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WHERE HOPE GROWS (2014) Wednesday, July 16 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Kristoffer Polaha, David DeSanctis A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store. PEOPLEWILL TALK (1951) Friday, July 18 | 1:30 pm Saturday, July 19 | 6:30 pm Sunday, July 20 | 6:30 pm Cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie Dr. Noah Praetorius falls in love with Deborah, a student who discovers that she is pregnant by her old boyfriend. BECAUSE OFWINN-DIXIE (2005) Saturday, July 19 | 1:30 pm Cast: AnnSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends. BLUE STEEL (1934) Sunday, July 20 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, Gabby Hayes U.S. marshal John Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks he may be the culprit. Meanwhile the town’s leading citizen is planning to rob everybody blind. RUDY (1993) Tuesday, July 22 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986) Wednesday, July 23 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck A brash, cocky high school senior, tired of skipping school to spend a boring day at home, is determined to enjoy an epic day roaring around his favorite Chicago sites, enlisting his best friend and girlfriend to join him on the adventure. THROUGHLY MODERNMILLIE (1967) Friday, July 25 | 1:30 pm Saturday, July 26 | 6:30 pm Sunday, July 27 | 6:30 pm Cast: Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore In NewYork City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount’s self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love. SANTA FE TRAIL (1940) Saturday, July 26 | 1:30 pm Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. THE DAWN RIDER (1935) Sunday, July 27 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: John Wayne, Marion Burns, Dennis Moore Just as John travels to visit his father, he witnesses his death and suffers a gun wound - a beautiful woman is kind enough to help him bring the killers to justice, but jealousy from another man may cause problems. THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (2019) Tuesday, July 29 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, Ann Pierce Zak, a man with Down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008) Wednesday, July 30 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton Benjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 as a baby. The Pinecone | July 2025 • 11 •