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The Pinecone
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April 2013
ARGO
Saturday, April 6
at 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
(2012)
Cast: Ben Affleck,
Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
In 1979, the American embassy in Iran
was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries
and several Americans were taken
hostage. However, sixmanaged to escape
to the official residence of the Canadian
Ambassador and the CIAwas eventually
ordered to get them out of the country.
With few options, exfiltration expert
Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to
create a phony Canadian film project
looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the
Americans out as its production crew.
With the help of some trusted Hollywood
contacts, Mendez created the ruse and
proceed to Iran as its associate producer.
However, time was running out with
the Iranian security forces closing in on
the truth while both his charges and the
White House had grave doubts about the
operation themselves.
FIELD OF DREAMS
Sunday, April 7
at 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm
(1989)
Cast: Kevin Costner,
James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in
his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he
will come.” He interprets this message as
an instruction to build a baseball field on
his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of
Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven
Chicago White Sox players banned from
the game for throwing the 1919 World
Series. When the voices continue, Ray
seeks out a reclusive author to help him
understand the meaning of the messages
and the purpose for his field.
ADAM’S RIB
Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 pm &
Sunday, April 7 at 6:30 pm
(1949)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn,
Spencer Tracy, Judy Holiday
When a woman attempts to kill her
uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam
Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately
for him his wife Amanda (who happens
to be a lawyer too) decides to defend
the woman in court. Amanda uses
everything she can to win the case and
Adam gets mad about it. As a result,
their perfect marriage is disturbed by
everyday quarrels...
MAO’S LAST DANCER
Saturday, April 13
at 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
(2009)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood,
Chi Cao, Kyle MacLachlin
A drama based on the autobiography
by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was
plucked from a poor Chinese village by
Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and
taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979,
during a cultural exchange to Texas, he
fell in love with an American woman.
Two years later, he managed to defect
and went on to perform as a principal
dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a
principal artist with theAustralian Ballet.
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Sunday, April 14
at 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm
(2012)
Cast: Owen Wilson,
Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along
vacation on her parents’ business trip.
Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but
is struggling on his first novel. He falls in
love with the city and thinks they should
move there after they get married, but
Inez does not share his romantic notions
of the city or the idea that the 1920s
was the golden age. When Inez goes off
dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk
at midnight and discovers what could
be the ultimate source of inspiration for
writing. Gil’s daily walks at midnight in
Paris could take him closer to the heart
of the city but further from the woman
he’s about to marry.
APRIL IN PARIS
Saturday, April 13 at 6:00 pm &
Sunday, April 14 at 6:30 pm
(1952)
Cast: Doris Day,
Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin
S. Winthrop Putnam - first name Sam - is
the Assistant Secretary to the Assistant
to the Undersecretary of State for the
US State Department. The feather in his
cap may be arranging the Paris Festival,
an international festival highlighting the
best in several areas of the performing
arts. However, he makes a gaffe - sending
the letter of invitation for the US theater
representative who was supposed to be
Ethel Barrymore to a New York chorus
girl named Ethel ‘Dynamite’ Jackson
instead - that may ruin his career,
especially as Ethel Jackson has already
received the invitation and is raring to
go. After his initial panic, Winthrop
is happy to learn that the media has
picked up on the story which in turn has
made Sherman come to the conclusion
that sending someone from the rank
and file like Miss Jackson is a stroke
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