Film Star Charms Thame Cinema-goers

Thame Cinema 4 All welcomed film star, Danny Dyer,on Saturday, to what was a sell-out evening of film which included his Oscar winning short, ‘Wasp’.
Danny has also starred in Mean Machine, Human Traffic and Football Factory.
Co-founder of TC4A, Margie Barbour, said: “The audience was deeply moved by the film, which included extraordinarily natural performances from very young children. Danny told us they had been picked out when playing in the local streets by the director Andrea Arnold. Danny’s friendly and informal manner invited lively questions from the packed house; he told of being auditioned in Hollywood in a restaurant and hair raising stories about the filming of Football Factory.”
After the showing, the audience had a chance to meet Danny in the foyer before he and his family went to eat at The Pizza House in town.

On Saturday, June 11, Thame Cinema is showing “The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan “(PG) directed by Phil Grabsky, and Black Gold, a Sundance award winning short about Ethiopian Coffee trade, followed by a Q and A with director Marc Francis. Black Gold is shown as part of Thame Festivals “Fair Trade” theme.
The award winning feature tells of how in March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan’s foremost tourist attraction, the 1600 year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives among the ruins, an energetic and inquisitive eight-year-old boy named Mir. This critically acclaimed documentary describes contemporary Afghanistan through Mir?s story and that of his extended family. They dwell in a cave with no possessions, inadequate water and scant sustenance. In post-Taliban Afghanistan, though much has changed and is changing, there is no guarantee that Mir will survive, yet his engaging story is not one of gloom and doom but that of a normal child who takes life as it comes and finds entertainment wherever he can, against the inevitable backdrop of post 9/11 militarisation. This is not a film you will have many chances to see, so don?t miss out. Described by the Guardian as “?a compelling documentary? Watching it is a reminder that you don’t necessarily need massive budgets to be a distinctive, public service… But you do need mavericks who are brave.”
The film starts at 8.oo with doors opening at 7.30. Free membership for all. Thame Players theatre is in Nelson Street, in Thame.
Thame Cinema 4 All is supported by SODC UK Film Council and Screen South.
Photo: Danny Dyer meets Committee Members Catriona Hamilton and Chris Savory.