[Rose-movies] Rose Theatre Newsletter for June 20, 2006
The Rose Theatre
rocky at rosetheatre.com
Tue Jun 20 08:54:38 PDT 2006
This week's newsletter includes:
* AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH held over
* Local 20/20 Facilitated Discussion to Follow TRUTH Screenings
* CARS held over
* A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION coming soon
* 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: Tuesday, June 20 - Thursday, June 29
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - showing in the Rose Theatre
June 20-23----------4:30, 7:00
June 24---------------2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:00
June 25---------------2:15, 4:30, 7:00
June 26-29-----------4:30, 7:00
CARS - showing in the Rosebud Cinema
June 20-23-----------4:00, 7:20
June 24----------------1:30, 4:00, 7:20, 9:40
June 25----------------1:30, 4:00, 7:20
June 26-29------------4:00, 7:20
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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 25th and 26th -
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
Voiced 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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A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Directed by Robert Altman
Cast: Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones, Maya
Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Garrison Keillor,
Virginia Madsen.
Rated PG-13 for risque humor. 105
min. <http://www.APrairieHomeCompanionMovie.com>
Director Robert Altman thinks it's about death. Writer Garrison Keillor
thinks it's light comedy. They're both right. But this screen take on
Keillor's three-decades-running public radio show, "A Prairie Home
Companion," is something else as well: a delectable antidote to the
hard-sell sideshow of Hollywood. PRAIRIE goes down so easy that you
probably won't notice at first how artfully it's done. Take your time and
relax into a movie that's as comfy as Keillor's pillowy
baritone. Minnesota's Keillor has concocted a death-wish fantasy,
imagining that it's curtains for his radio variety show, broadcast from the
Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.
A big corporation from Texas has sent in an ax man (Tommy Lee Jones). What
we're seeing is the last performance of Keillor as GK, playing ringmaster
onstage and off. Camera whiz Ed Lachman bathes this valedictory in
shimmering color and light. Altman, as he has from NASHVILLE to GOSFORD
PARK, assembles a dream cast. A luminous Meryl Streep, playing loose and
funny and true as singer Yolanda Johnson, fits in snugly with an ensemble
that includes the treasurable Lily Tomlin as her sister Rhonda. Their duet
on "Goodbye to My Mama" is a beaut.
Altman says his movies are all in the casting: he just watches. Don't buy
it. Other filmmakers who try to match his alchemy with actors fall flat on
their fat ones. Altman, 81, is still a master at the top of his game. He
even brings out the best in Lindsay Lohan as Yolanda's daughter Lola, who
writes suicide poetry. Lohan rises to the occasion, delivering a
rock-the-house version of "Frankie and Johnny." The songs, sung live with
Keillor's Shoe Band,exude an uncanned charm. They can also be howlingly
comic when warbled by John C. Reilly and Woody Harrelson. When the sexy
angel of death (Virginia Madsen) slips past security, in the person of
Kevin Kline's Guy Noir, the plot thickens. Not too much, though. Keillor
loves corn but not syrup. After a performer dies backstage, Yolanda asks
GK for a moment of silence. His response: "Silence on the radio - I don't
know how that works."
I don't know how this movie works either, only that it does. For those, me
included, who used to think of Keillor's radio programs as tepid,
self-indulgent, repetitive and flat, you might even call it a
revelation. Take a swig of this moonshine. There's magic in
it. (Excerpted from ROLLING STONE)
"A rollicking good time..guaranteed"-MAXIM. "Marvelous. Streep is
brilliant"-NEW YORK MAGAZINE.
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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 29.
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
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>
RUSSIAN DOLLS tba - This candidly deft portrait of a womanizer's journey
is a follow-up to director Cedric Klapisch French charmer L'AUBERGE
ESPAGNOLE. "Irresistible"-THE NEW YORKER. "Glamorous and entertaining"THE
VILLAGE VOICE. <http://www.russiandollsthemovie.com>
WORDPLAY - tba - A brainbender about American's obsession with crossword
puzzles starring Will Shortz, Editor of the New York Times Crossword, Jon
Stewart, Bill Clinton, Ken Burns and the Indigo Girls. "So suspenseful
your palms will be sweating"-ROLLING STONE. "Humurous and
affectionate"-TIME OUT NEW YORK. <http://www.wordplaythemovie.com>
*schedule subject to change.
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Rose Theatre Movie Challenge: In the preview to WORDPLAY preceding AN
INCONVENIENT TRUTH, the Philosopher identifies a letter that he considers
boring. Which letter is it?
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 23, 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: Guess how much the Gumby in our box office weighs.
Answer: I have no idea. Since no one submitted an answer to this question
there was no reason to take Mr. Gumby to Jefferson Heathcare for an
official weigh in.
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Sound Music & Media, 901 Water Street, Port Townsend. Your Rose Theatre
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
purchase. Not valid on Quimper Sound gift certificates or tickets.
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