Travel through France, Italy, Asia, America, the Middle East and even into space in a quest to uncover the mysteries of Egypt. Adventure, animation and romance movies are presented in conjunction with the NGA ’s Egyptian antiquities from the Louvre exhibition.

 

 

Stargate (the director’s cut)
Sunday 3 December  2 pm

USAF Colonel Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) and Egyptologist Dr Daniel Jackson (James Spader) travel through a ‘stargate’ to another planet where they learn the true origin of ancient Egyptian culture and mythology. This is the movie that started the Stargate SG-1, Atlantis and Infinity television series

DVD, 1994, 124 min., PG

 

 

 

Raiders of the lost ark
Sunday 17 December  2 pm

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) travels from the USA through Nepal to Egypt in his quest to find the lost ‘Ark of the Covenant’. Relive the adventure with Hollywood’s ultimate archaeologist 25 years after its first screening

DVD, 1981, 121 min., M

 

 

 

 

 

The prince of Egypt
Sunday 14 January  2 pm

A children’s animated story of an Egyptian prince who learns of his true identity and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people

DVD, 1998, 99 min., G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleopatra
Sunday 4 February  2 pm

The Academy Award winning epic of Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor), Queen of Egypt, who struggles to resist the Roman Empire but falls in love with Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and Marc Antony (Richard Burton)

DVD, 1963, 121 min., M

 

 

 

 

The da Vinci code
Sunday 11 February  2 pm

A murder inside the Musée du Louvre and clues in paintings by Leonardo da Vinci lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for 2000 years: a mystery that could shake the foundations of Christianity

35 mm film, 2006, 149 min., M