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May 2014 • 11 •
COME S E P T EMBE R
Saturday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m. &
Sunday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m.
(1961)
Cast: Rock Hudson,
Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee
Wealthy industrialist Robert Talbot
arrives early for his annual vacation at
his luxurious Italian villa to find three
problems lying in wait for him. Firstly,
his long-time girlfriend Lisa Fellini
has given up waiting for him to pop
the question and has decided to marry
another man. Secondly, the butler of his
villa, Maurice Clavell, has turned the
estate into a posh hotel to make some
easy money. And, finally, the current
guests of the “hotel” are a group of
young American girls trying to fend
off a gang of oversexed boys, led by
Tony, who are ‘laying siege’ at the outer
walls of the villa. Talbot, to his own
surprise, finds himself becoming an
overprotective chaperone.
R EGARD I NG HENRY
Saturday, May 24
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(1991)
Cast: Harrison Ford,
Annette Bening, Michael Haley
HenryTurner is a despicable and ruthless
trial lawyer whose life is turned upside
down when he is shot in the head during
a robbery. He survives the injury with
significant brain damage and must re-
learn how to speak, walk, and function
normally. He has also lost most of the
memory of his personal life, and must
adjust to life with the family that he
does not remember. To the surprise of
his wife and daughter, Henry becomes a
loving and affectionate man.
T HE BOOK T H I E F
Sunday, May 25
at 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.
(2013)
Cast: Sophie Nélisse,
Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson
While subjected to the horrors of World
War II Germany, young Liesel finds
solace by stealing books and sharing
them with others. In the basement of
her home, a Jewish refugee is being
sheltered by her adoptive parents.
NAT I ONA L VE LVE T
Saturday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m. &
Sunday, May 25 at 6:30 p.m.
(1944)
Cast: Mickey Rooney,
Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp
Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and
opportunist whose father had given
him “all the roads in the Kingdom” to
travel. One of the roads, and a notation
in his father’s journal, leads him to the
quiet English country-side home of the
Brown family. The youngest daughter,
Velvet, has a passion for horses and
when she wins the spirited steed Pie
in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to
train the horse for the Grand National,
England’s greatest racing event.
ENOUGH SA I D
Saturday, May 31
at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
(2013)
Cast: Julia-Louis-Dreyfus,
James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Adivorced woman who decides to pursue
the man she’s interested in learns he’s her
new friend’s ex-husband.
THE MONUMENTS MEN
Sunday, June 1
at 1:30 and 4:00 p.m.
(2013)
Cast: George Clooney,
Matt Damon, Bill Murray
An unlikely World War II platoon is
tasked to rescue art masterpieces from
Nazi thieves and return them to their
owners.
S T E P L I VE LY
Saturday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m. &
Sunday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m.
(1944)
Cast: Frank Sinatra,
George Murphy, Adolphe Menjou
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical
comedy in the penthouse suite of
Gribble’s hotel...on credit. The
mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic.
Chaos increases when playwright Glen
Russell, whose dramatic play he thinks
Miller is producing, arrives. But it
turns out Russell can sing like Sinatra,
and Miller has leading lady Christine
turn on the charm. Can Miller’s crazed
machinations save the show?
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