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!

PETER WEIR: DARK DREAMING

3 July - 10 July 2008

Selected here are three films that helped launch the career of Australian director Peter Weir (b.1944) internationally. Weir’s protagonists often find themselves strangers lost in even stranger lands. Surrounded by unease and the threat of impending chaos, they seek to make sense of their environs, even as it disintegrates around them.

THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS || THE LAST WAVE
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY

7:30pm Thursday 3 July

the cars that ate paris (m)

Dir: Peter Weir Australia 1974 91mins 35mm
A stranger arrives in the town of Paris, somewhere in country NSW, under tragic circumstances. Amid simmering tension, he discovers that the inhabitants survive by precipitating and then salvaging car accidents. A decidedly oddball and anti-authoritarian feature debut from Weir. Stars John Meillon, Max Gillies, Bruce Spence & Chris Heywood. New 35mm print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive.
Preceded by the Peter Weir short THREE DIRECTIONS IN POP MUSIC (1972).

7:30pm Monday 7 July

the last wave (M)

Dir: Peter Weir Australia 1977 105mins 35mm
A Sydney lawyer defending several Aboriginal men against a murder charge becomes troubled by his apocalyptic dreams in this atmospheric thriller. As bizarre weather phenomenon occur around the country, he is drawn into an underground world beyond the façade of the city that may be the relics of an ancient civilization. Stars Richard Chamberlain & David Gulpilil. Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive.
Preceded by the Peter Weir short INCREDIBLE FLORIDAS (1972).

Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.

7:30pm Thursday 10 July

the year of living dangerously (m)

Dir: Peter Weir Australia 1982 105mins 35mm
An Australian journalist posted in Jakarta forges relationships with a British embassy secretary and a Chinese-Australian photographer, becoming embroiled in the escalating political chaos surrounding the imposition of Suharto's regime in Indonesia. Features a startling, Oscar winning performance from Linda Hunt. Stars Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver & Linda Hunt.

Winner Oscar Best Supporting Actress (Hunt) 1984
Winner AFI Award Best Supporting Actress (Hunt) 1983

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