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Previews6 1 A SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 2007 Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and in THE DARJEELING LIMITED THE DARJEELING in Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, Wilson, Owen

INCLUDES OUR MAIN ATTRACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS A MBLER T HEATER.ORG 215 345 7855 Welcome to the nonprofit Ambler Theater The Ambler Theater is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

ADMISSION When will films play? Main Attractions General...... $8.00 Film Booking. Our main films play week-to-week from Friday Members...... $4.50 through Thursday. Every Monday we determine what new films Seniors (62+) will start on Friday, what current films will end on Thursday, Children under 18 and and what current films will continue through Friday for another Students w/valid I.D...... $6.00 week. All films are subject to this week-to-week decision-mak- Matinee (before 5:30 pm)...... $6.00 ing process. We try to play all of our Main Attractions films as Wed Early Matinee (before 2:30 pm)...... $5.00 soon as possible. (For more info on the business of booking Affiliated Theaters Members*...... $5.50 films and why some films play longer or sooner than others, visit our website.) *Affiliated Theaters Members We are happy to announce that the Ambler Theater, the County When Will a Film’s Run Start? Theater, and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute have reciprocal After we decide on Monday (Tuesday at the latest) what new admission benefits. Your membership will allow you $5.50 films will start on Friday, we immediately let you know on our admission at the other theaters. (You must present your member- website and on our hotline. ship card to obtain this discount.) We’ll send you an email message every Tuesday as to what Be a Member is coming and going on Friday. (Sign up by emailing us at Become a member of the nonprofit Ambler Theater and show your [email protected].) support for good films and a cultural landmark. See back panel for If there is a particular film that you don’t want to miss, call a membership form. our box office (215/793-4970), and leave your name and telephone number and the particular film that you want to see Policies (on the answering machine is ok). We’ll put that on our “Film Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to Call List,” and then we’ll call you on the right Monday and tell our “Regular Films.” However, all age children are welcome to our you that your film is starting that Friday. (Two requests: please special “Kids Films” series. leave a telephone number where you have an answering ma- Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling tickets chine, and please don’t request every film on the flyer.) (and/or seating patrons) after a film has started. And When Will a Film’s Run End? Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring out- This decision happens by the same process – we decide on side food and drink into the theater. Monday which films will end on Thursday. Again, we immedi- The Ambler Theater has wheelchair accessible auditoriums ately let you know on our website, on our hotline, and in our and restrooms, and is equipped with hearing enhancement weekly email messages. devices. Please see the theater manager when you arrive. Make Sure That We Have Your Email Address Give us Feedback We can keep you up-to-date on all our events and scheduling Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we wel- via our weekly email notices. Visit our website to sign up, and come your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better. Call then stay plugged into our latest programming news. (215) 345-7855, or email us at [email protected] Special Programs Ambler Theater Our Special Programs are scheduled for specific dates and 108 East Butler Ave, Ambler, PA 19002 times, which are listed in this PREVIEWS brochure. Check our 215-345-7855 HOTLINE website and hotline for any additions or changes. 215-348-1878 Administrative Office AmblerTheater.org Support the Ambler Theater.

