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Essential Art House |
An anthology of rare and classic short films, selected to amaze the young and inspire the young at ... read more |
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Introduced by local film historian Jay Duncan Sponsored by Philanthropy Theatre
Sunday, Aug 9 at 01:30 PM
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Essential Art House |
An anthology of rare and classic short films, selected to amaze the young and inspire the young at heart. ... read more |
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Introduced by local film historian Jay Duncan Sponsored by Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 01:30 PM
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Essential Art House |
An anthology of rare and classic short films, selected to amaze the young and inspire the young at heart. ... read more |
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Introduced by local film historian Jay Duncan Sponsored by Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 14 at 01:30 PM
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Special GOLDEN (50TH) ANNIVERSARY presentation of what was the equivalent of Raiders of the Lost Ark to audiences of 1959!
After the critical and public acclaim of Walt Disney’s second live-action production in 1954 of 20,000 Leagues Under the ... read more |
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1959 | Not Rated | Adventure, Family | d. Henry Levin Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 14 at 03:30 PM
Digital 50th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
A flying British nanny changes the lives of two children, largely ignored by their disciplinarian banker father and loving but distracted suffragette mother. Aloof but charming, Mary Poppins, with or without jack of all trades Bert, takes the Banks kids ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | G | Family, Musical | d. Robert Stevenson Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 8 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm 45th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
A flying British nanny changes the lives of two children, largely ignored by their disciplinarian banker father and loving but distracted suffragette mother. Aloof but charming, Mary Poppins, with or without jack of all trades Bert, takes the Banks kids ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | G | Family, Musical | d. Robert Stevenson Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm 45th Anniversary Screening
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Essential Art House |
Directed by famed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle), Spirited Away won the second Oscar ever awarded for Best Animated Feature film and became the first anime film to win an Academy Award.
In the Japanese ... read more |
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Sponsored by 2001 | PG | Animation, Family | d. Hayao Miyazaki Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 02:30 PM
Archival 35mm Dubbed in English
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For many moviegoers, The Goonies epitomizes the '80s family action-adventure. Steven Spielberg assumes the reins as producer in this big-budget effort, enlisting seasoned action-director Richard Donner (Superman) to direct and blossoming screenwriter Chris Columbus (Gremlins) to pen the script. This ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1985 | G | Adventure, Family | d. Richard Donner Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen Philanthropy Theatre
Monday, Aug 10 at 01:00 PM
Digital
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Essential Art House / (re)Discovery |
A “Sense of Wonder” and the innocence of childhood has seldom been more fully realized than in this dialog-free French short subject. Filmed entirely in the back streets and narrow alleys of Old Montmartre, it tells the adventures of a ... read more |
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Sponsored by Charles and Barbara Horak 1956 | Not Rated | Family, Fantasy | d. Albert Lamorisse Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 12:30 PM
Restored 35mm Presented as part of PLAZA DAYS: Tours, Tunes and a Classic
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Essential Art House / (re)Discovery |
"The most beautiful film ever made...", said american film critic Pauline Kael.
In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of ... read more |
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1953 | Not Rated | Drama, Family | d. Albert Lamorisse Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 14 at 10:00 AM
Restored 35mm Presented as part of PLAZA DAYS: Tours, Tunes and a Classic
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After director Mel Stuart’s 10-year-old daughter read the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), she begged her dad to make it into a movie. Thus was born Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl wrote ... read more |
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Sponsored by Patricia and J.L. Jay 1971 | G | Family, Musical | d. Mel Stuart Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum Philanthropy Theatre
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 01:30 PM
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