Film Club
Dear Parents,
I would like to try something new this year. I am going to begin a film club! It is simply for fun and to introduce students to some of the classics. They will learn how to be a film critic. They may also receive extra points for watching the films.
I will have a new film every other week. I will introduce the film at the beginning of the week and they have two weeks to watch it. Then, at the end of the two weeks, we will get together and discuss it. I have chosen films based on this web page: www.filmsite.org. I looked at their list of the top 100 films for children between ages 8-12.
The films must be watched at home. They can get together with classmates, with family, or watch it by themselves. The reason it must be done at home is that in school we are only allowed to show Jordan District approved movies- all rated G. Some of the classics are not on that list. These are movies that I recommend, however I am not in any way requiring this of your students. If they watch these films they do it through your permission and of your own free will and choice. It is the parents responsibility to review the films before allowing your children to watch them. If your student joins the club, they do not have to watch them all! You can pick and choose. On the backside of the page there is a list of the films that the club will watch. I will also have it posted on my web page.
Dates | Movie | Year | Directed By | Actors |
September | Sandlot | 1993 | David Evans | Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar |
October | Charade | 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock | Audrie Hepburn |
November | Some LIke It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder | Jack Lemon, Marylin Monroe, Tony Curtis |
December | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | Albert Finney, Carol Burnett |
January | To Kill a Mocking Bird | 1962 | Robert Mulligan | Gregory Peck |
February | Holes | 2003 | Andrew Davis | Khleo Thomas |
March | Newsies | 1992 | Kenny Ortega | Christian Bale and Others |
April | E.T. | 1982 | Steven Spielburg | Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore |
May | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCareyEvans | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx |
June | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |