Tuesday, October 30, 2012
“Cloud Atlas” encompasses six stories over a span of 500 years and features an enormous cast of A-list stars playing multiple roles. This means it’s also very long — 172 minutes — and carries with it the ambitions of an epic. Here are five other movies whose running time adds to their sense of importance:
v “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962): The very definition of an epic. Breathtaking in its scope and hugely influential with its gorgeously grand, sweeping vistas, the 216-minute film won seven Academy Awards, including best picture.
v “Apocalypse Now Redux” (2001): As if 1979’s “Apocalypse Now” weren’t long enough, Francis Ford Coppola added 49 minutes of never-before- seen footage and rereleased it as a 197-minute director’s cut, the version he always wanted the world to see.
v “Magnolia” (1999): The fact that it’s 188 minutes long only magnifies the enormity of the emotions — the way Paul Thomas Anderson intertwines the various characters’ lives and expertly times their highs and lows.
v “Heat” (1995): Michael Mann’s crime saga takes on an epic, operatic quality as it sprawls across 170 minutes and throughout Los Angeles.
v “Inland Empire” (2006): David Lynch’s 180-minute masterpiece features many of Lynch’s regular players (Laura Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux) and his trademark disjointed, nightmarish visuals.
“ellen degeneres — the mark twain prize” (8 p.m., pbs): “Ellen DeGeneres: The Mark Twain Prize” puts the spotlight on the comedian and daytime talk-show host as she becomes the 15th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Among those paying tribute: Lily Tomlin, Sean Hayes, Kristin Chenoweth and Steve Harvey.
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4-handed piano playing at concert
YOUNGSTOWN
The Kaplan Duo will give a free recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in the recital hall in Bliss Hall, Wick Avenue, on the Youngstown State University campus. Pianists Nanette Kaplan Solomon and Iris Kaplan Rosenthal, who are sisters, make up the duo. They often perform using the four-handed piano technique. Call 330-941-3636 for information.
American Indian lecture scheduled
WARREN
Gene Allison, a half-blood member of the Cherokee Nation and a member of the Red Hawk American Indian Cultural Society, will give a free lecture at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the John Stark Edwards House and Museum, 303 Monroe NW.
Model railroad club open house
Austintown
The Youngstown Model Railroad Association, 751 N. Four Mile Run Road, will have its annual open house from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 3, 4, 10 and 11, and Dec. 1, 2, 8 and 9.
This association is one of the few clubs in the country that displays both O and HO scales of model railroad. Each layout features more than 100 scale miles of track.
A donation of $3 per person is requested (free if younger than 12). For information, go to ymra.org.