Film to show to WI

My first thought was Mama Mia.

But how about Les Miserables?

Calendar Girls?

I'm still processing that Mishap has a home cinema ...

What about the new one with Emma Thompson Saving Mr Phillips (I think). Or is that too new? I believe it's smashing.

Ooh I know! Sunshine on Leith.

Lots of thanks - I am looking these up. Couldn't find Mr Phillips, but will keep searching.

The Leith one looks good but is too new to be available for rental.

The home cinema was a treat to himself by my OH when his Dad died and some money came our way. We live in a home that was once two cottages and we live in one side and the other is just one room in which there is home cinema equipment. It gives a lot of pleasure, and as he is not fit enough for wild hobbies and holidays it has been a real blessing.

Got it! - saving Mr Banks! unfortunately that too is not on release till March, but many thanks for the idea.

How about ...A Walk in the Clouds...

It is a 1995 American romantic drama film...the film is about a young soldier returning home from World War II who is looking to settle down and start a family with the woman he impulsively married just before enlisting. and is based on the 1942 Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds, written by Piero Tellini,

It really is a story you will remember

The Trip to Bountiful is a moving film....

Why not go back to some classics that are not often seen, Lawrence of Arabia, Ryans Daughter.....

The Blues Brothers, the first one.

I rather liked 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'. Pity Philomena isn't out yet. 'The Help' was good as well.

Or The Artist? I defy anyone not to like that one.

Teehee I mixed up the film titles because Tom Hanks is in Captain Phillips and in Saving Mr Banks. Sunshine on Leith is a lovely, lovely, feelgood movie.

Your home cinema seems like a marvelous investment. I just remembered too that there is a thread on the forums about 'memorable movies', there must be loads on there you could check out. Good luck, what fun use of your home cinema.

Thanks everyone - some brilliant ideas here!

I liked 'Summer in February' as well, although it was rather sad.

Miss Pettigrew lives for a day.

Some like it Hot, though I imagine most WI members who'd enjoy it, know it almost word for word. It still makes me laugh.
Saving Mr Banks - wonderful film, and one to show once it's out on DVD

Driving Miss Daisy ?
Fabulous movie !

I used to run 'film evenings' for our W.I. (a few friends round to share a DVD) and I found that almost anything went so if you like it Mishap then the chances are they will. They weren't too averse to a spot of 'sex and violence' in moderation - in the film obviously

Ladies in Lavender. Dames Dench and Smith. Lovely story but not sentimental. Or how about Tea with Mussolini? Also Dame Maggie.

the Sapphires - Aussie film about a supremes-style girl band going off to Vietnam - with Chris O'Dowd (who is quite fancy-able if you like slightly vulnerable Irishmen) . True-ish story.

Oh, I'd forgotten that one. Saw it after Jess recommended it and loved every minute of it. And probably one that not many people have seen.

I'd second Driving Miss Daisy - a wonderful film with wonderful actors. Some said it was sloppily sentimental and pussyfooted around the issue of race, but I thought it's subtlety made it all the more powerful.

'The Notebook' with the divine Ryan Gosling. Wonderful love story over a life time.

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