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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TICKET SALES

Call 8410 0979 9-5:30 Mon to Fri with you credit Card handy.
Call into the MRC 13 Morphett St Adelaide (behind the Mercury) 8-5:30 Mon-Fri
Buy tickets at the box office from one hour prior to the advertised screening time.

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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!

john sayles: godfather of independent cinema

16 June - 30 June 2008

John Sayles (b.1950) started in the business by writing snappy screenplays for genre pictures, such as Piranha, Alligator & The Howling, before moving on to more personal subject matter with his directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7. Sayles remains one of the few directors to successfully eschew the studio system, lending a genuinely independent voice to American screen culture. Concentrating on themes of community and familial ties, Sayles is a true auteur, writing, directing and editing almost all of his films.

MEN WITH GUNS || LIMBO || SUNSHINE STATE
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH || BABY IT'S YOU

7:30pm Monday 16 June

men with guns (m) - adelaide premiere

Dir: John Sayles US 1997 127mins 35mm
Humberto Fuentes is a wealthy, urban doctor from an unnamed Latin American country. Recently widowed, he takes a trip to visit his former students who now work in impoverished villages in the mountains. His political consciousness awakened when he finds that one of his students has been killed by the army, Fuentes journeys deeper. The devastation that he finds is always preceded by men, men with guns.

7:30pm Thursday 19 June

limbo (M)

Dir: John Sayles US 1999 126mins 35mm
Traumatised by a boating accident that killed two friends, fisherman Joe Gastineau is resigned to supporting himself by doing odd jobs. Things start to improve when he meets a struggling singer and her troubled teenage daughter, but their lives all take a sudden and drastic turn that leaves them to an uncertain fate. Stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn & Kris Kristofferson.

7:30pm Monday 23 June

sunshine state (M)

Dir: John Sayles US 2002 141mins 35mm
A recently married woman returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, where she must navigate family, business and the encroaching real estate development that threatens to change the community forever. Stars Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Timothy Hutton & Mary Steenburgen.

7:30pm Thursday 26 June

the secret of roan inish (g)

Dir: John Sayles US 1994 103mins 35mm
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Ireland where she learns the local legend of the Selkie - a seal that can transform into a human. When Fiona catches sight of a naked boy on the abandoned isle of Roan Inish, she decides to uncover the truth behind the mystery.

7:30pm Monday 30 June

baby it's you (M)

Dir: John Sayles US 1983 105mins 35mm
In the only film Sayles made for a major Hollywood studio, waspish Jill Rosen becomes drawn to Sheik, an outsider who goes to the same school in 1966 New Jersey. When Sheik gets expelled and Jill is accepted into an all-girls college they become separated not only by distance but by the growing gulf between their social worlds. Starring Rosanna Arquette & Vincent Spano.

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