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Where Stars light the Screen Deckchair Cinema screens films 7 nights a week from April until November. We are open nightly from 6.30pm, with films starting promptly at the advertised time. You can bring your own food, but remember you cannot bring your own alcohol. We are a fully licensed venue and our bar opens from 6.30pm nightly. Our nightly caterers are:

Sunday Trina’s Catering Monday Incredible India Tuesday Trina’s Catering Wednesday Hanuman Thursday Fundraiser catering Friday Hanuman Saturday Incredible India Buy tickets online at www.deckchaircinema.com to skip the queue; we don’t charge an online booking fee! Otherwise buy tickets at our Box Office nightly from 6.30pm (sorry we cannot process in-person purchases outside of our Box Office hours, or telephone bookings). Single Double Sessions Tickets (weekends only) Adults $16 $24 Concession* $12 $18 Members* $10 $15 Children (5-15) $8 $12 Family – 2 adults and 2 children $35 $55 * ID required Become a member of the Darwin Film Society and over your 12 month membership you get: t 4 FREE tickets per year t 4 FREE members screenings per year t A MASSIVE $6 discount off the adult ticket price t And MUCH MORE! See website for more details and to purchase. Jervois Road, Darwin Waterfront

FREE parking at Deckchair and on the Esplanade.

Only a short walk from town, take the scenic Damoe Ra Park walkway to the cinema (just before Parliament Program 4, 2014 House). Thursday 25 September - Sunday 16 November

Sunday 28 September We’re celebrating 20 years of Deckchair Cinema with a special presentation by Corrugated Iron, who are celebrating their 30th birthday. Enjoy a feast of theatre and dance tonight both on screen and down our aisles! Plus a special Propeller short film from the Foundation of Young Australians tonight. Proceeds from this evening’s ticket sales will be donated by the Darwin Film Society to Corrugated Iron Youth Arts.

FREE entry for children and students.* (ID required)

Friday 31 October Spooky Halloween vibes are all around tonight with a double feature of freaky films What We Do in the Shadows and Predestination. Come dressed in your best Halloween costume/ outfit for your chance to win signed posters, DVDs and other prizes.

14 & 15 November, gates open 5pm The 15th annual home grown competition, awards and film festival features a feast of Territory talent from filmmakers to actors and musicians. Each year short films of all genres, and music clips, capture a slice of Territory life. The GOLDEN GALAH AWARDS (just like the OSCARS®, only different) acknowledges and rewards outstanding filmmakers inspiring and advancing careers. Come for a night of laughs and local talent.

CLOSING NIGHT - Sunday 16 November 7.30pm Celebrate another fantastic year in film at Deckchair on our Closing Night with this nostalgic 1953 French comedy classic. Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati himself) takes a seaside holiday where he unwittingly gets caught up in a montage of mishaps giving the film its episodic feel. French with English subtitles.

