UNBROKEN (M) 137 min Biography | Drama | Sport

“No one is born a hero, they become a hero through their choices. This is a story to bring out the best in every one of us.” ­Angelina Jolie... The incredible true story of Olympian and war hero Louie Zamperini

UNBROKEN [M] 137 min Biography | Drama | Sport
Thursday, Feb 5 7:00PM
Friday, Feb 6 6:30PM
Saturday, Feb 7 1:30PM; 6:30PM
Sunday, Feb 8 1:30PM
Wednesday, Feb 11 10:15AM; 6:30PM

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Angelina Jolie
Writers: Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay)
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (G) 2D & 3D ONE MORE WEEK

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (G) 2D & 3D 
92 min - Animation | Adventure | Comedy
2D
Tuesday, Jan 13 10:30AM
Wed, Jan 14 6:40PM
Friday, Jan 16 10:30AM
Saturday, Jan 17 6:30PM
Sunday, Jan 18 3:40PM FINAL
3D
Monday, Jan 12 10:30AM
Wed, Jan 14 10:30AM
Thursday, Jan 15 6:30PM
Friday, Jan 16 6:30PM
Wed Jan 21 6:30PM FINAL

  









Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Directors: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith
Writers: John Aboud (screenplay), John Aboud (story)
Stars: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich

BIG HERO 6 [PG] 2D & 3D

BIG HERO 6  [PG]  2D & 3D  102 min  -  Animation | Action | Adventure

2D
Monday, Jan 19 10:15AM
Wednesday, Jan 21 10:15AM
Thursday, Jan 22 10:15AM
Saturday, Jan 24 1:40PM FINAL
3D
Sunday, Jan 18 1:30PM
Tuesday, Jan 20 10:15AM
Wednesday, Jan 21 8:20PM
Friday, Jan 23 6:40PM
Wednesday, Jan 28 6:40PM FINAL

 The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams

Writers: Jordan Roberts (screenplay), Daniel Gerson (screenplay)

Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung  

INTO THE WOODS (PG) 125 min - Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

INTO THE WOODS (PG) 125 min - Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Thursday, Jan 22 7:00PM
Friday, Jan 23 10:15AM
Friday, Jan 23 6:30PM
Saturday, Jan 24 1:30PM; 6:30PM
Sunday, Jan 25 1:30PM
Monday, Jan 26 1:30PM   AUSTRALIA DAY Public Holiday - EXTRA SESSION
Wed, Jan 28 6:30PM

A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.
Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: James Lapine (screenplay), James Lapine (musical)
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine

THE IMITATION GAME (M) 114 min - Biography | Drama | Thriller COMING SOON...

THE IMITATION GAME (M) 114 min - Biography | Drama | Thriller
Thursday, Jan 22 7:10PM
Friday, Jan 23 8:45PM
Saturday, Jan 24 8:35PM
Sunday, Jan 25 3:35PM
Monday, Jan 26 3:35PM AUSTRALIA DAY Public Holiday
Wednesday, Jan 28 10:15AM 8:50PM
English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.

Director: Morten Tyldum
Writers: Andrew Hodges (book), Graham Moore (screenplay)
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

THE CRUCIBLE (at THE OLD VIC) screening 2:00PM Sunday, Feb 8, 2015

Richard Armitage in
THE CRUCIBLE (THE OLD VIC)
by
Arthur Miller
screening 2:00PM Sunday, Feb 8, 2015
Richard Armitage stars in Arthur Miller’s classic American drama brought vividly to life in this visceral new production by internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber.

TICKETS: Adults $20. Students/Conc $15 ON SALE NOW online 

or at the World Theatre Charters Towers Box Office.
Running time: 3hrs 30mins including a 20-minute interval.

The Crucible was captured live on stage at The Old Vic in London during its 2014 season.
Suitable for ages 12+ yrs. Witchcraft themes | coarse language.

In a small tight-knit community, personal grievances collide with lust and superstition, fuelling widespread hysteria. Miller’s timeless parable attacks the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations.

Arthur Miller is one of America’s greatest playwrights. His many plays include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge.

Richard Armitage’s credits include the forthcoming film Into the Storm. Other film and TV credits include The Hobbit trilogy, Captain America: The First Avenger and Spooks. Theatre includes The Duchess of Malfi and Macbeth for the RSC.

Yaël Farber is a multiple award-winning director and playwright. Her production of Mies Julie won a string of international awards at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, was named one of the Top Ten Productions of 2012 by The New York Times, and Top five Productions of 2012 by The Guardian.

PAPER PLANES (G) 96 min - Family

PAPER PLANES (G) 96 min - Family
Thursday, Jan 15      10:15AM NATIONAL PREMIERE
Friday, Jan 16           10:15AM 6:40PM
Saturday, Jan 17       1:30PM     6:40PM
Sunday, Jan 18         1:40PM
Monday, Jan 19        10:30AM
Tuesday, Jan 20       10:30AM
Wednesday, Jan 21    10:30AM 6:40PM

Thursday, Jan 22             10:30AM

Friday, Jan 23                  10:30AM

Saturday, Jan 24             6:40PM

Sunday, Jan 25                1:40PM

Monday, Jan 26              1:40PM  AUSTRALIA DAY

Wednesday, Jan 28        10:30AM

An imaginative children's film about a young Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
Director: Robert Connolly
Writers: Robert Connolly, Steve Worland
Stars: Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Deborah Mailman

REMEMBER - when you come to see the movie to put in your entry for the family trip to Tokyo competition...

THE HOBBIT: The Battle of the Five Armies (M) 2D & 3D... FINAL SESSIONS

THE HOBBIT: The Battle of the Five Armies (M) 2D & 3D
144 min - Adventure | Fantasy
2D
Sunday, Jan 4 1:00PM
Monday, Jan 5 10:15AM
Wednesday, Jan 7 10:15AM
Friday, Jan 9 8:30PM
Sunday, Jan 11 3:30PM FINAL
3D
Wednesday, Jan 7 8:30PM
Thursday, Jan 8 7:00PM
Saturday, Jan 10 8:30PM
Wednesday, Jan 14 8:30PM FINAL

Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. Final in the Trilogy.
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage

THE WATER DIVINER [M] 111 min - Drama | War

THE WATER DIVINER [M] 111 min - Drama | War
STARTS 15/1/14 at The World Theatre Charters Towers
Thursday, Jan 15 6:40PM
Friday, Jan 16 8:30PM
Saturday, Jan 17 8:30PM
Sunday, Jan 18 3:35PM
Wednesday, Jan 21 8:40PM

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
Director: Russell Crowe
Writers: Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios
Stars: Jai Courtney, Olga Kurylenko, Russell Crowe

COMING SOON to The World Theatre...