[Avon-theatre-news] AVON THEATRE NEWS--FEB. 6th, 2009

Skip Huston Skip at TheAvon.com
Thu Feb 5 13:52:52 EST 2009


AVON THEATRE NEWS & VIEWS 
Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous Folderol 
"All of Life's Answers are in the Movies!"  -Dr. Skippy P. Huston
WEEK OF FRIDAY, FEB. 6th thru THURSDAY,  FEB. 12th ONLY!!  
Check out our cool website at: www.TheAvon.com

OPENING FRIDAY: THE PINK PANTHER 2 (PG) Steve Martin is back as Inspector Clouseau!!
                               HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (PG13) Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Connelly, Scarlett Johansson, Kris Kristofferson, and everyone else you know!

CONTINUING: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R) The Incredible 10-Oscar Nominated Saga! 

COMING NEXT WEEK: FROST/NIXON (R) Now see the Best Picture Oscar Nominee at THE AVON!!

COMING FEB. 27th:
TELL NO ONE (R) The astounding "Hitchcockian" French thriller that is a "Skip Pick"!!
VALKYRIE (R) Tom Cruise in an "Avon Encore" of an excellent WWII thriller!!
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (R) Anne Hathaway's Best Actress Oscar-Nominated Role!!
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HELP WANTED!! 
That's right, we have openings for LOBBY STAFF available for WINTER / SPRING!!
Candidates must be available NIGHTS and WEEKENDS, 
and HOLIDAYS, No Exceptions!
Must have dependable transportation.
18 years old and up, but we will consider as young as 16 depending on the applicant and the transportation.
APPLY IN PERSON TO ASHLEY or SUE at the theater!
NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.
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THE PINK PANTHER 2  (PG) Ok! After all the angst and seriousity (a new word I just made up) of the 'Oscar Season Movies', maybe it's time to lighten things up quite a bit, huh? For those of you who can't believe anyone else but Peter Sellars could play Inspector Clouseau, I have news for you: Peter Sellars was NOT the only person to play that role!
This is a question I would normally reserve for my film class students, but here goes: Who else, besides Peter Sellars and (obviously) Steve Martin have played the role? You might be very surprised at the answer!
Actually, Steve Martin was born to play this role! He is excellent, just as Peter Sellars was excellent! And...one more thing: Peter Sellars won't be making any more Pink Panther movies, but Steve Martin just might! And that is fine with me! Let's have some mindless and silly FUN, ok???
THE PINK PANTHER 2  (PG)
(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")

FRI: (5:00) - 8:00
SAT & SUN: (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00
MON thru THURS: 7:15
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HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU  (PG13) It's the Valentine's Day season, and that usually means the appearance of at least one super romantic comedy! This one is no exception as we round up one of the best casts imaginable---Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly (one of my faves), Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, Kris Kristofferson (yes, you read the correctly) and...can there by any more??? (Answer: Yes). Bring your sweetie to the movies or just bring yourself; whatever you do you are going to have a great time with this filmed adaptation of the best-selling novel. The perfect Valentine's Day at the Avon!!
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU  (PG13)
(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")
FRI: (4:00) - 7:00
SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) - 7:00
MON, TUES & WED: 6:30
THURS: 7:00
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R)  You can't approach this marvelous film with anything remotely akin to a closed mind. 
If you come in expecting there is no way a film from India could be worthy of 10 Oscar nominations including 'Best Picture'---you will miss the ground-breaking experience this movie provides. 
BUT...if you come in with the attitude that we are all passengers on this planet Earth, and though our appearances and customs may seem strange to some, we are, after all, just the same...only different---you will be rewarded with a remarkable time at the movies!
The images come at you fast and furious here, and it does take some quick thinking at times to know exactly where you are; but, once you "get it" you can sit back and marvel at the sheer artistry of it all. This ENDS SOON, so you better get a move on!
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R) 
(Showtimes in brackets are $6.00/$5.50 'Bargain Matinees")
FRI: (4:15) - 7:15
SAT & SUN: (1:15) - (4:15) - 7:15
MON, TUES & WED: 6:35
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A NOTE FROM SKIP... 
If you have my past newsletters archived somewhere (and why in tarnation would you do that?) you can look back at this time of year and see me always wax nostalgic about the anniversary of The Avon Theatre's fantastic resurrection...

---In 1999, The Avon had been closed for a long time.
It was cold and abandoned, lifeless as the Winter woods...
I was only too painfully aware as to how various projects to bring old theaters back to life had floundered more than they had succeeded, and yet...
I had a "feeling" the old Avon Theatre, where I had seen many movies as kid, was not yet ready to end its days.

I got the keys just after Valentine's Day of 1999, and a group of some 15 or 16 volunteers joined me for the next 6 solid weeks in cleaning, sprucing, repairing, painting and dreaming. 
Mostly dreaming.

We went against the tide of every business advisor and prognosticator in the city.
NO ONE THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK!
-Even some of our good friends gave us "6 months, tops"...
(The not-such friends---you know who you are--- gave us far less than that.)

We did not have the luxury of grants and donations, and there was no bank in town that would have lent us a penny on the project...
BUT, WE DIDN'T NEED THEM!
We worked hard, and did everything the way we thought it should be done, and not the way it had "always been done".

That was 10 years ago, and the rest is history.

God loves the Avon.
(As a very prominent local business leader once said to me: "God MUST love the Avon, because there is NO OTHER EXPLANATION!")---

---Except the power of faith and perseverance. 
---The driving force of audacious enterprise.
---And there is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

AND...........
GOD LOVES THE AVON.
(and all of you too!)
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Thanks for a wonderful 10 years, folks!!
Now, let's all be here for the next 10!!

Come See Me This Weekend!
-Skip Huston




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