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<DIV><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON THEATRE NEWS & VIEWS</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>OCT. 12th</FONT> thru THURSDAY,
<FONT color=#ff0000>OCT. 18th</FONT> ONLY!!</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>OPENING
FRIDAY:<BR></STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>ELIZABETH--THE GOLDEN AGE</U>
(PG13)</STRONG> <FONT size=2><STRONG>Here is the BIG One! Cate Blanchett
and Clive Owen star!</STRONG> </FONT><FONT face=Impact color=#ff0000
size=4><U>AVON EXCLUSIVE!!</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG><U>MICHAEL CLAYTON</U>
(R)</STRONG> <STRONG><FONT size=2>George Clooney in a superior legal
thriller!<BR></FONT><BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG>CONTINUING:</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Rockwell Extra Bold"> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000><BR><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB</U>
(PG13) <FONT size=2>Maria Bello and an all-star cast.</FONT></STRONG></FONT>
<FONT face=Impact><U>ENDS TUESDAY!! AVON
EXCLUSIVE!!</U></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Rockwell Extra Bold"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG><U>3:10 TO
YUMA</U> (R) <FONT size=2>Russell Crowe and Christian Bale</FONT></STRONG>
</FONT><FONT face=Impact color=#ff0000>Absolutely, Positively the <U>LAST
SHOWINGS!</U></FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2> (We Really Mean it
Too!) </FONT><FONT
color=#ff0000><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG>SPECIAL EVENT: <BR><FONT
color=#000000><U>THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW</U> (R) MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY &
SATURDAY!!<BR><FONT size=2>Come In Costume!! Some Props Allowed!! What
Happens at ROCKY HORROR <U>stays</U> at ROCKY
HORROR!! </FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING NEXT
WEEK:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG><U>GONE BABY GONE</U>
(R) <FONT size=2>Hard-Hitting Crime Drama with Morgan Freeman and Ed
Harris!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4><STRONG>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG><U>SPECIAL NOTE</U>:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=3><STRONG>There's a LOT of competition for your
movie dollars this weekend, folks! Some of the new films are ONLY at The Avon,
and some are at The Avon <U>and</U> "elsewhere" too <EM>(and some are not at The
Avon at all because we don't have the screen</EM> <EM>available when
we only have 3 of them to work with!).</EM> <FONT size=4><U>All We Ask
of You is THIS</U></FONT>: When it is something that The Avon is playing
along with "elsewhere", please<FONT size=4> CHOOSE <EM><U>US</U></EM>
INSTEAD OF "THEM"!!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>We are the <EM>locally-owned</EM> theater!
Don't Send Your Decatur Movie Dollars Out-of-State!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4><STRONG><U>ELIZABETH--THE GOLDEN AGE
</U></STRONG><FONT size=2> <STRONG>(PG13) If ever there was a movie
with "Avon" stamped all over it, this is it! The VERY FIRST movie we ever played
when we re-opened the theater back in April of '99 was the first in this
proposed trilogy, the Oscar-nominated ELIZABETH. How's that for destiny, folks?
Now, almost 9 years later, we play the new second installment on an EXCLUSIVE
basis!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2><STRONG>Here is the awesome Cate Blanchett
reprising the role that made her famous, with Geoffrey Rush on hand again as
well! A welcome addition is hot-as-a-pistol Clive Owen!! This has it all;
romance, pageantry, intrigue, battle scenes... Here is a movie for the thinking
crowd that will definitely not do well at the malls and "McTheaters" of America
unless they showcase it properly (a feat that seems to escape so many
moviehouses these days, <EM>sadly</EM>). </STRONG><FONT size=3><STRONG>TRUST ME:
You do NOT want to miss this one!!! </STRONG><U><FONT face=Impact color=#ff0000
size=4>AVON EXCLUSIVE!!</FONT></U><BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><U><FONT size=4><STRONG>ELIZABETH--THE GOLDEN AGE
(PG13)</STRONG></FONT></U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>FRI: (4:00) -
7:00 </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) -
7:00<BR></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>MON & TUES:
7:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>WED & </FONT></STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG>THURS:
6:30</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Georgia><FONT
face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact size=5><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT
size=3></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4><STRONG><U>MICHAEL CLAYTON</U> <FONT size=2>(R)
Do you remember those superb thrillers of the 70's like THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
or THE PARALLAX VIEW?? Well, here is a worthy cousin to those! George Clooney
shelves the personal politics and turns in an outstanding award-worthy
performance as an attorney "fixer" who has hidden a few too many secrets. When
you add in co-stars Tilda Swinton (last seen on the Avon screen in
2001's "The Deep End" do you remember?) and Tom Wilkinson and Sydney
Pollack (yes, THAT Sydney Pollack) you have the ingredients for a first-class
intelligent film!<BR>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>MICHAEL CLAYTON</U>
(R)</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>FRI: (5:15) - 8:15</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (2:15) - (5:15) -
8:15<BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>MON thru
</FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>THURS:
6:35</FONT></DIV>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><FONT
size=4><U>THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB</U></FONT> (PG13) So, this one is an
"Avon Exclusive" <U>now</U> as well! It seems all of you paid us a huge
compliment last weekend and came to see this <U><EM>one-and-all</EM></U> in
spite of it playing "elsewhere". