.

Waikato Times/ Stuff, Graeme Tuckett, 4 / 5 Stars. “A great and gripping yarn as British as tea and crumpets”

OPERATION MINCEMEAT |M, Offensive language 128 mins USA

Saturday 6th August 8.00pm
Saturday 20th August 5.00pm

Normal ticket prices of $15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children will apply.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

OPERATION MINCEMEAT is set in 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war – centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.

Director: John Madden (‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Miss Sloane’)
Writer: Michelle Ashford
Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Hattie Morahan, Penelope Wilton, Paul Ritter, Tom Wilkinson

M, Offensive language 128 mins USA


Jul 16, Aug 7: Movie- DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Graeme Tuckett, Stuff, “A solid cinematic victory lap for the beloved series”.

The Legacy Continues. From award-winning creator, Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon.

DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA | PG Coarse language | 125 mins UK, USA

Sunday 7th August 4.30pm

Normal ticket prices of $15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children will apply.

Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.

Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)

Door sales from 30 mins before session times.

Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.

Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.

From award-winning creator, Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. The Crawley family return to the big screen in this second Downton Abbey movie. All the main cast return, as they go on a grand journey. In this much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon the beloved cast reunites as they go to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa.

Director: Simon Curtis
Writer: Julian Fellowes
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Elizabeth McGovern

PG Coarse language | 125 mins UK, USA

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