What was your favorite movies you watched in school

LenaClaire

Favorites - Au revoir les enfants, Last of the Mohicans, The Mission

Most frequently seen - Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land

Xaracatz

Only one I remember is Harvey, about the guy with an invisible rabbit. We watched it in parts and I was out sick one of the days so I never fully got the hang of it. Stupid invisible rabbit.

Super-Rush

Into the west.

Galwayguy35

Only ever remember them showing The Field when we were in LC.

Good film though, twas a pity Harris didn't get the Oscar.

Badly Drunk Boy

The only non-school related film I remember was the first Batman film, but there were a good few others. For exams, we saw the 1965 version of Othello (with Laurence Olivier doing his version of a Ballymurphy...Moor :pac: ), all blacked-up and sounding ridiculous.

Any time the video was wheeled into the class and the telly was turned on with the blue screen, the more 'hilarious' lads, without fail, would shout out "Blue movie!". Because the screen was blue, see? I bet nobody else in other schools ever thought of that.

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

The 70s version of Charlie and the chocolate factory

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory is on ITV3 at the moment.

Olishi4 wrote: »

I know the first 30 something minutes of that film like the back of my hand but haven't a clue what happens after that

I remember seeing the first 30/40 minutes of loads of films, but not the rest.

It's like watching a film with my brother who has to press 'pause' if anybody gets up to leave the room from a drink, or even if somebody makes a comment. A 90 minute film could take 4 hours to watch so I usually just leave before the end.

French_Girl

Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella).

It was the first time ever I saw that movie and it had quite an impact.

Cathy.C

Movies in school?? We didn't even have electricity in our school. The lights were powered by the tears of children.

We were brought to see Cry Freedom in the cinema though.

It was to celebrate the ending of the Dunnes Stores apartheid strike.

thegreatgonzo

Xaracatz wrote: »

Only one I remember is Harvey, about the guy with an invisible rabbit. We watched it in parts and I was out sick one of the days so I never fully got the hang of it. Stupid invisible rabbit.

That's one of my favourites!

MilesMorales1

Cathy.C wrote: »

Movies in school?? We didn't even have electricity in our school. The lights were powered by the tears of children.

We were brought to see Cry Freedom in the cinema though.

It was to celebrate the ending of the Dunnes Stores apartheid strike.

Christian brothers?

mansize

Philadelphia

Not to teach us about Rights, but to warn us of the evils of sexual promiscuity and the gay plague

There was another that was about a woman to caught HIV (through a transfusion- real victim) and how her husband wouldn't have sex with her with a condom- cos they are not reliable!

And some weirdo who came to the school and showed us a movie about Dinosaurs and humans lived together.

When we were in 6th year we got to show movies - I got Baz Lurman's Romeo & Juliet. And the one about Robin Williams as a grown up child or something.

FTA69

Some yoke about American football players in school learning not to be racist, honestly can't remember the name. We watched it in religion, we also watched Cry Freedom about Steve Biko which was cracking in fairness.

dresden8

The One Armed Swordsman and Ulzana's raid.

3rd class at the latest.

Jaws in first year.

Different times.

DMcL1971

Only ever saw two films in school, The Car and Where Eagles Dare.

heathledgerlove

Independence Day in primary school. Terrified me, aliens

Stand by Me in Secondary, Terrified me, leeches! Great film though, we all got to discuss it / get lectured about it in RE later.

maudgonner

I can only remember watching one film in school - Hamlet, the Mel Gibson version, for the Leaving Cert.

But our history teacher showed us pretty much the full series of The World at War, which was epic.

And I've got a genetics video from Biology burned into my brain because it was so tedious. It used the Moonlight Sonata as the soundtrack, on what seemed like an endless loop. Not the cheeriest piece of music in the world. I still feel like punching someone when I hear it.

smash

When I was in school someone sneaked a porno in to the video room and labelled it under a religious title. I have no idea if anyone got to see it.

MRnotlob606

The birds, Psycho, To kill a mocking bird, Stand by me.

One of my teachers loved films a lot and would stick them on in a free class, I think he really loved films a lot. He was real film aficionado. But earned a lot of respect because of it.

maudgonner

smash wrote: »

When I was in school someone sneaked a porno in to the video room and labelled it under a religious title. I have no idea if anyone got to see it.

The Passion of St Tibulus?

Or The Ecstasy of St Teresa?

mrsdewinter

maudgonner wrote: »

The Passion of St Tibulus?

Or The Ecstasy of St Teresa?

I think any Home & Away fan, ca 1991, knows that the correct title is the 'The Plight of Ethiopia'.

My favourite school movie was 'Cry Freedom'. Great movie, tbf.

cherryghost

On the Waterfront.

Ilyana 2.0

We saw lots of films in school; some good, some not so much.

- The Kite Runner
- Veronica Guerin
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Philadelphia
- La Vie en Rose
- Life is Beautiful
- Michael Collins
- Mississippi Burning
- Fifteen and Pregnant
- Not Without My Daughter

GLaDOS

Watched a mental French movie called Belleville Rendezvous in French class. Actually quite entertaining and I've watched it a couple times since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KChYBFiB0

Very little dialogue in it so not much use from a learning point of view :pac:

MarcoAntonio23

12 Angry Men & To Kill A Mockingbird

Rubberlegs

In primary the projector was wheeled out and we watched cartoons of Irish legends. In secondary I remember watching The Killing Fields and Cry Freedom. We were also shown The Outsiders. You could smell the hormones in the air in the Convent with us all drooling over the Brat Pack

Archeron

The only two I remember are gremlins and ghandi.

MilesMorales1

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Best ones we watched were

Did you go to school in raheny? You just described the french teacher I had there too

Capt'n Midnight

We went to the cinema to see Macbeth.

It was the Roman Polanski version.

mookishboy

Jesus of Nazareth
but only the first part. never found out what happened to the poor divil .

riclad

There was a western shown in school ,
with james coburn fighting the mexican army in 1920.
He was called sean .
it was a spaghetti western with great music .
I think he was an ex ira member .
It was a great film.
I seen it in around 1987.
it went to a cbs school .
i think it was an 18 rated movie.
i think it was called a fistfull of dynamite .
Thats the only dramatic film i watched i school .
There was no pcs in schools in the 80s .
Just tvs, and film projerctors .

gormdubhgorm

Not exactly in school. But it was a school trip. I remember our history teacher brought our class to see Michael Collins in the cinema. Before we went in the door he dramatically paused and shouted waved us forward and shouted "come on men, we are going in".

For that reason alone it has to be that one. Plus I remember thinking Jullia Roberts had a nice arse.