What is the Fine Print Ambler Theater? The official The Ambler registration and Theater is a non- financial informa- profit movie theater tion of the Ambler that shows inde- Theater, Inc. may pendent, art, and be obtained from foreign films, as well the Pennsylvania as special events Department of like Saturday Kids State by calling Matinees and clas- toll-free, within sic Hollywood films. Contact our Business Office at Pennsylvania, We also have filmmaker appearanc- (215) 348-1878. 1-800-732-0999. Registration es, discussion groups, and lectures. Become a Business Sponsor! does not imply endorsement. Who is running the Theater? Receive prominent recognition for Special Thanks “Ambler Theater, Inc.”, is a 501(c)(3) your business in exchange for help- The Ambler Theater receives tax-exempt nonprofit corporation ing our nonprofit theater. Recogni- funding support through a grant which owns and runs the theater. Its tion comes in a variety of ways – on from the Pennsylvania Council local Board of Directors oversees all our silver screens, in our brochures, on the Arts, a state agency operations. and on our website. Call us at (215) funded by the Commonwealth 348-1878 for details. Become a Member! of Pennsylvania and the Your membership is the foundation Parties and Meetings National Endowment for the Arts, of our success. Please fill out and State-of-the-art auditoriums avail- a federal agency. return the attached membership able for private parties and corpo- form. (Or join online - it’s easy and rate meetings. We also host birthday secure.) Your financial support is parties and special events. We are tax-deductible. Memberships run for able to accomodate everything from one year from date of joining. video projection to PowerPoint presentations to conferencing, to Put your star in the sidewalk! internet projection. And we’ll provide We need your additional gifts and catering and other amenities. support in order to complete Phase Contact Ross Grieve at (215) 345- 2 of our restorations. Your donations 7855 x 7 or rgrieve@ renewtheaters. are fully tax-deductible. And you can org or visit our web site AmblerThe- put your name on a bronze star in ater.org for more details. the sidewalk! MAIN ATTRACTIONS

The Darjeeling Limited Elizabeth: The Golden Age Lust, Caution USA – Wes Anderson Great Britain – Shekhar Kapur China – Ang Lee The idiosyncratic Wes Anderson revisits reprises her marvelously With subtitles the theme of fractured family relations nuanced role as Queen Elizabeth I in Ang Lee’s latest film (following his with this film about a man who tries to this lushly shot period piece. Picking up Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain), re-connect with his two brothers after the where the 1998 Elizabeth left off, the is an espionage thriller set in WWII-era death of their father. Together they take film presents the relationship between Shanghai. A young woman gets swept a dramatic train journey across India. Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh in a up in a dangerous game of political and Anderson veterans Owen Wilson and gripping drama laced with treachery and emotional intrigue with a powerful man. Jason Schwartzman are joined by Adrien romance. Also with , Geoffrey Starring Asian cinema icon Tony Leung. Brody in the lead roles. Rush, and .

The Golden Door My Best Friend The Kite Runner Italy – 1 hr 57 min – Emanuele Crialese – 1 hr 34 min – USA – Marc Forster With subtitles With subtitles Based on one of the most acclaimed Set in Sicily at the dawn of the twentieth Masterful director Patrice Leconte serves novels of recent memory, THE century, this breathtaking film is about up this light, but thoughtful comedy about KITE RUNNER is a powerful tale of a poor farmer who decides to immigrate a man who sets out to win a bet by proving friendship, family, devastating mistakes to the United States and on the way falls that he has a best friend. Daniel Auteuil is and redeeming love. In a divided in love with a beautiful and mysterious superb as the Parisian antiques dealer who Afghanistan, two childhood best- woman. An inspiring film about love, must engage in some tricky maneuvering friends are torn apart by a fearful act of hope, and rebirth as the quintessential to produce this nonexistent person. An betrayal. Now, twenty years later, one of American dream. amusing “buddy movie” that contemplates the boys living in America returns to a what it is to be a buddy. perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban to face dark secrets and to make things right. MAIN ATTRACTIONS

The Jane Austen No Country for Old Men In the Shadow Book Club USA – 2 hr 2 min – Joel and Ethan Coen of the Moon USA – Robin Swicord The Coen Brothers return to form Great Britain – 1 hr 36 min – David This funny film is about a group of with this scorching blast of neo-noir Sington women (and one enigmatic man) who, filmmaking. Near the Rio Grande, a The excitement, majesty, and not surprisingly, participate in a Jane man stumbles upon two dead bodies, extraordinary human accomplishment Austen book club. In getting to know a hoard of heroin, and over 2 million of America’s Apollo flights to the moon each other, they find that their lives dollars. What follows is a series of are rousingly captured in this marvelous begin to mimic the plots of Austen’s violent (make that very violent) and film. Deftly mixing archival footage with novels. Featuring a wonderful cast of chaotic events that make for an exciting commentaries of astronauts from the actors, including Lynn Redgrave, Maria film full of melancholy, down-home moonshots, this British film produces a Bello, and Hugh Dancy. Based on the philosophy, and dark, dark humor. visual and audio vibrancy that brings the best-selling novel by Karen Joy Fowler. Starring , Javier stirring story alive. Not to be missed on Bardem, and Josh Brolin. the big screen.

