Ambler Theater Previews5 9 A MARCH - MAY 2007 Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh in TOUCH OF EVIL TOUCH Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh in 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 Support the Ambler Theater. 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 Please help us raise the remaining $50,000 Students w/valid I.D. .....................................$6.00 week. All films are subject to this week-to-week decision-mak- needed to meet our capital campaign goal. 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 It’s been over a year since we kicked off our capital campaign by relighting our Affiliated Theaters Members* ...........................$5.50 films and why some films play longer or sooner than others, neon tower. Today the campaign is almost complete. In order to finish, though, *Affiliated Theaters Members visit our website.) we need your help in raising the final $50,000. We are happy to announce that the Ambler Theater, the County When Will a Film’s Run Start? YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED BY A MATCHING GRANT Theater, and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute have reciprocal After we decide on Monday (Tuesday at the latest) what new The Theater has received a $500,000 matching state challenge grant. admission benefits. Your membership will allow you $5.50 films will start on Friday, we immediately let you know on our $50,000 more is needed to secure the match of this grant. Act now to help admission at the other theaters. (You must present your member- website and on our hotline. the Theater and to support the Borough’s continued revitalization. Your gift will ship card to obtain this discount.) be doubled! We’ll send you an email message every Tuesday as to what Please take a moment to consider making an entry level gift ($10-$200), or Be a Member is coming and going on Friday. (Sign up by emailing us at gifting a seat in the main auditorium ($500), or a sidewalk star ($5,000), or Become a member of the nonprofit Ambler Theater and show your [email protected].) a naming opportunity (beginning at $7,500). Every dollar counts. Your gift will 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 make this project a reality. a membership form. our box office (215/793-4970), and leave your name and IMPROVING YOUR THEATER EXPERIENCE Policies telephone number and the particular film that you want to see Here are a few of the planned improvements: A new 280-Seat Auditorium with Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to (on the answering machine is ok). We’ll put that on our “Film original 1928 ornaments and details restored; an expanded projection booth our “Regular Films.” However, all age children are welcome to our Call List,” and then we’ll call you on the right Monday and tell to service the new auditorium; and a new Concession Stand. These renova- tions will: double our capacity to over 500 seats; increase the number of special “Kids Films” series. you that your film is starting that Friday. (Two requests: please weekly feature films and special programs; provide more space for community leave a telephone number where you have an answering ma- Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling tickets events; and create a perfect setting for special meetings. chine, and please don’t request every film on the flyer.) (and/or seating patrons) after a film has started. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED And When Will a Film’s Run End? Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring out- There are so many people to thank for making this possible: our members, side food and drink into the theater. This decision happens by the same process – we decide on friends, local companies and foundations. We particularly acknowledge the Make a gift Monday which films will end on Thursday. Again, we immedi- extraordinary generosity of our federal, state, county and borough public The Ambler Theater has wheelchair accessible auditoriums officials. We look forward to formally acknowledging ALL of our donors after on-line: ately let you know on our website, on our hotline, and in our and restrooms, and is equipped with hearing enhancement we open our newly restored 280 seat main auditorium later this year. AmblerTheater.org weekly email messages. devices. Please see the theater manager when you arrive. Make Sure That We Have Your Email Address Mail check to Give us Feedback We can keep you up-to-date on all our events and scheduling Ambler Theater Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we wel- Construction Update P.O. Box 676 come your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better. Call via our weekly email notices. Visit our website to sign up, and Architectural design work by JK Roeller, Architects has been completed. The then stay plugged into our latest programming news. Ambler, PA 19002 (215) 345-7855, or email us at [email protected] project went out to bid to numerous local firms, with four detailed proposals submitted. The Board has chosen E. Allen Reeves of Abington, PA as general Special Programs Questions? Ambler Theater contractor. Work, assuming that the final campaign funds are raised, will start Call our business office: Our Special Programs are scheduled for specific dates and in the spring and be completed by Labor Day. 108 East Butler Ave, Ambler, PA 19002 215-348-1878 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 Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information call: AmblerTheater.org Jim Sanders at 215-348-1878 or email [email protected] MAIN ATTRACTIONS MAIN ATTRACTIONS The Namesake Black Book Amazing Grace India/USA – 2 hr 2 min – Mira Nair Netherlands – 2 hr 24 min Great Britain – 1 hr 51 min Mostly in English Paul Verhoeven Michael Apted Breaking and Entering Angel-A Venus From acclaimed Indian director Mira With subtitles AMAZING GRACE is a historical drama Nair, THE NAMESAKE is a thoughtful film about activist William Wilberforce’s Great Britain – 1 hr 59 min France – 1 hr 31 min – Luc Besson Great Britain – 1 hr 34 min Eclectic Dutch director Paul Verhoeven about family, love, and self-discovery. ongoing battle to abolish the slave Anthony Minghella With subtitles Roger Michell returns to his native country to make his It’s about two generations of an Indian- trade in the early nineteenth century. Jude Law plays a well-to-do architect A morality tale that is alternately humorous This charming British comedy revolves first Dutch film in over twenty years. It’s a American family – the parents who Spanning more than twenty years and whose London offices are burglarized, and brooding, ANGEL-A tells the story of around two seasoned actors whose lives WWII resistance thriller in which a young moved from Calcutta to the U.S., and seamlessly alternating between various sending him on an ill-advised mission Andre, a former con artist whose past are thrown into chaos when a young Jewish woman does whatever it takes their son who struggles to reconcile points in the tale’s chronology, this to discover the culprit. Juliette Binoche catches up with him. It’s sort of a hip woman comes to visit. Peter O’Toole, still to survive the Nazi occupation. This his American identity with his cultural stimulating film features exceptional and Robin Wright Penn give superb update of It’s a Wonderful Life. Shot in charismatic and silver-tongued, scores suspenseful historical drama is powerful heritage. This fine film is an affectionate performances from Ioan Gruffudd, Albert supporting performances in this sharply lush black and white and set in Paris, this a bull’s-eye with his funny (and randy) and deeply moving. and touching portrait of one family’s Finney, and Michael Gambon. observed film about contemporary life film marks acclaimed French director Luc lead performance. Wry British humor and journey to a new life. and love. Besson’s return to top form. keenly observed human behavior make this funny and touching film a small gem. Paris Je T’Aime The Lives of Others After the Wedding France – 1 hr 50 min – various directors Germany – 2 hr 17 min Denmark – 1 hr 59 min – Susanne Bier Featuring vignettes from twenty world Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck With subtitles Miss Potter The Italian Little Children directors, PARIS JE T’AIME is a series of With subtitles A powerful drama, AFTER THE WEDDING Great Britain – 1 hr 32 min Russia – 1 hr 39 min – Andrei Kravchuk USA – 2 hr 17 min – Todd Field short cinematic love letters addressed This psychologically charged German is about a Danish man who is Chris Noonan With subtitles This powerful, wryly funny, and piercingly to Paris.