CHARITY FILM NIGHT
In aid of the Uganda Childbirth Injuries Fund
Showing 17th March 2017
Pretty Woman (2009)
15 USA 1hr 59min Comedy/Romance IMDb rating 6.9/10
Director – Garry Marshall
Cast – Richard Gere, Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman was the film that made Julia Roberts a star with a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination.
She plays a prostitute who’s “employed” by a rich playboy businessman (Richard Gere) to play his girlfriend for the week. This is a modern “Cinderella” type film with dubious messages about “working girls” totally unbelievable but saying that it’s the best film directed by Gary Marshall (creator and writer of TV “Happy Days”) most entertaining and grossed over $500 million worldwide. Good 80’s soundtrack.
As I write this I’ve just heard the news that Gary Marshall has just died at 82years old.
This charity provides medical care and supplies to carry out obstetric fistula surgery for women in Uganda who have become incontinent through injury during childbirth due to lack of obstetric care.
Mhairi Collie, a surgeon at the Western General Hospital and Ishbel Campbell, a local practice nurse returns to Uganda each year to perform this life changing surgery and provide post-operative nursing.
Tickets Price £10 Film Society Members and Concessions £7.50
Including refreshments available at the Door