Margot at the Wedding Moliere Paris Je T’Aime USA – France – 2 hr – Laurent Tirard France – 1 hr 58 min – various directors Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the With subtitles Featuring vignettes from twenty world Whale) continues to plumb the depths of Romance, creativity, subterfuge, and verbal directors, PARIS JE T’AIME is a series of domestic life with this film about a woman repartee are among the pleasures in short cinematic addressed who attends her sister’s wedding. Tension MOLIERE, a whimsical film that ruminates to Paris. The directors include Olivier mounts as Margot strongly disapproves of on the life of the renowned 17th century Assayas, Joel and Ethan Coen, Alfonso her sister’s choice of husband. Baumbach French playwright. While it examines the Cuaron, Walter Salles, Tom Tykwer, and has noted that this film is modeled on the connection between life and art, this Gus Van Sant. The cast includes Juliette intimate psychological studies of French entertaining film is also laugh-out-loud Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, filmmaker Eric Rohmer. Starring Nicole funny. It’s sort of a French answer to Gerard Depardieu, , Kidman, , and Jack Shakespeare in Love. and Sewell. A delightful cinematic Black. diversion.

A MBLER T HEATER.ORG 215 345 7855 AUTUMN CINEMATHEQUE SERIES‘07 SPECIAL PROGRAMS AT 3 THEATERS. The County Theater, the Ambler Theater and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute each present special film programs. Together we increase your opportunities to see classic and unusual films on the big screen. Unlike our MAIN ATTRACTIONS, these offerings are at fixed times and places (and not all offerings play at all locations), so check closely for details. Also check for updates on our websites.

Ambler: Sept 10 Mon 7:00 & 9:30 Ambler: Sept 19 Wed 7:00 Ambler: Sept 20 Thur 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Sept 19 Wed 7:00 County: Sept 19 Wed 7:00

An Evening with Laurel and Hardy Jersey Justice Sneak Preview: 2006 - 1hr 40 min - USA - color - digital Sons of the Desert d: John Charles Hunt Ken Burns’ The War 1933 – 1 hr 5 min - USA - d: William A. Seiter We welcome local filmmaker John Charles WHYY co-sponsors this sneak preview of Laurel and Hardy return to the Ambler Theater Hunt to the Ambler Theater to present his the highly anticipated PBS series THE WAR, with this classic 1933 comedy. Stan and Ollie film, JERSEY JUSTICE, which he shot in the produced and directed by Ken Burns. This attend their fraternal lodge convention and Philadelphia area. A revenge thriller with an documentary explores the Second World War then have to do some fancy footwork to pacify edge, it’s about a suburban mom who sees by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary their wives. The screening will be introduced by her husband gunned down on the streets of men and women who become caught up in Roger Gordon, President of the Philadelphia Philadelphia. She then journeys to find the one of the greatest conflicts in human history. chapter of the Laurel and Hardy club, which truth. The filmmaker and members of his cast The screening will consist of a one-hour appropriately enough is called the Sons of the and crew will introduce and discuss the film sneak preview of this seven-part series, which Desert. A Laurel and Hardy short, Going Bye afterwards. is scheduled to air on WHYY this fall. This Bye, will also be screened. screening is for members only and is free.

