THE MERCURY CINEMA

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are run by the Media Resource Centre to enhance screen culture and to give screening opportunities to emerging South Australian film, video and digital media artists.

Cinemas are also available for hire. For more information CLICK HERE.

CONTACT
Operations Manager, Jeremy Chance e-mail

Exhibition Manager, Toby Bramwell e-mail
Ph. (08) 8410 0979

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MERCURY for hire

The Mercury and Iris Cinemas are available for hire. We offer highly competitive rates for your screening, conference, lecture or party. We can screen just about anything from 35mm CinemaScope to your Powerpoint or web based presentation. AND we can look after your catering and liquor requirements with the minimum of fuss!

monte HEllman & Warren Oates:
American Drifters

21 April – 24 April 2008

Working with low budgets and minimal crew, Monte Hellman (b.1932) managed to achieve a small degree of creative freedom in his career, documentary elements and fluid camerawork lending an understated authenticity to his films. Warren Oates (1928-1982) appeared in several of Hellman’s pictures, his performances characterised by a brutish inarticulation, complemented with a look or a furrowed brow that seemed to say so much more. While neither achieved mainstream success, both attained a deserved and loyal cult following in later years.

Two-Lane Blacktop || Cockfighter

7:30pm Monday 21 April

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (M)

Dir: Monte Hellman US 1971 103mins 16mm
Two drag-racing drifters in a customized ‘55 Chevy, race the driver of a new Pontiac GTO along Route 66, wagering each others pink slips and vying for the affection of a young hitchhiker. This elliptical, existential road movie rejects narrative tension for complex characterisation and atmosphere. Stars James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Harry Dean Stanton, Laurie Bird & Warren Oates.

Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.

7:30pm Thursday 24 April

COCKFIGHTER (18+)

Dir: Monte Hellman US 1974 85mins 16mm
Taking a vow of silence, Frank Mansfield struggles to reach the top of the brutal Cockfighting circuit in Georgia. The controversial subject matter is redeemed through it’s sophisticated exploration of masculine repression and Warren Oates’ compelling, wordless performance. Stars Harry Dean Stanton, Laurie Bird & Warren Oates.

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