ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE DECEMBER 2014 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MYSTERIOUS. DANGEROUS. REPTILIOUS. YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HEROES LIKE THIS. MUSIC SELECTION BRINGING YOU EXCLUSIVE TAILORED TUNES RIGHT HERE ON SAA! INTERVIEW WE SPEAK TO DIRECTOR BIYI BANDELE ABOUT BRINGING ONE OF AFRICA’S ACCLAIMED NOVELS, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, TO THE BIG SCREEN. Remote control handset for Airbus A340-600 / 300 New Releases .............................. 3 Film Collection ............................ 6 Games and Menus Kids Movies ................................. 9 African Choice ........................... 11 Worldwide ................................. 13 December Asian Collection ........................ 15 Highlights Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom 7 TV Features ............................... 19 Classic films, the very latest blockbusters, television favourites “Elf” is a human child that lands up in Santa’s sack during and arts and culture specials are all available as part of SAA’s his Christmas rounds. Raised in the North Pole, he reaches in-flight guide. There’s definitely more than enough to get adulthood and realizes that he is just a little bit taller than Series ........................................ 23 through the long journey ahead. his fellow elves. A yearning to return to his “roots” and meet his biological parents sees him off to New York City where This month will be a year since the passing of Nelson his father is a tough publisher who one wouldn’t expect to Radio Selection .......................... 26 Mandela, one of the 20th century’s most significant figures. embrace his green tunic-wearing son. “Elf” does however His courage in the face of almost impossible adversity and enter Walter’s (Caan) life at a very apposite time – the old Laptop power is available at every seat in Business his willingness to forgive and work with his former enemies man’s company needs a successful children’s book. There Class on board of the Airbus A340-600, A340-300 Audio on Demand ...................... 27 serve as an inspiration to current and future world leaders and are a number of very funny encounters, most significantly and A330-200. citizens around the world. Directed by Justin Chadwick and when Elf meets a Santa at the mall. More than enough laughs based loosely on Madiba’s autobiography of the same name, with a few to spare for December 25th. Games ....................................... 30 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom focuses on key elements of the political leader’s life. We include this film in months line Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were a pair of outlaws who up as a tribute and as remembrance to one of the worlds robbed banks, gas stations and liquor stores across the central greatest icon’s. United States during the years of the Great Depression. There Please refer to the Sawubona Inflight Magazine were various other members of their gang and as a collective The late James Gandolfini will forever be remembered as the they were responsible for the murders of both policemen and for December regional programming on the psychopath gangster willing to go for therapy in HBO’s The civilians. The pair were shot and killed in Louisiana in May Off 110V A319, A320 and B737-800 aircraft. Sopranos. He passed away in June 2013 at the all too young 1934 by a group of Texas Rangers. Even before their deaths, Audio Wait PC Power age of fifty-one having won Emmy and Golden Globe awards Bonnie and Clyde were approaching iconic status, but the hail On 60Hz for his role in the legendary game-changing series. Having of bullets that ended their short lives, gained them immortality. The aircraft type can be identified on the safety inhabited the character of Tony Soprano over the course of so More than twenty thousand people attended Parker’s funeral card in the seat pocket. many seasons, it’s often easy to forget that Gandolfini appeared and floral tributes were sent from across the country. In 1967, in a number of memorable big-screen outings including The director Arthur Penn’s big screen version was released and The sockets are designed for: Mexican and Get Shorty. He stars alongside a broody Tom starred Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. The film gained • 2-pin European plugs Hardy in the screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel unpresidented acclaim and Oscar nominations (10) flowed. Hardy plays a Brooklyn bartender in Michael • 2 or 3-pin USA plugs Animal Rescue. Decades later, the film is seen as a landmark in American R. Roskam’s filmThe Drop. His cousin Marv (Gandolfini) once filmmaking. It’s a must see movie on numerous levels. • Other types/ varieties of plugs will require an owned the joint; it’s subsequently become a “drop” venue appropriate adaptor. for illicit gambling money and run by Chechen gangsters. Right now, you’re already on your way to your chosen • The power supply