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June 3 & 5

Time(s):
7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$2 Tues
$3 Thurs

Series Logo FILM –Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend,

Director: Nicholas Stoller
Starring:
:  Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis

MPAA Rating:R
Runtime:
112 min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
NA

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June 7

Time(s):
1 pm
7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series LogoFILM – Superman (1978)

Superman Coloring Contest: Keep a look out for your chance to color your way to great prizes!

This movie begins on Krypton, where Superman's father sends him off to Earth as a young child. He grows up to be a perfectly normal newspaper reporter named Clark Kent. At least, he appears perfectly normal, until he transforms into Superman - flying around with his underpants over his tights, saving the day. When the evil Lex Luthor plans to take over the world, Superman is the only one who can stop him.

Director: Richard Donner
Starring:
Christpher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman


MPAA Rating: PG
Runtime:
143 min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
The News Gazette

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July 12

Time(s):
1 pm
7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series Logo FILM –Last of the Mohicans (1992)

As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the North American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and Native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are saved by Hawkeye, an orphaned settler adopted by the last of the Mohicans.

Director: Michael Mann
Starring:
Daniel Day Lewis, Madeline Stowe

MPAA Rating:R
Runtime:
112 min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
The News Gazette

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August 16

Time(s):
1 & 7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series LogoFILM –Mary Poppins (1964)

Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again.

Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring:
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke


MPAA Rating: NR
Runtime:
139min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
The News Gazette

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September 20

Time(s):
1 & 7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series LogoFILM – Smokey & the Bandit (1977)

Virginia Theatre Car Show: Cruise to Downtown Champaign on Saturday September 20th for the Virginia Theatre Car Show. Taking place in front of the Virginia Theatre in conjunction with the News-Gazette’s screening of Smokey and the Bandit. More details to come

Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit.

Director: Hal Neeham
Starring:
Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field


MPAA Rating: PG
Runtime:
96min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
The News Gazette

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October 11

Time(s):
1 & 7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series LogoFILM -2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

When a large black monolith is found beneath the surface of the moon, the reaction immediately is that it was intentionally buried. When the point of origin is confirmed as Jupiter, an expedition is sent in hopes of finding the source. When Dr.David Bowman discovers faults in the expeditionary space craft's communications system, he discovers more than he ever wanted to know.

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring:
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood


MPAA Rating: NA
Runtime:
141 min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
NA

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November 15

Time(s):
1 & 7 pm

Seating:
General Admission

Tickets:
$5

Series LogoFILM – The Big Lebowski (1998)

College night at the Virginia

Dude Lebowski is met by two mobsters wanting repayment of a loan that he knows nothing about. This simple case of mistaken identity entangles him into a complex kidnapping plot.

Director: Joel Coen
Starring:
Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Tara Reid


MPAA Rating: R
Runtime:
117min.
Website: Internet Movie Database
Sponsored by:
The News Gazette

 

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