[Rose-movies] Rose Newsletter for June 12, 2006

[The Rose Theatre]

This week's newsletter includes:
    * AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH starts Friday, June 16
    * Local 20/20 Facilitated Discussion to Follow TRUTH Screenings
    * CARS held over
    * THE DA VINCI CODE ends Thursday, June 15
    * 50th Anniversary Celebration of Gumby Saturday, July l5
    * Admission Prices, Wheelchair Accessibility & Assisted Listening Devices
    * Gift Suggestions
    * Coming Attractions
    * Rose Theatre Movie Challenge
Show Times: Monday, June 12 - Thursday, June 22

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - showing in the Rosebud Cinema
June 16---------------4:30, 7:00
June 17---------------2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:10
June 18---------------2:15, 4:30, 7:00
June 19-22----------4:30, 7:00

CARS - showing in the Rose Theatre
June 12-15----------4:30, 7:00
June 16---------------4:00, 7:20
June 17---------------4:00, 7:20, 9:45
June 18---------------1:30, 4:00, 7:20
June 19-22-----------4:00, 7:20

THE DA VINCI CODE - showing in the Rosebud Cinema
June 12-15-----------4:00, 7:30
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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Directed by Davis Guggenheim.
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.  100 min. <http://www.climatecrisis.net>

Anyone in possession of a major truth that he can't get others to accept 
begins to feel that he's losing his mind.  The skepticism he meets turns 
him into a soreheaded obsessive.  After a while, he becomes "pedantic," and 
then, inevitably, "condescending" and "humorless."  Al Gore has been in 
possession of a major truth about global warming for more than thirty 
years, and he has suffered the insults of political opponents, the boredom 
if ironists, and, perhaps most grievously, the routine taunts of a media 
society which dictates that if you believe in anything too passionately 
there must be something wrong with you.  As many commentators have noticed, 
there are self-serving elements in AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, the epochal 
documentary that Gore, with expert Hollywood help has put together about 
his obsession.  Yet the faults of the movie are nothing compared with its 
strengths.

For long stretches, Gore is photographed talking before an audience with 
the aid of slides and charts.  There are side trips to fissured ice caps, 
disappearing glaciers - the snows of yesteryear - and expanses of newly 
parched and broken terrain.  The science is detailed, deep-layered, vivid, 
and terrifying.  Every school, college, and church group, and everyone else 
beyond the sway of General Motors, ExxonMobil, and the White House should 
see this movie, and, with luck they will.  It's great propaganda, but there 
are also passages in which Gore, off camera, speaks in an intimate voice 
that we've never heard before.  He talks about lying beside a river on a 
lazy summer day - the commonplace idyll of a lone person in a tranquil 
ecstasy, utterly at home in nature.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH begins that way, and each time Gore returns to this 
enraptured mood, after a procession of nightmares and dangers, it has 
greater resonance.  He knows that people find him exasperating, and he has 
learned to modulate his voice; one has the impression of a complex 
personality that has gone through loss, humiliation, a cruel breaking down 
of the ego, and then has reintegrated itself at a higher level.  In the 
movie he is merely excellent.  But in person - he is on a speaking tour to 
promote the movie - he presents a combination of intellectual force, 
emotional vibrancy, and more urgency that has hardly been seen in American 
public life in recent years.  It will be interesting to watch how skeptics 
will deal with Gore's bad news on the environment without making themselves 
look very small.  (Excerpted from THE NEW YORKER)

"Should be seen by everyone who cares whether or not the human race will 
still exist in 50 years."-VANITY FAIR.  "You will be captivated, then 
riveted, and then scared out of your wits."-THE WASHINGTON POST.  "It grabs 
you like a thriller with an ending that will haunt your dreams.  Profoundly 
persuasive on a topic that's scarier than anything in a dozen Japanese 
horror flicks"-ROLLING STONE
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Local 20/20 Facilitated Discussion to Follow TRUTH Screenings

Local 20/20, a new citizen-based organization designed to strengthen and 
protect the unique and wonderful assets in our community will be 
facilitating audience discussions - Sunday and Monday, June 18th and 19th - 
following the 7:00 p.m. showing.

The organization has initially identified twelve key topics to focus on, to 
foster local culture for future generations: education and community 
outreach,emergency preparedness, energy, giving back - community 
reinvestment, health and wellness, local food and farms, localization of 
our economy, shelter and housing, transportation, waste and recycling, 
water and wildlife habitat and open areas.