County: Sept 24 Mon 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Sept 26 Wed 7:30 Ambler: Sept 27 Thur 7:00 County: Oct 1 Mon 7:00

The Rules of the Game 50 Years of Janus 1939 – 1 hr 50 min - France – b/w Janus Films, the distributor responsible for w/subtitles - 35mm - d: bringing an amazing number of masterpieces Janus Revisited: A Film Forum Jean Renoir’s masterful dissection of French of world cinema to American audiences in with Jennifer Steinberg society takes place at a French country the 1950’s and 60’s, is celebrating its 50th Join Jennifer Steinberg, Curator of estate, where a group of aristocrats meet for Anniversary with the re-release of many of Documentary Films for the Philadelphia a weekend hunting party. Romance and other its best films. To share in that celebration, Film Festival and host of Cinema Salon, for intrigues percolate beneath the surface of this we present an eight-week series of Janus an exciting foray into Janus Films, including tone-perfect film. RULES OF THE GAME has films, all newly struck 35mm prints of an introduction and discussion of the been often cited as the greatest film of the 20th superior quality. Many of the films will also extraordinary films of the Janus Collection. Century. The screening at Bryn Mawr will be be accompanied by lectures and discussions The forum will feature film clips of many of the preceded by introductory remarks from Stella at the various theaters - so check the film leading films, and will encourage feedback and Bill Pence, co-founders of the Telluride listings for details. and audience discussion. Film Festival, and who were formally involved with Janus Films. AUTUMN CINEMATHEQUE SERIES‘07 Bryn Mawr: Oct 3 Wed 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Oct 10 Wed 7:00 Ambler: Oct 16 Tue 7:00 Ambler: Oct 4 Thur 7:00 Ambler: Oct 11 Thur 7:00 County: Oct 8 Mon 7:00 County: Oct 15 Mon 7:00

The Hidden Fortress 1958 - 2 hrs 6 min - Japan - b/w The 400 Blows w/subtitles - 35mm - d: 1959 - 1 hr 39 min - France - b/w This high-flying adventure film, set in 16th- w/subtitles - 35mm - d: Francois Truffaut century feudal Japan, involves two peasant Janus Revisited: A Film Francois Truffaut’s semi-autobiographical farmers returning from war who escort a General and a princess across enemy lines. The dramatic Forum with Jennifer Steinberg feature debut is the story of a young Parisian Join Jennifer Steinberg, Curator of action sequences are Kurosawa at his best and boy who winds up in a life of petty crime. Documentary Films for the Philadelphia were a major influence on ’Star A shining example of Film Festival and host of Cinema Salon, for Wars. Starring Toshiro Mifune. The screening cinema, the film utilizes many of the stylistic an exciting foray into Janus Films, including at Bryn Mawr will be introduced by Villanova and compositional techniques that went on an introduction and discussion of the film professorPaul Wright, and the screenings to influence a generation of European and extraordinary films of the Janus Collection. at Ambler and County will be introduced American filmmakers. Starring Truffaut regular The forum will feature film clips of many of the and discussed by freelance film writerTravis Jean-Pierre Leaud. The screenings at Bryn Mawr leading films, and will encourage feedback Crawford. and Ambler will be introduced and discussed by and audience discussion. (This is a repeat of freelance film writerGary Kramer. the September 24 lecture at the County.)

Bryn Mawr: Oct 17 Wed 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Oct 24 Wed 7:00 County: Oct 29 Mon 7:00 Ambler: Oct 18 Thur 7:00 Ambler: Oct 25 Thur 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Oct 31 Wed 7:00 County: Oct 22 Mon 7:00 Ambler: Nov 1 Thu 7:00

