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County Theater 86 PreviewsDECEMBER 2013 – FEBRUARY 2014 Ralph Fiennes in THE INVISIBLE WOMAN THE INVISIBLE Ralph Fiennes in INCLUDES OUR MAIN ATTRACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS C OUNTYT HEATER.ORG 215 345 6789 Welcome to the nonprofit County Theater The County Theater is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. How can you support ADMISSION COUNTY THEATER the County Theater? MEMBER General ............................................................$10.00 Be a member. Become a member of the Members* .........................................................$5.00 nonprofit County Theater and Seniors (62+) & show your support for good Young persons (<25). ......................................$7.50 films and a cultural landmark. See back panel for a member- Matinees ship form or join online. Your financial support is tax-deductible. Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri before 4:30 Make a gift. Sat & Sun before 2:30 .......................................$7.50 Your additional gifts and support make us even better. Your Wed Early Matinee before 2:30 ..........................$6.00 donations are fully tax-deductible. And you can even put your Affiliated Theaters Members** ...........................$6.00 name on a bronze star in the sidewalk! You must present your membership card to obtain membership discounts. Contact our Business Office at (215) 348-1878 x117 or at The above ticket prices are subject to change. [email protected]. *Members’ admission may increase to $6.00 later in 2014. Be a sponsor. Receive prominent recognition for your business in exchange **Affiliated Theaters Members for helping our nonprofit theater. Recognition comes in a variety The Ambler Theater, the County Theater, and now the Hiway Theater of ways – on our movie screens, in our brochures, and on our in Jenkintown, have affiliated admission benefits. Your membership website. Contact us at (215) 348-1878 x112 or at will allow you $6.00 admission at the other theaters. (Members can [email protected]. also attend the Bryn Mawr Film Institute for $7.00.) Get our weekly email notices. Policies We can keep you up-to-date on all our events and scheduling Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to our via our weekly email notices. Visit our website to sign up, and films or programs unless specifically indicated. then stay plugged into our latest programming news. Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling tickets Give us feedback. (and/or seating patrons) after a film has started. Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we welcome your feedback. Please let us know what we can do Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring out- better. Call (215) 348-1878, or email us at side food and drink into the theater. [email protected] Accessibility & Hearing Assistance – The County Theater Special Thanks: has wheelchair accessible auditoriums and restrooms, and The County Theater receives funding support through is equipped with hearing enhancement devices. (For head- a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a phones, please see the theater manager when you arrive.) state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. We’re Nonprofit. The County Theater is owned and operated by County Theater, County Theater Inc., a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation. Contribu- 20 East State St., Doylestown, PA 18901 tions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. The official 215-345-6789 HOTLINE registration and financial information of County Theater, Inc. may 215-348-1878 Administrative Office be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by call- CountyTheater.org ing toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. PREVIEWS (86) DECEMBER 1, 2013 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY CLOSELY WATCHED FILMS (COUNTY THEATER) 20 EAST STATE STREET, DOYLESTOWN, PA 18901-4311 ISSUE NO. 86 MAIN ATTRACTIONS Main Attractions What main films will play at the County? This section lists the Main Attractions that we intend to play in the coming weeks. Additional unlisted films will also become available. This list is only an educated guess, though, since film release plans often change. When will these main films play? Scheduling our Main Attractions is week- to-week. On Monday, we decide what main films will play starting that Friday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we set the showtimes for the upcoming week and then update our website and telephone hotline. We also send out a weekly email (which you can receive by signing up at our website). Sometimes, we book a main film a few weeks in advance, which we post on our website’s “Coming Attractions” section. For our latest Main Attractions plans, visit: CountyTheater.org (Or call our hotline at 215 345 6789.) Philomena The Past Dallas Buyers Club The Invisible Woman France – Asghar Farhadi – 2 hr 10 min USA - Jean-Marc Vallée - 1 hr 57 min UK – Ralph