For a calendar of Local 20/20 events visit their web site at 
<http://www.jefferson.wsu.edu/eventscalendar>
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CARS
Directed by John Lasseter
Voices by  Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Keaton
Rated G, 121 min., <http://www.carsthemovie.com>

Imagine a world totally made up of cars, including bugs with headlights and 
horns.  That will give you a hint of the nonstop dazzle that awaits you in 
CARS.  Director John Lasseter, the Pixar wizard behind both TOY STORY 
landmarks, dishes out visual miracles with a quiet confidence that doesn't 
need to show off.  The plot is simplicity itself: Lightning McQueen, voiced 
with sass and sincerity by Owen Wilson, is a star rookie on the NASCAR 
circuit.  He is on his way to the Piston Cup Championship in Los Angeles 
when he's caught speeding  through the forgotten town of Radiator Springs 
and sentenced to community service.  The judge who slows Lightning is Doc 
Hudson, a 1951 Hudson Hornet with medals of his own hidden away in the 
garage.  Who better than acting and racing legend Paul Newman, 81, to voice 
Doc?  Newman invests Doc with such easy humor and true grit that even he 
calls it his best performance since 1982's  THE VERDICT.

Lasseter, the son of a car-parts manager, seems born for this movie.  The 
scene in which Mater, a tow truck, voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, takes 
Lightning out at night for some cow-tipping - but the cows are now tractors 
- is a classic.  As is the revenge the next morning when the tractors ride 
into town like pissed-off outlaws.  For sex, get a load of the sleek 
Porsche (Bonnie Hunt gives her a seductive purr) that gets Lightning's 
engine humming.  CARS is family fun, brimming with surprises too good to 
spoil in a review.  The message may be hold hat - stop and smell the roses 
- but Lasseter gives it a visual and vocal pop that is downright 
breathtaking.  Whether it's the thunderous excitement of the big races that 
open and close the film or an Oscar-ready Randy Newman tune called "Our 
Town" that James Taylor sings with heart-catching beauty,  CARS is a class 
act all the way.  Pixar does it again.

"A home run.  A great story...the animation is beautiful"-EBERT & 
ROEPER.  "The first great movie of the summer"-TIME.  "Incredibly 
imaginative! Cars is loaded with fast-paced fun and heartfelt 
feeling"-HOLLYWOOD CLOSE-UPS
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THE DA VINCI CODE
Directed by Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Paul Bettany, Ian McKellan, Jean Reno, 
Alfred Molina.  Rated PG-13.  149 
minutes.  <http://www.sony/movies/thedavincicode/>

Famed symbologist, Professer Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is called to the 
Louvre museum one night where a curator has been murdered, leaving behind a 
mysterious trail of symbols and clues.  With his own survival at stake, 
Langdon, aided by police cryptologist Sophie Neveau (Audrey Tautou of 
AMELIE) unveils a series of stunning secrets hidden in the works of 
Leonardo Da Vinci, all leading to a covert society dedicated to guarding an 
ancient secret that has remained hidden for 2,000 years.  The pair set off 
on a quest through Paris, London and Scotland, collecting clues as they 
desperately attempt to crack the code and reveal secrets that will shake 
the very foundations of mankind.

The film was adapted by screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A BEAUTIFUL MIND) from 
Dan Brown's best-selling book.  "By the time we'd all decided to make it 
into a movie, the book had gone from being a big hit to being a historic 
success story," says director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, 
APOLLO 13).  "It's more than just believing it would make a good movie 
story.  In choosing to take it to the screen you also have to ask yourself 
a lot of questions that the book poses to the reader.  I've never really 
been involved in a film project like this.  One that not only generates 
feeling and emotion and is entertaining, but also really stimulates great 
conversation."  (Excerpted from Sony production notes).
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50th Anniversary Celebration of Gumby July 15th

This year is the 50th Anniversary of Gumby, that beloved animated character 
that many generations grew up with.  Saturday, July 15th at 1:00 p.m. Gumby 
creators Art and Joe Clokey will be at the Rose for a Q&A following a 90 
min. presentation of classic Gumby short films.  Tickets are available at 
the Rose box office during regular business hours: $12 for adults, $5 for 
children 12 and under.

This event is being held in conjunction with a Gumby exhibit at the Art 
Mine gallery located in the historic Inn at Port Hadlock.  On display will 
be Gumby sets and props, clay puppets, photographs, clips from television 
episodes, a decade-by-decade Gumby retrospective and a demonstration on the 
techniques of animation.  The Museum of Puppetry in Atlanta will be hosting 
a Gumby exhibit this summer, and the Museum of TV and Radio in New York and 
Los Angeles will also be having daily showings of a "Gumby through the 
ages" retrospective this summer and fall.  The Smithsonian is also 
organizing a major Gumby exhibit.
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Admission Prices
General admission to the Rose is $8, senior citizens (62+) $7, children (12 
& under) $6.  The matinees are $1 less.  The box office opens 30 minutes 
before the first show of the day, and tickets may be purchased at that time 
for any show through Thursday, June 22.