MEDIA SUPPORTER OPERATED BY Where Stars light the Screen 20,000 Days on Earth (MA15+) 97m My Sweet Pepper Land (M) 90m Program 4, 2014 2014, Iain Forsyth | Jane Pollard, UK 2013, Hiner Saleem, 17 & 26 Oct 28 Oct & 7 Nov Thursday 25 September - Sunday 16 November A combination of drama and reality When hero and sheriff of a small, spanning 24 hours in the life of Nick lawless town on the border of Iran, Cave. A documentary that looks at Turkey and Iraq refuses to bow to the artistic process of this Australian the local warlord he must find an musician, songwriter, author and unexpected ally in a female school screenwriter. teacher. Arabic with English subtitles. SEPTEMBER 22 Jump Street (MA 15+) 112m Predestination (MA15+) 97m Thurs 25-Sep 7:30pm The Hundred-Foot Journey 2014, Phil Lord | Christopher Miller, 2014, The Spierig Brothers, Heart Foundation PG 122 USA 22 & 31 Oct Fri 26-Sep 7:30pm Once My Mother PG 73 1 & 10 Nov A time-travel thriller as Temporal Agent 9:10pm The Grand Budapest Hotel M 100 Partners Schmidt and Jenko are pursues a terrorist that has eluded him back on the trail of the bad guys as throughout time. A tale of twists and Sat 27-Sep 7:30pm Belle and Sebastian PG 99 undercover college students attempting secrets eventually unravelling his true 9:30pm All This Mayhem MA15+ 104 to infiltrate a group of drug dealers identity. operating on campus. Sun 28-Sep 7:30pm Around the Block M 104 Once My Mother (PG) 73m with NT short: Tiwi and the Dutch Aladdin (G) 86m 2013, Sophia Turkiewicz, Australia Mon 29-Sep 7:30pm Begin Again M 104 1992, Ron Clements | John Musker, 26 Sept & 14 Oct Tues 30-Sep 7:30pm Jersey Boys M 134 USA Acclaimed director Sophia Turkiewicz 5 Oct looks back at her mother’s life from OCTOBER Robin Williams’ voice of ‘Genie’ is the gulag to refugee camp and finally main event in Disney classic Aladdin. , and tries to understand her Wed 1-Oct 7:30pm Galore MA15+ 103 Aladdin’s whole life changes with one mother’s reasoning for placing her in an Thurs 2-Oct 7:30pm Rio 2 G 101 rub of a mystic lamp from which the orphanage. fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears Fundraiser: Camp Quality and grants him three wishes. Reaching for the Moon (M) 114m Fri 3-Oct 7:30pm The Last Impresario M 87 2014, Bruno Barreto, Brazil 9.15pm Jersey Boys M 134 All This Mayhem (MA 15+) 104m 27 Oct, 7 & 11 Nov Sat 4-Oct 7:30pm Galore MA15+ 103 2014, Eddie Martin, Australia Based on the real-life romance of 27 Sept & 6 Oct American Pulitzer-winning poet 9:35pm Healing M 119 ’s Pappas brothers took Elizabeth Bishop and famous Brazilian Sun 5-Oct 7:30pm Aladdin G 86 skateboarding by storm defeating Tony architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Brazil with NT short: Our Camel Hawk and becoming world champions, in the mid-20th century is a seductive but soon fell from grace. Told through a backdrop to this love affair. 9.20pm Good Morning Vietnam M 121 series of interviews and archive footage. Robin Williams Tribute Rock the Casbah (M) 99m Listen to 105.7 ABC Darwin to WIN tickets Around the Block (M) 103m 2014, Laila Marrakchi, France 2013, Sarah Spillane, Australia|USA Mon 6-Oct 7:30pm All This Mayhem MA15+ 104 2, 8 & 12 Nov 28 Sept & 11 Oct A bittersweet comedy that plays out Tues 7-Oct 7:30pm Begin Again M 104 A feast of Australian music, dance and around the funeral of a Moroccan Wed 8-Oct 7:30pm Jersey Boys M 134 theatre as a drama teacher introduces family’s patriarch. Sparks fly when Shakespeare to her Aboriginal students Thurs 9-Oct 7:30pm Grease PG 108 daughter Sofia returns from LA, and and her young protégé is torn between tensions are revealed. French with Fundraiser: Top End Early Learning Centre his growing love of acting and the English subtitles Fri 10-Oct 7:30pm Begin Again M 104 pressures on his family. 