La Strada 1954 – 1 hr 48 min - Italy - b/w w/subtitles - 35mm - d: One of Fellini’s best films, features The Seventh Seal the inimitable Giulietta Masina. Here she 1957 – 1 hr 32 min – Sweden – b/w delivers a heart-wrenching performance playing w/subtitles - 35mm - d: a young woman who is sold to a traveling An unequivocal masterpiece if ever there ever Day of Wrath 1943 - 1 hr 50 min - Denmark - b/w carnival’s brutish strongman (Anthony Quinn). was one, Ingmar Bergman’s awe-inspiring w/subtitles - 35mm - d: Touchingly tender, this film won the Oscar for allegory revolves around a knight (Max von The great Danish filmmaker Carl Dreyer Best Foreign Language Film. The screening at Sydow) returning from the Crusades. He finds directed this dark tale of witch hunts in Bryn Mawr is co-sponsored by the Consulate his country ravaged by the Plague and is met 17th-century Denmark. Careful attention General of Italy, and will be introduced and by Death, itself. The knight challenges Death to period detail, dreamy, slow panning discussed by Dr. Fabio Finotti, Professor of to a game of chess—with the stakes being his camera techniques, and marvelous acting all Italian Studies at University of Pennsylvania, life. characterize this amazing film. DAY OF WRATH and the screenings at Ambler and County will also resonated with events contemporary to be introduced and discussed by Rosemont its making. English and Film Professor Maurizio Giammarco. AUTUMN CINEMATHEQUE SERIES‘07 County: Nov 5 Mon 7:00 County: Nov 12 Mon 7:00 County: Nov 19 Mon 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Nov 7 Wed 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Nov 14 Wed 7:00 Ambler: Nov 21 Wed 7:00 Ambler: Nov 8 Thur 7:00 Ambler: Nov 15 Thur 7:00

Filmmakers Tom Mattera and Dave Mazzoni The Fourth Dimension 2006 - 1 hr 22 min - USA - d: Tom Mattera and Viridiana Play Time Dave Mazzoni 1961 - 1 hr 30 min - Spain - b/w 1967 - 2 hrs - France - color - w/subtitles Temple University graduates Dave Mazzoni w/subtitles - 35mm - d: Luis Bunuel (very little dialogue) - 35mm - d: Jacques Tati and Tom Mattera directed this darkly surreal Banned in its native Spain until 1977, Jacques Tati’s amusing Monsieur Hulot makes meditation on the complexity of time. Jack is VIRIDIANA is a film about a young nun who his fourth screen appearance and fumbles a loner working in an antique shop. When a is persuaded to leave her convent to visit her through a disorientingly modern Paris in this mysterious woman presents him with a broken ailing uncle. There she becomes the object of surreal masterpiece. PLAY TIME has very antique clock, inexplicable events begin to the man’s perverse adulation, which sets off a little dialogue, but is rife with meticulously occur. Variety called this inventive film “an Alice- chain of tragic consequences. This is Bunuel at choreographed comedy that is magical and like rabbit hole of suppressed memories.” The his irreverent and surreal best. The screening completely unique. The screenings at County, screening will be introduced and discussed by at Bryn Mawr will be introduced and discussed Bryn Mawr and Ambler will be introduced and the filmmakers. by Bryn Mawr College Professor of Hispanic discussed by Scribe Video Program Director Studies Enrique Sacerio-Gari. Gretjen Clausing.

County: Nov 26 Mon 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Nov 28 Wed 7:00 County: Dec 3 Mon 7:00 Ambler: Nov 29 Thur 7:00 Bryn Mawr: Dec 5 Wed 7:00 Ambler: Dec 6 Thur 7:00

