The Actors Studio Seni Teater Rakyat’s World’s Best Movies is back with two classics this January – Good Will Hunting and The Shawshank Redemption.
22 Jan @ 3pm: Good Will Hunting (1997)
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film, directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård. Written by Affleck and Damon, the film follows 20-year-old South Boston labourer Will Hunting, an unrecognized genius who, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer, becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor.
Through his therapy sessions, Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend, his girlfriend and himself, facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future.
23 Jan @ 3pm: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence.
Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles.
World’s Best Movies will screen at indicine, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan, Off Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51100 Kuala Lumpur.
Admission for the films are free. Call 03 4047 9000 (klpac) or visit www.klpac.org