9.35pm The Selfish Giant MA15+ 91 Siddharth (CTC) 96m Begin Again (M) 104m 2013, Richie Mehta, India Sat 11-Oct 7:30pm Siddharth CTC 96 2014, John Carney, USA 11, 18 & 24 Oct 9.30pm Around the Block M 104 29 Sept, 7 & 10 Oct Working on Delhi’s busy streets is tough Sun 12-Oct 7:30pm Belle and Sebastian PG 99 The latest from the crowd-pleasing for Mahendra who, despite child labour director of Once comes another tale laws, is forced to send his 12-year old with NT short: Paper Elephant of love and music. When Gretta is son, Siddharth, to work, and when he Mon 13-Oct 7:30pm The Selfish Giant MA15+ 91 dumped by her partner and songwriting doesn’t return, abduction by traffickers Tues 14-Oct 7:30pm Once My Mother PG 73 collaborator, she goes solo and a is feared. Hindi with English subtitles. chance encounter with disgraced Wed 15-Oct 7:30pm The Grand Budapest Hotel M 100 record-label exec leads her on a new (MA15+) 126m Thurs 16-Oct 7:30pm The Dish M 101 musical path. 2014, Bong Joon-Ho, USA 25 Oct, 3 & 13 Nov Fundraiser: Young Engineers Belle and Sebastian (PG) 99m Fri 17-Oct 7:30pm 20,000 Days on Earth MA15+ 97 A visually stunning sci-fi action story 2013, Nicolas Vanier, France highlighting society’s inequalities 9:30pm The Last Impresario M 87 27 Sept & 12 Oct through the earth’s sole survivors who Sat 18-Oct 7:30pm Siddharth CTC 96 In this sweet tale of innocence and are on a train where the carriages are companionship, set during WWII, a divided by class. and star 9:30pm What We Do in the Shadows M 86 young boy befriends a large mountain cast in peak performance. Sun 19-Oct 7:30pm Healing M 119 dog which locals believe is savage. with NT short: Our Journey French with English subtitles. The Boxtrolls (PG) 100m Mon 20-Oct 7:30pm Jersey Boys M 134 2014, Graham Annable | Anthony Galore (MA15+) 103m Stacchi, USA Tues 21-Oct 7:30pm The Selfish Giant MA15+ 91 2014, Rhys Graham, Australia 24 Oct & 1 Nov Wed 22-Oct 7:30pm Predestination MA15+ 97 1 & 4 Oct The gorgeous animation and heart- Thurs 23-Oct 7:30pm Home Alone PG 99 Best friends Billie and Laura share warming story of The Boxtrolls is a everything together, but Billie’s only Fundraiser: Stuart Park Primary School treat for all ages as these beings must secret is she loves, and is sleeping head above ground in broad daylight to Fri 24-Oct 7:30pm The Boxtrolls PG 100 with, Laura’s boyfriend Danny. As the protect orphaned boy ‘Eggs’. 9:30pm Siddharth CTC 96 Australian summer heats up so too does their love triangle. Sat 25-Oct 7:30pm The Zero Theorem M 106 The Grand Budapest Hotel (M) 100m Wes Anderson, 2014, USA 9:35pm Snowpiercer MA15+ 126 Good Morning Vietnam (M) 121m 26 Sept & 15 Oct Sun 26-Oct 7:30pm 20,000 Days on Earth MA15+ 97 1988, Barry Levinson, USA Wes Anderson’s tale of a legendary with NT short: 2258 Darwin City Police 5 Oct concierge at a famous (yet fictitious) Robin Williams reigns supreme as radio European hotel and all its colourful Mon 27-Oct 7:30pm Reaching for the Moon M 114 DJ assigned to motivate the Vietnam characters. Back by popular demand. Tues 28-Oct 7:30pm My Sweet Pepper Land M 90 War troops. His dynamite style, blaring tunes and comic improv suits listeners The Last Impresario (M) 87m Wed 29-Oct 7:30pm Like Father, Like Son PG 121 but not superiors, so he must fight to Thurs 30-Oct 7:30pm How To Train Your Dragon 2 PG 102 stay on air. 2014, Gracie Otto, USA 3 & 17 Oct