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    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    Presented by Austin Film Society at Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

    July 22, 2008

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    A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, also known as OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack's death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, tarnishes France's reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East.' - Music Box Films


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        Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

        1120 South Lamar
        Austin, TX 78704

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        July 22, 2008

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        Tuesday 7:00pm

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