Tring Classics programme guide

Filma 59

Schedule for Friday, September 25, 2026

23:10 1h 45m
Desperately Seeking Susan
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife’s fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

Year

1985

Rated 12+

12+
- Movie
- drama
- comedy
- crime
00:55 1h 50m
The King of Comedy
Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry’s show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

Year

1982

Rated 12+

12+
- Movie
- drama
- comedy
- crime
02:45 1h 40m
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, and knows exactly what he wants to do. He hunts down Marina, a porn film star he once had sex with, and tries to convince her to be his wife. She is a bit reluctant, so he ties her up. Will this approach endear him to her?

Original title

¡Átame!

Year

1989

Rated 18+

18+
- Movie
- romance
- comedy
- crime
04:25 2h 15m
Silkwood
This moving film is based on a true story about a nuclear power plant worker who died under mysterious circumstances on her way to a meeting with the press, at which she intended to show them proof of improprieties at her workplace. Meryl Streep is charismatic and convincing in the lead and there’s strong support from Cher and Kurt Russell. But despite the interesting premise, particularly topical at the time of its Cold War release, the movie sags owing to a lack of tension and director Mike Nichols’s tendency to focus on the romantic subplot. Nevertheless, it’s a thought-provoking film that asks questions about the safety of the nuclear power industry that are still pertinent.

Year

1983

Rated 18+

18+
- Movie
- biography
- drama
- history
06:40 1h 45m
All the Fault of Paradise
A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him

Original title

Tutta colpa del paradiso

Year

1985

Rated 10+

10+
- Movie
- comedy
- romance
08:25 2h 25m
Solomon and Sheba
Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah is unhappy and vows to attain the throne. Meanwhile the Egyptian Pharoah agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba is she can find a way to destroy Solomon, whose wisdom and benevolent rule is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. Sheba, Pharoah, Adonijah, the leaders of the Twelve Tribes and his own God make life difficult for Solomon who is tempted by Sheba to stray.

Year

1959
- Movie
- drama
- history
- romance
10:50 2h 30m
Zorba the Greek
An aimless Englishman finds he has a small inheritance on a Greek island. His joyless existence is disturbed when he meets Zorba, a middle aged Greek with a real lust for life. As he discovers the earthy pleasures of Greece, the Englishman finds his view on life changing.

Year

1964

Rated 15+

15+
- Movie
- drama
- comedy
13:20 1h 55m
The Tender Trap
Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with Charlie’s girl Sylvia while Charlie spends his time with young actress Julie.

Year

1955
- Movie
- comedy
- music
15:15 1h 45m
Blue Hawaii
Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His father wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant. So Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency.

Year

1961

Rated 10+

10+
- Movie
- comedy
- music
17:00 1h 50m
Gallipoli
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.

Year

1981

Rated 12+

12+
- Movie
- adventure
- drama
- history
18:50 2h 10m
Network
In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks’ nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network.

Year

1976

Rated 18+

18+
- Movie
- drama
21:00 2h
Platoon
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.

Year

1986

Rated 15+

15+
- Movie
- drama
- war
- action
23:00 1h 45m
Sleepless in Seattle
After his wife Maggie passes away, Sam Baldwin and his adolescent son Jonah relocate from Chicago to Seattle to escape the grief associated with Maggie’s death. Eighteen months later, Sam is still grieving and can’t sleep. Although Jonah misses his mother, he wants his father to get a new wife despite Sam having not even contemplated dating again. On Christmas Eve, Sam, on Jonah’s initiative, ends up pouring his heart out on a national radio talk show about his magical and perfect marriage to Maggie, and how much he still misses her. Among the many women who hears Sam’s story and falls in love with him solely because of it is Annie Reed, a Baltimore based newspaper writer. Annie’s infatuation with Sam’s story and by association Sam himself is despite being already engaged. But Annie’s relationship with her straight-laced fiancé Walter is unlike her dream love life in the movie.

Year

1993

Rated 12+

12+
- Movie
- romance
- comedy
- drama