Fundraiser: Razzle Basketball Club Healing (M) 119m Film and stage producer, , Fri 31-Oct 7:30pm What We Do in the Shadows M 86 is the most famous person you’ve never 2014, Craig Monahan, Australia 9:20pm Predestination MA15+ 97 heard of. Until now. This documentary 4 & 19 Oct is a look back at his life from success Come dressed to impress to win prizes! At the end of a 16-long year jail term to bankruptcy and debauchery with his an inmate is allowed to see out the famous friends in between. NOVEMBER remainder of his sentence in a low level prison working with injured game birds. The Selfish Giant (MA15+) 91m Sat 1-Nov 7:30pm The Boxtrolls PG 100 A tale of redemption. 9:30pm 22 Jump Street MA15+ 112 2013, Clio Barnard, UK 10, 13 & 21 Oct Sun 2-Nov 7:30pm Rock the Casbah M 99 Jersey Boys (M) 134m A contemporary fable about two with NT short: Weird Pies, Strange Pastries and 2014, Clint Eastwood, USA 13-year-old working-class friends in the Love Buns for Lost Vitality 30 Sept, 3, 8 & 20 Oct UK who seek fortune by getting involved Brought to the big screen under the with a local scrap dealer and criminal, Mon 3-Nov 7:30pm Snowpiercer MA15+ 126 watchful eye of Clint Eastwood, this is leading to tragic consequences. Tues 4-Nov 7:30pm Like Father, Like Son PG 121 the story of Frankie Valley and The Four Seasons and their humble beginnings The Zero Theorem (M) 106m Wed 5-Nov 7:30pm The Zero Theorem M 106 in New Jersey to become one of the Thurs 6-Nov 7:30pm Radical Reels CTC 180 biggest bands of the 1960s. 2014, , France | Romania | UK Tickets at http://radicalreels.com.au/ 25 Oct & 5 Nov Fri 7-Nov 7:30pm My Sweet Pepper Land M 90 Like Father, Like Son (PG) 121m In this colourful sci-fi film a computer 2013, Kore-Eda Hirokazu, Japan 9:25pm Reaching for the Moon M 114 genius is tasked with discovering the 29 Oct, 4 & 9 Nov meaning of life, or lack thereof, but Sat 8-Nov 7:30pm Rock the Casbah A random blood test uncovers that instead discovers his own reason Members Free Screening M 99 Ryota’s son is actually someone else’s for being thanks to continuous leaving parents of both swapped boys human distractions thrown at him by 9:30pm What We Do in the Shadows M 86 to examine what family really means. Management. Sun 9-Nov 7:30pm Like Father, Like Son PG 121 Japanese with English subtitles. with NT short: Song for Grace What We Do in the Shadows (M) 86m Mr Hulot’s Holiday (G) 83m Mon 10-Nov 7:30pm 22 Jump Street MA15+ 112 2014, Jermain Clerment | Taika 1953, Jacques Tati, France Waititi, New Zealand Tues 11-Nov 7:30pm Reaching for the Moon M 114 16 Nov - CLOSING NIGHT 18, 31 Oct, 8 Nov Wed 12-Nov 7:30pm Rock the Casbah M 99 Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati himself) An elusive group of vampires living in Thurs 13-Nov 7:30pm Snowpiercer MA15+ 126 takes a seaside holiday where he Wellington have allowed a film crew to unwittingly gets caught up in a montage follow them. This spoof documentary Fri 14-Nov 7:30pm Fist Full of Films Festival: CTC 120 of mishaps giving the film its episodic of provincial slap-stick humour looks at NT Exposure feel. Nostalgic French comedy classic. the modern day struggles of vampires French with English subtitles. Sat 15-Nov 7:30pm Fist Full of Films Festival: CTC 120 adapting to 21st century life. Galah Awards Sun 16-Nov 7:30pm Mr Hulot’s Holiday G 91 with NT short: 2014 Fist Full of Films Winner *Last Screening Fundraiser Special Screening Free to Members www.deckchaircinema.com.au Please note – program information is correct at time of printing. Advertised films may change due to circumstances beyond our control.