outlets are intended for Laptops’ and other Gandolfini is suitably brusque – if not a memorable swansong destination. Our entertainment menu could however plan portable electronic devices only. 110V-240Vac 50-60Hz, max then at the very least a last hurrah. an important role in choosing a subsequent end point. While 75W to 100W per seat subject to aircraft type. on board, you can “visit” London, New York and Beijing. With Christmas just around the corner, a slow burning desire Experience the vibrant musical landscape that is South African Recommendations for optimum laptop use: when PC is completely flat, for Yuletide fare may suddenly arise. The obvious concern is music and trace the footsteps of your favourite Hollywood remove battery to run the PC as the power requirement will be too high on a device with a completely flat battery. that so many of these films are barely bearable baloney with stars. And all at the touch of a button. storylines that go south as opposed to the North Pole. Will Ferrell in the title role of Jon Favreau’s 2003 filmElf may not We trust that you’ll get through your preferred entertainment immediately provide a sense of comfort, but when you scan choices before the in-flight system is shut off for the landing. the cast list everything begins to look far brighter. The titular Best to get to it – swiftly. 1 AIRBUS A340-600 / 300 & A330-200 AIRBUS A340-600 / 300 & A330-200 2 NEW RELEASES Get On Up Dolphin Tale 2 Half Of A Yellow Sun GET ON UP TEENAGE MUTANT DOLPHIN TALE 2 MANDELA: LONG WALK JERSEY BOYS Biography, Drama – 138 min NINJA TURTLES Children, Family – 107 min TO FREEDOM Biography, Drama – 134 min Action, Comedy – 99 min Winter’s surrogate mother passes Biography, Drama – 144 min Four young men from the wrong James Brown was one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th Four unlikely outcast brothers rise away and the loss means she can’t Based on Mandela’s autobiography, side of the tracks come together century. Variously known as The Godfather of Soul and The Hardest-Working Man from the sewers and discover their be housed alone, as dolphins need the film spans his exceptional to form an iconic ‘60s rock group. in Show Business, Brown was influential as both a purveyor of musical styles (soul, destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja to be paired with other dolphins. life journey from his early years Their trials and triumphs are funk) and as a stage performer. In the latter role, it is unquestionable that his abilities Turtles. The Turtles must work with Time is running out to find a as a herd boy in rural Transkei accompanied by the hit songs that in front of a live audience were a key inspiration for Michael Jackson along with a fearless reporter April O’Neil to save companion for her before the team to his inauguration as the first influenced a generation. host of other entertainers. Brown’s presence and music also formed part of the the city. at Clearwater lose her to democratically elected President of Rating: R - Edited fabric of the 1960s civil rights movement – Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud Rating: PG-13 - Edited another aquarium. South Africa. Language: English, French, German doesn’t bear explanation. The magnitude of Brown’s ego is similarly legendary. Language: English, Brazilian Portuguese Rating: PG Rating: PG-13 - Edited Language 2: English with Chinese Language 2: English with Chinese Language: English, Latin Spanish, Language: English, French, German Subtitles on Airbus A340-600/300 only The most obvious challenge in delivering a successful biopic is that any individual Subtitles on Airbus A340-600/300 only Brazilian Portuguese Cast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris Cast: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen worth the viewer’s time will inevitably be larger than life. Muhammad Ali and Nelson Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett. Cast: Harry Connick, Jr., Mandela are two very obvious examples but one has to wonder just why a big- Morgan Freeman screen film about Frank Sinatra has never been made. Individuals who achieve this MARVEL’S GUARDIANS THE MAZE RUNNER HALF OF A YELLOW SUN OF THE GALAXY level of popularity have qualities that actors are simply incapable of capturing and THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Drama, Romance – 111 min portraying on screen. Action, Mystery– 113 min Action, Adventure – 122 min Thomas is deposited in a community Drama – 122 min Two sisters return home to ‘60s A band of misfits become the Hassan and his family are displaced Having said that, Chadwick Boseman does an admirable job especially in the dance/ of boys after his memory is erased, Nigeria. As civil war breaks out, object of a bounty hunt after live sequences. Brown was a perfectionist – he often fired band members for missed soon learning they’re all trapped in from India and settle in a village in events loom larger than their stealing an orb coveted by Ronan, cues and his “hardest-working” moniker was thoroughly earned.