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SWE E T HOME A L ABAMA
Saturday, July 4
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(2002) Cast: Reese Witherspoon,
Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas
Sophisticated Melanie Carmichael,
a rising New York clothing designer
suddenly finds herself engaged to
the city’s most eligible bachelor.
But this is no fairy tale romance for
Melanie. She has skeletons in her
fashion-filled closet that include
Jake - the backwoods husband she
married in high school who refuses
to divorce her. Determined to end
their marriage and sever all ties with
her past once and for all, Melanie
returns to Alabama. But home starts
to tug at her heartstrings, and what
she thought she wanted may not be
what she wants at all.
YOU ’ R E NOT YOU
Sunday, July 5
at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(2014) Cast: Hilary Swank,
Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel
Kate is a classical pianist just
diagnosed with ALS. Bec is a brash
college student and would-be rock
singer who can barely keep her
wildly chaotic affairs - romantic
and otherwise - together. Yet, when
Bec takes a job assisting Kate, just
as Kate’s marriage to Evan hits the
skids, both women come to rely on
what becomes an unconventional
- sometimes confrontational - and
fiercely honest bond. As meticulous,
willful Kate begins to rub off on
whirlwind, spontaneous Bec - and vice
versa - both women find themselves
facing down regrets, exploring new
territory and expanding their ideas of
who they want to be.
T HE MUS I C MAN
Saturday, July 4 at 6:00 p.m.
& Sunday, July 5 at 6:30 p.m.
(1962) Cast: Robert Preston,
Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
Confidence man Harold Hill arrives
at staid River City intending to cheat
the community with his standard
scam of offering to equip and train
a boys’ marching band, then skip
town with the money since he has no
music skill anyway. Things go awry
when he falls for a librarian he tries
to divert from exposing him while he
inadvertently enriches the town with
a love of music.
T HE GR EAT E S T GAME
EVE R P L AYED
Saturday, July 11
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(2005) Cast: Shia LaBeouf,
Stephen Dillane, Elias Koteas
Near the turn of the twentieth
century, young Harry Vardon
becomes a champion golfer but
learns that his amazing skill is no
match for the class boundaries that
exclude him from “gentlemanly”
English society. A dozen years later,
a young American, Francis Ouimet,
fights against the same prejudice, as
well as his own father’s disdain, for a
chance to participate in the U.S. Open
against his idol -- Harry Vardon. The
struggles of both men for acceptance
provides the background for an
amazing contest of skills.
F L I P P ED
Sunday, July 12
at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(2010) Cast: Madeline Carroll,
Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay
A young schoolboy realizes that the
same girl he struggled to avoid may
actually be his one true love in this
coming-of-age romantic comedy
from director Rob Reiner. Adapted
from the book by Wendelin Van
Draanen,
Flipped
tells the story of
mischievous schoolboy Bryce and
his neighbor Juli, who’s had a crush
on her girl-phobic classmate since
second grade. Over the course of six
years, Juli pines for Bryce as he does
everything in his power to put her
off. Later, as the pair enters junior
high, Bryce discovers girls and the
tide starts to shift. But will Juli still
be interested after all that Bryce has
done to keep her at arm’s length?
T HE GL ENN M I L L E R S TORY
Saturday, July 11 at 6:00 p.m.
& Sunday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m.
(1954) Cast: James Stewart,
June Allyson, Harry Morgan
The Glenn Miller Story traces
Miller’s rise from pit-orchestra
trombone player to leader of the
most successful big band of his era.
June Allyson is on hand as Miller’s
wife, Helen, who learns the value
of patience when Glenn spends
his wedding night jamming with
Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong.
Given an officer’s commission
during World War II, Miller helms
the swingin’est military band ever
heard. In December of 1944, a plane
carrying Miller disappears while
flying over the English Channel.
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