Fiennes – 1 hr 51 min w/subtitles Matthew McConaughey stars as real- Period biographical dramas don’t come Iranian Asghar Farhadi’s French-language, life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose much better than THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, Paris-set follow-up to his celebrated A free-wheeling life was upended in 1985 an involving portrayal of the relationship Separation is superb. Here an Iranian when he was diagnosed with AIDS and Charles Dickens maintained with a much man reunites with his estranged French given 30 days to live. He decided to younger woman at the end of his life. The wife in Paris to finalize their divorce. This take matters in his own hands, tracking movie is beautiful in its camerawork and is soon complicated by secrets, lies down treatments from all over the world. production design, and extremely British and revelations as their cluttered pasts McConaughey shines in this riveting, in its emotional restraint. Ralph Fiennes muddy the way forward. This is masterful sometimes funny, very powerful story. directs and stars opposite Felicity Jones. filmmaking. With a great supporting performance from Jared Leto. MAIN ATTRACTIONS Inside Llewyn Davis Only Lovers Left Alive Le Week-End USA – Joel and Ethan Coen – 1 hr 45 min USA – Jim Jarmusch – 2 hr 2 min UK - Roger Michell – 1 hr 33 min The latest from the Coen Brothers, ONLY LOVERS is a strong dose of cool LE WEEK-END stars Jim Broadbent and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS follows a wrapped in a hypnotic vampire movie. Lindsay Duncan as a British couple young folk singer as he navigates the That’s right, it’s a Jim Jarmusch vampire celebrating their thirtieth wedding Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. movie. With Tilda Swinton and Tom anniversary with a weekend getaway Guitar in hand, huddled against the Hiddleston as the hippest, most beautiful in Paris. As they travel around the city, New York winter, he struggles to make it vampires ever. The film is an addictive they revisit the highs and lows of their against mounting obstacles. Beautifully mood piece, a nocturnal reverie that relationship, fight about their faults, and made, this new Coens’ movie ranks with celebrates a century-old love affair. Set continue to run out of restaurants without their best in its balance of biting satirical in Tangier and Detroit with stunning paying the bill. A bittersweet, but very humor and deep melancholy. Starring cinematography, glorious set design and enjoyable love story. Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. amazing music, this is the filmmaker’s best work in years. Philomena The Lunchbox Limited Engagements UK – Stephen Frears – 1 hr 35 min India - Ritesh Batra – 1 hr 44 min We try to play each of our Main A moving and often funny film about in English & Hindi w/subtitles Attractions films for a full multi-week a woman looking for the son she was In Mumbai, India, a misdelivered run. Sometimes, however, we are unable forced to give up at birth. After fifty years lunchbox brings together two very to play a film in a timely or complete of searching, Philomena solicits the different people — a neglected housewife way, and it becomes a question of either help of a cynical journalist in her quest. and a solitary widower on the verge of squeezing it in or not playing it at all. We Judi Dench gives a compassionate retirement. This beautiful film effortlessly then often schedule that film for a couple performance as the long-suffering, but weaves themes of gender, class, and of mid-week screenings, called Limited ever-optimistic mom and Steve Coogan generational differences into a simple Engagements. Make sure that you sign complements her in his inimitable dry love story. Whether it’s cooking a meal, up for our weekly email blast, so that manner. Stephen Frears (The Queen) reading a letter, or riding a crowded train, you don’t miss these short, last-chance directed. the film’s small moments are precise and screenings. completely enchanting. C OUNTYT HEATER.ORG 215 345 6789 National Theatre Live NT National Theatre Live Individual tickets: General: $18 Member: $16 Group tickets (10 or more): Please call Chris Collier at 215-348-1878 x114 for discount pricing options. Purchase online: CountyTheater.org By phone: 215-348-1878 x115 At the County Theater box office. (All tickets are non-refundable. Please contact us with any questions or comments.) NT NT NT County: Jan 12 Sun 12:30 County: Feb 2 Sun 12:30 Coming March 2014 Ambler: Jan 19 Sun 12:30 Ambler: Feb 9 Sun 12:30 Theaters and dates TBA Hiway: Jan 26 Sun 12:30 Hiway: Feb 16 Sun 12:30 Coriolanus War Horse 3 hr (including two intermissions) 3 hr (including two intermissions) ENCORE: The Habit of Art Donmar Warehouse’s production of For the first time, the original landmark London 2 hr (with no intermission) CORIOLANUS, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy production of WAR HORSE will be broadcast An encore broadcast of Alan Bennett’s of political manipulation and revenge.