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AN AMER I CAN I N PAR I S Friday, March 26 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, March 27 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, March 28 at 6:30 pm (1951) Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant Struggling to make a name for himself as a painter in picturesque post-World War II France, the vivacious and op- timistic former G.I., Jerry Mulligan, comes to realise that making it big in the artistic Parisian metropolis is easi- er said than done. Then, when he least expects it, Jerry finds an eager patron in the person of the affluent heiress, Milo Roberts, and has a chance encounter with the love of his life and a friend’s steady girlfriend, Lise Bouvier. Sud- denly, the happy-go-lucky artist has to choose between a brilliant career and true love. Can the American in Paris have it all? WI LD MOUNTA I N THYME Saturday, March 20 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2020) Cast: Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt, Chistopher Walken Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neigh- bor Anthony Reilly’s love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his fa- ther’s plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams. WI SH YOU WE L L Sunday, March 21 at 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm (2013) Cast: Ellyn Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, Josh Lucas After a family tragedy, a young girl moves from New York with her young- er brother to live with their great grand- mother on a Virginia farm and comes closer to understanding the land and roots that inspired her father’s writings while discovering herself, the love of family, and the power of truly believ- ing. THE GL ENN MI L L ER STORY Friday, March 19 at 1:30 pm, Saturday, March 20 at 6:00 pm & Sunday, March 21 at 6:30 pm (1953) Cast: June Allyson, James Stewart, Louis Armstrong Glenn Miller is a poor trombone play- er with dreams of fame. Eventually, through years of hard work and deter- mination, he is able to start his own band, and they become one of the most successful groups of the big-band era. With a beautiful wife and one of the biggest songs in America, “Moonlight Serenade,” Miller has it all. But at the onset of World War II, Miller enlists, giving up his fame and success to help entertain the troops stationed in Europe. MI SS F I SHER AND THE CRYPT OF F EARS Saturday, March 27 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (2020) Cast: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Ashleigh Cummings After freeing a young girl from her un- just imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspi- cious disappearance of Shirin’s forgot- ten tribe. THE GREAT DEBATERS Sunday, March 28 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. the movies The Pinecone | March 2021 • 11 • KIRBY PINES MOVIE RATING SYSTEM = AVERAGE = GOOD = EXCELLENT = OUTSTANDING