I shared a link on the facebook page and thought you might like it too. Last night there was an interesting interview by Terry Gross on Fresh Air of Ben Affleck about making ARGO. If you would like to listen, you will find it here
Don't forget that tickets are available now at the Abbe Museum for our screening of NANOOK OF THE NORTH accompanied by the SUMNER McKANE GROUP next Saturday evening 288-3519. AND at the Grand for the Friday screening of Charlie Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH accompanied by TEMPO Youth Orchestra 667-9500. Two classic Silent Films with live accompaniment in one weekend!
Have a good week and see you soon~
-Lisa
Here is the Thursday Senior Matinee schedule for the next several weeks, if you want to plan:
This week's (1/17) show is THE HOBBIT at 12:45 (early start due to long running time!)
Next week (1/24) it will be ARGO at 1:30.
The following week (1/31) its LIFE OF PI at 1:30
And the week after that (2/7) we will show LINCOLN at 1:00. There is also a Sat (2/2) matinee of LINCOLN sponsored by the Acadia Senior College with regular admission prices that also begins at 1:00.
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Here is the schedule for this coming week:
Fri 1/18 - Thurs 1/24 ARGO (R) 120min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri 1/18 - Mon 1/21 WRECK IT RALPH (PG) 93min 5:30 and 7:30
Tues 1/22 - Thurs 1/24 SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (R) 109min 5:30 and 8:00
Friday Jan 18 - Thursday Jan 24
ARGO (R) 120min 6:00 and 8:30
With a story you’d think they’d only come up with in the movies, actor-director Ben Affleck’s third time directing is a solid, unexpectedly suspenseful and fully entertaining film. It is also based on true events, long kept secret but declassified by President Clinton in 1997. Affleck plays Tony Mendez, a CIA specialist in “exfiltration” who was instrumental in concocting and implementing a far-fetched, in fact preposterous, scheme to rescue six Americans who managed to escape unnoticed when Iranians stormed the American Embassy in 1979 taking 52 hostages. These six found hiding in the home of the Canadian ambassador, but were trapped there, threatening themselves, the other hostages, and the Canadians. Seven Oscar nominations including Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin and Best Picture.
Friday Jan 18 - Monday Jan 21
Poor Ralph (John C. Reilly) has spent the last 30 or so years in the 1980s era arcade game Fix It Felix, crushing buildings that his cheerful nemesis rebuilds with remarkable aplomb and speed, to the delight of the residents of Niceland. Although he knows it is his job, he grows tired of being the bad guy, as he really is nice, and sets off on a quest to earn a medal that he hopes will make him a hero in his colleagues’ eyes. He ends up first in war game Hero’s Duty, then in another game, Sugar Rush, where he meets a character with pixelating issues (Sarah Silverman) who is ostracized by her co-characters. He has also unwittingly caused chaos in his home game. This imaginative, smartly witty and colorful new Disney film that celebrates gaming while encouraging interaction in the real world, directed by Rich Moore (The Simpsons) and executive produced by Pixar guru John Lasseter, does for arcade games what Toy Story did for the nursery toy box. Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.
Tuesday Jan 22 - Thursday Jan 24
Billy (Sam Rockwell) is a part-time actor who makes ends meet as a dog-napper with his partner-in-crime Hans (Christopher Walken). Most recently they have stolen the beloved pooch of a wacko, psychotic gangster (Woody Harrelson). Billy also really wants to help his best friend (Colin Farrell) an alcoholic, struggling writer overdue with his next screenplay. He’s got a title (the movie’s) but not much else. This bloody, funny mesh of these two stories is the heart of this most entertaining comedy from Irish director Martin McDonaugh (Oscar-nominated for the screenplay of his debut film In Bruges). It is Tarantino x Charlie Kaufman x Coen Brothers with an excellent cast, sharp dialogue and gleefully brutal violence that is side-splittingly funny.
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