[Reel Pizza] Schedule July 30 - Aug 19

Summer greetings

Here is a rundown of what is going on at Reel Pizza from July 30 - Aug 19th.  First I have two special programs with special guest speakers to tell you about, and we will be offering another edition of ImproVision, and of course, more summer -time movies.  One note is that all the regular films on this schedule will screen for full weeks (Fri - Thurs) and of the three titles that haven't opened yet, at least two will be brand new when they screen at Reel Pizza.  Hope you find something to entice you in to our air-conditioned comfort. 

See you soon!
-Lisa, Chris, and crew


SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday August 7th 
PLANTING HOPE   25min    1:00 and 3:00pm   $5 donation
Learn how one small Surry, Maine-based non-profit organization, Sustainable Harvest International, is alleviating poverty and deforestation in Central America. Planting Hope is a short-documentary that captures life in rural Honduras from the perspectives of SHI field trainer, Juan Carlos, and participant farmer, Don Cheyo as they talk about sustainable farming. SHI's mission is to provide farming families in Central America with the training and tools to preserve tropical forests while overcoming poverty. In Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Belize, they work one-on-one, hands-on, with individual families and communities for a period of typically five years to teach them how to grow crops in a sustainable and organic way that will allow them to access plenty of vegetables and achieve economic stability through the commercialization of cash crops, like cacao and coffee. Planting Hope highlights their work to implement sustainable land-use practices and a Honduran farmer's achievements after working with them. 

SHI Founder/President Florence Reed will give a brief overview of this group's work and answer any questions following the documentary.

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Sunday August 15th 
A SENSE OF WONDER 55min  2pm   free
Rachel Carson's 1963 warnings about the effects of pesticides and herbicides - especially DDT - sparked a revolution in environmental policy and created a new ecological consciousness.   This American Experience documentary, filmed in Maine on location at Carson's cabin, follows this pioneering activist's last year of life when "Silent Spring" was published and she was attacked by the chemical industry and the government, even as she waged her own war against the cancer in her own body.  Using many of Rachel Carson's own words, both humorous and angry, screenwriter and star Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman, her love for the natural world and her fight to defend it. 

Miss Lee will introduce the film at the screening and take questions afterwards.   The Sierra Club offers this for no charge to get people focused on the environment.

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LATE NIGHT FUN
Sunday August 15th   IMPROVISION  11pm
ITS BACK! and Better than ever!  Check out our occasional, wacky collaboration with the talented ImprovAcadia crew!  With the sound turned off, this ever-changing group of up-and-coming comedians improvise the dialogue, music tracks and sound effects to a cheesy, grade-B movie, THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!  Their talents make the pictures on the screen way funnier than they were ever anticipated.  It's a totally new show every time.   If you haven't seen it yet, now's the time.  Don't miss out on all the fun.

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EVENING FILMS:

Fri July 30 -  Thurs Aug 5

CYRUS  (R)  91min   6:00 and 8:30
With a touching and original story that blends humor and heartbreak, incisive writer/director brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair) have entered the mainstream.  Their insightful and funny look at love and family in contemporary LA stars John C. Reilly (Walk Hard) as a divorcee who finally after seven years alone meets the woman of his dreams (Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler).  But when she is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond his house, he discovers she has another man in her life, her sneakily meddlesome 21 year-old son (Jonah Hill, Get Him to the Greek) who is mom's best friend and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone.  Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love - and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.

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DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (PG-13)  114min     5:30 and 8:00
Hollywood succeeds well in remaking French director Francis Veber's winning comedy The Dinner Game into a crowd-pleasing hit of its own.  This screwball comedy tells the story of Tim (Judd Apatow regular Paul Rudd), a professional guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event he participates in reluctantly, where the evening's winner brings the most eccentric character. Enter Barry (Steve Carell, Date Night), a loser guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. From director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Austin Powers) it is an unforgettable feast about two unlikely friends and one very memorable dinner. 

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Fri Aug 6 - Thurs Aug12

SALT (PG-13)  100min   5:30 and 8:00
This exciting, stylish and presciently timely action-spy thriller directed by Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Patriot Games) stars Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt.  Doing her own stunts in professionally crafted action sequences (not computer-generated), she plays a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor and country, but her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy.  Salt goes on the run, chased by a conservative CIA counterintelligence officer (Chjwetel Ejiofor), using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture.  Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives and her supportive boss (Liev Schreiber) becomes slowly convinced he's been had.  The hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who Is Salt?" 

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THE OTHER GUYS  (PG-13)  107min    6:00 and 8:30
NYC Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) is a meticulous forensic accountant who's more interested in and accurate with paperwork than he'd ever be hitting the streets, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) is a tough guy who has been stuck with Allen as his partner ever since an unfortunate run-in with NY Yankee Derek Jeter left a sizable black mark on his permanent record. Gamble and Hoitz idolize the city's top cops, confident, stylish and always successful Highsmith and Danson (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson), but when an opportunity arises for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle, things don't quite go as planned.  Directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) this buddy police comedy is sure to shine.

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Fri Aug 13 - Thurs Aug 19
THE OTHER GUYS (PG-13)  107min  
continues for a second week.  Stay tuned for the other film.  We expect it to be one or the other of the films listed below.

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COMING ON OUR SECOND SCREEN?

DESPICABLE ME  (PG)  109min
Super-villain Gru (voice of Steve Carell) delights in all things wicked.  Deep beneath his black suburban house is a vast secret hideout with an army of tireless, little yellow minions.  There he is planning the biggest heist in the history of the world…he is going to steal the moon!  Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle ready vehicles, he vanquishes all who stand in his path, until the day he meets three orphaned little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes, who see in him something no one else has ever seen, a potential Dad.  This is a new animated feature directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin.

EAT PRAY LOVE (PG-13)  80min
Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having a husband, a house, a successful career yet, like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life.   Newly, painfully divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.  In her picturesque travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love (with Javier Bardem) in Bali.   This romantic drama, based upon the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, is directed by Ryan Murphy.


COMING NEXT SCHEDULE?
Solitary Man
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Ondine
The Kids are Alright
Nanny McPhee Returns
Winter's Bone
The Girl Who Played with Fire