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Happy Double Anniversary To Us! It's Been 25 Or 30 Years!
We opened our first film series in Newburyport, July '77
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
99 m G Think Film Co. ship courier
The professional madman and relentlessly curious filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to the blinding white of the Antarctic. He meets melancholic scientists, brooding journalists and various poets of the soul along with otherworldly furry and floating creatures.
"Hauntingly beautiful" NY TIMES "Amazing" ROLLING STONE.
Fri., Aug. 15 at 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Aug. 16 at 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Aug. 17 at 5:15 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., Aug. 18 21 at 7:30 pm
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S THOMPSON
119 m, NR Magnolia Pictures
A definitive film bio of a mythic American figure. Tom Wolfe called Hunter S. Thompson "our greatest comic writer." Thompson was an early contributor to ROLLING STONE magazine which dedicated an entire issue to him after his death, its best-selling issue ever.Thompson's work includes Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. He was a brash, irreverent journalist noted for an alcohol and drug infused sensibility he called "Gonzo journalism." With interviews with Gary Hart, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Buffet, Pat Buchanan, George McGovern, Tom Wolfe and others and illustrated with the ink-splaterred work of Ralph Steadman. Driected by Alex Gibney who also gave us the Academy Award winning documentary Taxi To The Dark Side. Edited and co-produced by Alison Ellwood who also edited the Academy Award nominated documentart ENRON: The Smatrest Guys In The Room.
Fri., Aug. 22 at 6:00 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Aug. 23 at 3:15, 6:00 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Aug. 24 at 4:45 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., Aug. 25 28 at 7:30 pm
VERY SPECIAL EVENT!!!!
Alison Ellwood, editor/co-producer of
GONZO will be in the theater on Tuesday,
Aug. 26 to speak about the film after the
screening. She was also the editor/producer
of the Academy award winning ENRON.
ELSA AND FRED
106 m, PG, Metroplolis Scope
(In Spanish w/titles)
Elsa is 82 and has had the same dream for 60 years. It's from a Fellini movie but it stars Elsa, not Anita Ekberg. Instead of Marcello Mastroiani there is a missing link in the dream. Alfredo, who Elsa calls Fred, is a bit younger and has lived a quiet, responsible life. After he loses his wife, Fred meets Elsa through his daughter. Elsa becomes a whirlwind in Fred's life. She teaches him how to live.
Fri., Aug. 29 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Aug. 30 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Aug. 31 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., Sept. 1 4 at 7:30 pm
THE VISITOR
103 m, PG Scope Overture Films
Richard Roeper called THE VISITOR one of the best films of 2008. Directed by Tom McCarthy of THE STATION AGENT. A 62 year old economics professor keeps going through piano teachers, trying to reconnect with his late piano playing wife. While visiting Manhattan he is surprised to find a young couple living in the apartment he barely uses. They are victims of a real-estate scam and dirt-poor immigrants. He lets them stay and they begin to teach him African drums. There is a theme of unexpected friendships.
Fri., Sept. 5 at 6:15 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Sept. 6 at 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Sept. 7 at 5:00 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., Sept. 8 11 at 7:30 pm
MAN ON WIRE
94 m, PG Flat
Winner of the Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Festival. "The most explosive documentary ever filmed," New York Post. "A heart-pounding thriller," New York Sun. On August 7, 1974 a young Frenchman named Phillipe Petit illegally rigged a high-tension wire between New York's Twin Trade Towers, then the world's highest buildings. He danced on the wire for nearly an hour before being arrested. It took 6 _ years of planning to bypass security, smuggle in cable, etc.
Fri., Sept. 12 at 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Sept. 13 at 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Sept. 14 at 5:15 & 7:30 pm
Mon. - Thur., Sept. 15 18 at 7:30 pm
VICKI CHRISTINA BARCELONA
97 m, PG13 Flat MGM/UA
Woody Allen has regained his form as a storyteller and this new film produces a winner of a Barcelona tale of spicy romantic entanglements and sparkling performances. With a great cast including Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Scarlett Johansson. The best Woody Allen in years.
TWO WEEKS! Sept. 19 Oct. 2
All Fridays at 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Saturday, Sept. 20 at 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Saturday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 & 8:45 pm only
All Sundays at 5:15 & 7:30 pm
All Mon. Thur., at 7:30 pm
September 26 - 28
The FIFTH ANNUAL NEWBURYPORT DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Newburyport's own, home-grown film festival, now in its 5th year plays the Firehouse Center for the Arts and the Screening Room for three days, September 26 28, 2008.
For a full schedule go to www.newburyportfilmfestival.com
BURN AFTER READING
95 m, R Flat Focus Features
The Coen Brothers (FARGO, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, etc.hatch another fabulously convoluted plot. A CIA agent (John Malkocich) is fired. He angrily writes inflammatory memoirs. His soo-to-be ex-wife (Tilda Swinton) swipes the disc but loses it at the gym. The gym trainer (Brad Pitt) and owner (Frances McDormand) try to use it for blackmail. George Clooney is in there, too. It's a comedy, by the way. This year's opener at the Venice Film Festival.
TWO WEEKS! Oct. 3 16
Fridays at 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Saturdays at 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 pm
Sundays at 5:15 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., at 7:30 pm
A MAN NAMED PEARL
78 m, G, Shadow, ship Fedex
The inspiring true story of self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar, who reacted to a racist comment that, "Black people don't keep up their yards" by fashioning an extraordinary garden that has been featured in dozens of magazines, newspapers and television programs and is now a Preservation Project of the Garden Conservancy. It even brings tourist dollars to his dirt poor South Carolina area and has been ongoing now for 30 years. Winner of the Heartland Film Festival Audience Choice Award.
Fri., Oct. 17 at 6:45 & 8:45 pm
Sat., Oct. 18 at 4:45, 6:45 & 8:45 pm
Sun., Oct. 19 at 5:30 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., Oct. 20 23 at 7:30 pm
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
133 m, PG13 Scope Miramax
ELLE magazine says, "Emma Thompson gives one of the best performances of her career." Based on Evelyn Waugh's novel, the film transforms the book into one of the grandest, most enriching films of the year. A sprawling, compelling story that Rex Reed called 'a masterpiece.that makes you want to go back to the movies."
TWO WEEKS! Oct. 24 Nov. 6
Fridays at 7:30 pm only
Saturday at 3:15, 6:00 & 8:45 pm
Sundays at 4:45 & 7:30 pm
Mon. Thur., at 7:30 pm
Adults $7.00, Over 60/Under 12, $4.50, Ticket books 10 for $55.00
Handicap accessible
SCREENING ROOM, 82 STATE STREET, NEWBURYPORT MA 01950
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