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CINECLUBPILAR - What's on next
weekend, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 5.30pm & 8.15pm - The Boat that rocked with a host of stars... the latest
films at CINECLUBPILAR - see below for more. |
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FEATURE November 2009 - If we are talking MEDIA let's celebrate
the achievement of Sanmiguelero Francisco Sáez - a world class film animator.
From a young age Francisco Sáez was always drawing and this developed into a love of comic strip and ultimately to creative animation. He studied at The School Arts in Orihuela but, whilst his particular styles in art were not always fully satisfied, he began by studying photography and worked in this field for four years. |
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| One day, in 1995, he took
a brave and major life decision to follow his dreams.
With a folder of drawings under his arm and not quite
knowing where to start, he went to Madrid to make movie
screen animated films. |
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Francisco knew nothing about the Spain’s Capital
but he knew that his work was good and that he
had an understanding of working with a
Storyboard, a set of illustrations displayed in
sequence to understand a story, providing an
artist’s preview of filming that brings ideas to
the movie director. |
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He knocked on doors and convinced Disney España to take him on and soon he would be involved in the cartoon films of Hercules and Los Tres Reyes Magos. He worked on The Cartoon Network, studied and taught at Madrid’s School of Cinema specializing in design characters and finally landed a job at Ilion Studios to make the cartoon Renderboy. His latest venture, again as part of a small and dedicated team of talented artists is Sony Pictures and Pixar’s 55 million dollar animated comedy – Planet 51, released here in Spain on 27 November 2009. |
Cinema Club Pilar - Saturday 20th & 21st February 6.00pm
PLEASE NOTE ONLY ONE SESSION EACH DAY
Blockbuster Film AVATAR (NOT IN 3D)
The Story
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When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.
158 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Disaster, Drama/SCI-FI/Thriller | 165 minutes | PG-13 (intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language)| Saturday 20th & 21st February 6.00pm - ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY WITH AN INTERVAL
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When asked what advice he would give to any budding artists that would aspire to follow his path, Francisco Sáez, now aged 39, told www.3dwire.es, ‘Primarily patience, passion, perseverance, much base drawing (anatomy, perspective etc...) and watching film of all kinds. Important too is having an absence of ego since an idea, even when illustrated with beautiful drawings, may seem worthy but may fail when exposed to other film makers criteria… plus’, he added, ‘the ability to produce another great idea instantly’.
Once the long process of getting a film in the can is completed, beach-lover Francisco heads home to San Miguel de Salinas for a well-earned rest amongst family and friends. Congratulations - a true inspiration to wannabee
film-makers and certainly a Sanmiguelero to be proud of.
Some content and fotos courtesy of www.3dwire.es and the
www.diarioinformacion.com article -
Creador de sueños - El sanmiguelero Francisco Sáez es uno de los autores del guión gráfico Planet 51, film de animación español que pretende competir con Pixar.
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CINECLUBPILAR on Saturday
19th at 5.30pm ONLY & Sunday 20th December 5.30pm & 8.00pm
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - The Story - High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, assistant D.A. Ella Crystal becomes caught between her boss's political ambitions and C.J.'s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella's own life becomes threatened when she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both C.J's innocence and Hunter's reputation in her hands.
Genre: Drama/Mystery
| Duration: 106 minutes | Rating: Rated PG-13 for a sex scene, violence and brief strong language.
| Performances: Saturday 19th at 5.30pm ONLY & Sunday 20th December 5.30pm & 8.00pm |
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Check here for what's on or visit
www.cinemapilar.com
- we'll always tell you here and on Radio
San Miguel 107.4fm |
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