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husband plans to stay in the country for good, and has no intention of letting her or Mahtob return to the United States. P I L LOW TALK Friday, April 23 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, April 24 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 pm (1959) Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall Playboy songwriter Brad Allen’s suc- cession of romances annoys his neigh- bor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and up- standing Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he de- sires, however, sparks fly. WOMAN I N GOLD Saturday, April 17 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2015) Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl Sixty years after fleeing Vienna, Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish woman, attempts to reclaim family possessions that were seized by the Nazis. Among them is a famous portrait of Maria’s beloved Aunt Adele: Gustave Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.” With the help of young lawyer Randy Schoe- berg, Maria embarks upon a lengthy legal battle to recover this painting and several others, but it will not be easy, for Austria considers them national treasures. THE GREAT DEBATERS Sunday, April 18 at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm (2007) Cast: Denzel Washington, Forrest Whitaker, Denzel Whitaker Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson teaches at the predominately black Wi- ley College in 1935 Texas. He decides to start a debate team, something near- ly unheard of at a black college. While at first he butts heads with the influen- tial father of one of his best debators, eventually he is able to form a team of strong-minded, intelligent young stu- dents, and they become the first black debate team to challenge Harvard’s prestigious debate champions. CAROUSE L Friday, April 16 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, April 17 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, April 18 at 6:30 pm (1956) Cast: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell Based on the lauded Rodgers and Ham- merstein stage musical, this film fol- lows the romance of Billy Bigelow, a charming carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a pretty worker from a nearby mill. When the attractive young couple gets married, they also both find them- selves unemployed, which puts a strain on their relationship. When Billy finds out that Julie is pregnant, he resorts to extreme measures to get money, a deci- sion that leads to tragedy. MADE I N I TALY Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2020) Cast: Yolanda Kettle, Michael Richardson, Liam Neeson A London artist and his estranged son try to mend their relationship as they work together to repair a dilapidated house in Italy. NOT WI THOUT MY DAUGHTER Sunday, April 25 at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm (1991) Cast: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal Betty Mahmoody is an American woman married to “Moody”, an Ira- nian-American living in the Unit- ed States. When Moody informs her that he wants her and their daughter, Mahtob, to visit Iran with him, Betty is reluctant because of the country’s harsh treatment of women. When the family arrives in Iran, Betty discovers that her the movies The Pinecone | April 2021 • 11 • KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM = AVERAGE = GOOD = EXCELLENT = OUTSTANDING