As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2016 we selected a number of films to reflect the themes of this year’s event: Pirates, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries.
All films were free to view and no booking was required.
Saturday 5 November (start time: 16:00): Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Starring the late, great Gene Wilder as Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, the visionary chocolate maker!
- Running time: 99 minutes
- Director: Mel Stuart
- Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
- Cert: U. Target audience - open to all; under 16s needed a parent/guardian present
Wednesday 9 November (start time: 20:30): A Hijacking/Kapringen (2012; Danish, with subtitles)
This Danish thriller is about a ship hijacking by modern-day Somali pirates.
- Running time: 99 minutes
- Director: Tobias Lindholm
- Cast: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Dar Salim
- Cert: 15. Target audience - open to over 16s only, interested in serious films and foreign language films
Sunday 13 November (start time: 16:00): The Princess Bride (1987)
The final film in our series featured princesses, pirates, giants, revenge, bandits, true love and impossible feats of endurance and derring-do!
- Running time: 98 minutes
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Cast: Peter Falk, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, André the Giant, Mandy Patinkin
- Cert: PG. Target audience - open to all; under 16s needed a parent/guardian present