Assisted Listening Devices
Since opening in 1992 the Rose has provided infrared headphones for 
customers with hearing impairment.  While the system has proved beneficial 
for many people, others have not benefited from it.  In an effort to 
provide greater flexibility in this area, we recently installed an 
additional assisted hearing system.

If your hearing aid has a telecoil, this new system might work for 
you.  The sound reaches the telecoil via a neckloop.  The system works in 
both auditoriums and may be requested at the concession.

WARNING: The telecoil/neckloop system is not to be used if you have a 
pacemaker.

Wheelchair Accessible
Both auditoriums are wheelchair accessible, as well as the main floor 
restroom.  If you phone our office ahead of time we'll be happy to reserve 
for you the designated seating area in either the Rose Theatre or Rosebud 
Cinema.  (360.385.1039)
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Gift Suggestions

Rose Theatre T-Shirts - $16.00
Rose Theatre Sweatshirts - $32.00
Admission Gift Certificates - $8, $7, $6"
Discount Cards - $35.00 - (five admissions) Saves $1 on each general 
admission ticket.
Concession Gift Certificates for any denomination
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Coming Attractions*

UNITED 93 - tba - Paul Greengrass' (THE BOURNE SUPREMACY) newest film about 
United Airlines' Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 
September 11th, 2001.  "Brilliant and momentous.  With more fictionalized 
9/11 films to come, is it too soon?  My answer is that if they truly help 
us--as the tightly focused 'United 93' helps us--to fill in the gaps in our 
knowledge and to pose more incisive questions, then it is not soon 
enough"-NEW YORK MAGAZINE.  <http://www.united93movie.com>

SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY - tba - A meticulous and humorous documentary about 
one of architecture's greatest legends.  Directed by Sydney 
Pollack.  "Lucid and engaging, 'Sketches of Frank Gehry' provides the 
enormously gratifying opportunity to spend an hour-and-a-half with an 
artistic giant"-VARIETY. <http://www.sonyclassics.com>

THE HEART OF THE GAME - tba - Documentary that captures the energy and 
passion of Seattle's Roosevelt High School girls' basketball team, and 
tells the incredible true story of one player's fight to play the game she 
loves.  "An extraordinary saga.  A smartly paced chronicle that nails the 
socialization of girls, the costs of playing ball, and the perils of female 
adolescence"-SAN FRANCISCO BY GUARDIAN

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - July 7 - Sequel to 2003's 
CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL.  Starring Johnny Depp, Kiera Knightly, Orlando 
Bloom and Geoffrey Rush.

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION - tba - Garrison Keillor has turned his popular 
radio show in to a movie, directed by the 80-year-old Robert Altman.  The 
all-star cast includes Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, Lily 
Tomlin and Mr. Keillor as himself.  <http://www.APrairieHomeCompanionMovie.com>

WATER - tba - From India, this luminous film examines the plight of a group 
of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi.  "A 
masterwork that stirs the soul"-TORONTO SUN.  <http://www.foxsearchlight.com>

DISTRICT B13 - tba - This French thriller makes everything Hollywood has 
lately done in the action genre look clumsy, dull and stale.  "Imagine the 
young Jackie Chan and Jet Li teaming up and you'll have an idea of the 
exhiliarating propulsiveness of 'DB13'"-AM NEW YORK.  "Inject a million 
cups of coffee into a major artery and you'll approximate the caffeine rush 
of 'DB13'"-AP.  <http://www.districtb13.com>

*schedule subject to change.
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Rose Theatre Movie Challenge:  Guess how much the Gumby in our box office 
weighs.

Answers must be e-mailed to moviechallenge at rosetheatre.com with Rose 
Theatre Contest in the subject line. One winner will be selected at random 
from correct responses received by midnight, June 16, and will be notified 
by e-mail.  Your free pass will be held at the box office so you must 
include your name along with your movie challenge answer.  Passes are good 
for 30 days.
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Last Week's Question:  When Chiwetel Ejiofor showed up to audition for 
KINKY BOOTS, what props did he bring along?

Answer: A woman's wig and a frilly blouse.

No winner this week.
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ticket stub may be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 
or more.  Offer valid for one month from movie date.  One stub per 
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