Western Movie Night with Producer Sandra Itkoff Animated Film and Video Lou DiCrescenzo from Sweden Lost Canyon The Killer Within USA - 1942 - 1 hr 1 min - d: Lesley Selander 2006 - 1 hr 25 min - USA - d: Macky Alston Daydream Nation The County Theater welcomes back film In 1955, Bob Bechtel walked into his dormitory 2007 - 1 hr 30 min - Sweden – digital historian and preservationist Lou DiCrescenzo at Swarthmore College and shot a fellow DAYDREAM NATION is a curated collection of for a fun-filled evening devoted to the Western student, who he claimed had been bullying 18 animated shorts, music videos and art films, films of yesteryear. The feature film is LOST him. He was determined to be insane and which showcases the most inventive animators CANYON, one of over fifty films made about never stood trial. Fifty years later, Bob, now and filmmakers working in Sweden today. A one of the favorite cowboy-heroes of all time, a Professor of Psychology, confesses this veritable smorgasbord, the images and themes Hopalong Cassidy. Join Hoppy and the gang hidden secret to his family and the world. This of the films in this program range from the for a rollicking good time in the old West, and gripping documentary explores the themes whimsically surreal to the darkly perverse—and don’t miss the one-of-a-kind short films that of responsibility, redemption, and justice. The everywhere in between. Program length will screen before the feature. Program lasts screenings will be introduced and discussed by approximately 90 minutes. approximately 2 hours. the film’s producer, Sandra Itkoff. AUTUMN CINEMATHEQUE SERIES‘07

AMBLER THEATER MASTER SCHEDULE

Sept 10 Mon 7:00 & 9:30 Jersey Justice Sept 19 Wed 7:00 Sneak Preview: Film Discussion Groups Ken Burns’ The War at the Ambler Theater Kids Saturday Matinees There are regular Film Discussion Groups at Sept 20 Thur 7:00 From November through April, we play a the Ambler Theater, the County Theater, and the An Evening with Laurel and Hardy different classic or contemporary kids film each Bryn Mawr Film Institute. Currently, the Ambler Sons of the Desert Saturday morning starting at approximately discussion is the first Wednesday of each 11:00 am. Visit our website for details. month, following a selected 7:00 screening. For details, check each theater’s website, call Sept 27 Thur 7:00 our hotlines, or inquire at the theaters. (The The Rules of the Game schedule is subject to change, so always check ahead of time.) Oct 4 Thur 7:00 The 400 Blows Oct 11 Thur 7:00 The Hidden Fortress Oct 16 Tues 7:00 Janus Revisited Bryn Mawr: First Monday of each Bryn Mawr: Oct 20 Sat Midnight Oct 18 Thu 7:00 month 9:00–11:00 pm The Seventh Seal Oct 25 Thur 7:00 Day of Wrath Nov 1 Thur 7:00 La Strada Nov 8 Thur 7:00 Viridiana Nov 15 Thur 7:00 Transylvanian Nipple Productions Presents Play Time The Rocky Horror Picture Show Open Screen Mondays 1975 - 1 hr 40 min - USA - color - 35 mm Nov 21 Wed 7:00 at the Bryn Mawr d: Jim Sharman The Fourth Dimension The Bryn Mawr Film Institute invites area Back by popular demand, Transylvanian Nipple filmmakers to screen their films at our theater Productions returns for their outrageous Nov 29 Thur 7:00 – just bring your film in DVD or VHS format, and live accompaniment to the cult classic film, The Killer Within we’ll run it on the BIG SCREEN! Admission, as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. So well as praise (or criticism) from your peers, don your favorite fishnets and join us for the will all be offered FREE of charge. This is an quintessential interactive film experience. Or Dec 6 Thur 7:00 exciting forum for Philadelphia area filmmakers. just watch the movie – that’s okay, too. Daydream Nation You don’t have to be a filmmaker — come if you just want to see interesting local work.

Our front auditorium is now under active renovation. We open this Fall.

Thank you for all of your support! Funds are still needed to complete several aspects of architectural restoration of the theater’s facade including:

• Restore period marquee • Replace entrance doors • Restore period poster cases • Repair terra-cotta tiles

Gifts are tax-deductible. For more information call: Ross Grieve at 215-793-4970 or email [email protected] or visit our website at www.AmblerTheater.org

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Previews 61A September-November 2007