County Theater 59 PreviewsMARCH - MAY 2007 Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston in TOUCH OF EVIL TOUCH Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston in INCLUDES OUR MAIN ATTRACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS C OUNTY T HEATER.ORG 215 345 6789 Welcome to the nonprofit County Theater The County Theater is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. To our 4,200+ members, thank you. 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- Early Matinee ..................................................$5.00 ing process. We try to play all of our Main Attraction films as (shows prior to 2:30 pm) soon as possible. (For more info on the business of booking Late Matinee ...................................................$6.00 films and why some films play longer or sooner than others, (shows starting between 2:30 & 5:30 pm) visit our website.) Wed Early Matinee (before 2:30 pm) ...............$4.50 When Will a Film’s Run Start? Affiliated Theaters Members* ...........................$5.50 After we decide on Monday (Tuesday at the latest) what new *Affiliated Theaters Members films will start on Friday, we immediately let you know on our We are happy to announce that the Ambler Theater, the County website and on our hotline. Theater, and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute have reciprocal We’ll send you an email message every Tuesday as to what admission benefits. Your membership will allow you $5.50 is coming and going on Friday. (Sign up by emailing us at admission at the other theaters. (You must present your member- [email protected].) ship card to obtain this discount.) If there is a particular film that you don’t want to miss, call our box office (215/345-6789 ext. 6), and leave your name Be a Member and telephone number and the particular film that you want Become a member of the nonprofit County Theater and show your to see (on the answering machine is ok). We’ll put that on our support for good films and a cultural landmark. See back panel for a “Film Call List,” and then we’ll call you on the right Monday membership form. and tell you that your film is starting that Friday. (Two requests: Policies please leave a telephone number where you have an answer- Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to our ing machine, and please don’t request every film on the flyer.) “Regular Films.” However, all age children are welcome to our special And When Will a Film’s Run End? “Kids Films” series. How can you support the County Theater? This decision happens by the same process – we decide on Be a member. Your membership is Become a sponsor. Receive Put your star in the sidewalk. Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling tickets Monday which films will end on Thursday. Again, we immedi- (and/or seating patrons) after a film has started. the foundation of our success. Please prominent recognition for your business Your additional gifts and support make ately let you know on our website, on our hotline, and in our fill out and return the attached mem- in exchange for helping our nonprofit us even better. Your donations are fully Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring outside weekly email messages. bership form. (Or join online – it’s easy theater. Recognition comes in a variety tax-deductible. And you can put your and secure.) Your financial support is of ways – on our silver screens, in our food and drink into the theater. Make Sure That We Have Your Email Address name on a bronze star in the sidewalk! tax-deductible. Memberships run for brochures, and on our website. Call us Contact our Business Office at (215) The County Theater has wheelchair accessible auditoriums We can keep you up-to-date on all our events and scheduling one year from date of joining. at (215) 348-1878. 348-1878. and restrooms, and is equipped with hearing enhancement via our weekly email notices. Visit our web site to sign up, and devices. Please see the theater manager when you arrive. then stay plugged into our latest programming news. How does the County Theater run? Give us Feedback “County Theater, Inc.” is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation which owns and runs the theater. Our current Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we wel- Special Programs Board consists of: Molly Lowell, President; Louise McLeod, Vice President; Cheryl Royer, Secretary; Ron Strouse, Treasurer; Jim Bunn; Pamela Byers; Gregory J. Gore; Mary Beth Kineke; Jack McMillin; Richard Patterson; Scott come your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better. Call Our Special Programs are scheduled for specific dates and Petersen; John Soffronoff; Sandra Teel Trainer; Lynn Taylor; Lou White; and John Toner, Executive Director. The official (215) 345-6789, or email us at [email protected] times, which are listed in this PREVIEWS brochure. Check our registration and financial information on County Theater, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of website and hotline for any additions or changes. State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. County Theater 20 East State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901 Special Thanks 215-345-6789 HOTLINE The County Theater receives funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 215-348-1878 Administrative Office a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, CountyTheater.org a federal agency. MAIN ATTRACTIONS MAIN ATTRACTIONS Breaking and Entering The Lives of Others Amazing Grace Great Britain – 1 hr 59 min Germany – 2 hr 17 min Great Britain – 1 hr 51 min Anthony Minghella Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Michael Apted Jude Law plays a well-to-do architect With subtitles AMAZING GRACE is a historical drama Miss Potter After the Wedding The Namesake whose London offices are burglarized, This psychologically charged German about activist William Wilberforce’s Great Britain – 1 hr 32 min Denmark – 1 hr 59 min – Susanne Bier India/USA – 2 hr 2 min – Mira Nair sending him on an ill-advised mission drama is set in 1984 East Berlin, before ongoing battle to abolish the slave Chris Noonan With subtitles Mostly in English to discover the culprit. Juliette Binoche the fall of the Berlin Wall. It centers trade in the early nineteenth century. Renee Zellweger stars in the title role A powerful drama, AFTER THE WEDDING From acclaimed Indian director Mira and Robin Wright Penn give superb on an officer of East Germany’s secret Spanning more than twenty years and of this biopic film about Beatrix Potter, is about a Danish man who is Nair, THE NAMESAKE is a thoughtful film supporting performances in this sharply police, who is instructed to spy on a seamlessly alternating between various author of the Peter Rabbit stories and summoned to Copenhagen to meet the about family, love, and self-discovery. observed film about contemporary life famous couple. As time passes, the points in the tale’s chronology, this other children’s books. Director Chris mysterious benefactor of the orphanage It’s about two generations of an Indian- and love. officer becomes obsessed with the stimulating film features exceptional Noonan (Babe) is well-versed in the he runs in India. His attendance at the American family – the parents who emotional life of the couple. performances from Ioan Gruffudd, Albert milieu of imaginative fancy, and he deftly benefactor’s daughter’s wedding leads moved from Calcutta to the U.S., and Finney, and Michael Gambon. presents this story about creativity and to shocking revelations of secrets from their son who struggles to reconcile the workings of an artist’s mind. It is the past. his American identity with his cultural also about a woman trying to realize her heritage. This fine film is an affectionate dreams in Victorian England. With Ewan and touching portrait of one family’s McGregor and Emily Watson. journey to a new life. Venus Black Book Angel-A Great Britain – 1 hr 34 min Netherlands – 2 hr 24 min France – 1 hr 31 min – Luc Besson Roger Michell Paul Verhoeven With subtitles Paris Je T’Aime The Italian The Valet This charming British comedy revolves With subtitles A morality tale that is alternately humorous France – 1 hr 50 min – various directors Russia – 1 hr 39 min – Andrei Kravchuk France – 1 hr 25 min – Francis Veber around two seasoned actors whose lives Eclectic Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and brooding, ANGEL-A tells the story of Featuring vignettes from twenty world With subtitles With subtitles are thrown into chaos when a young returns to his native country to make his Andre, a former con artist whose past directors, PARIS JE T’AIME is a series of THE ITALIAN is a striking film about a This thoroughly likeable French film woman comes to visit. Peter O’Toole, still first Dutch film in over twenty years. It’s a catches up with him. It’s sort of a hip short cinematic love letters addressed six-year-old Russian boy who is forced derives its humor from a pleasing charismatic and silver-tongued, scores WWII resistance thriller in which a young update of It’s a Wonderful Life.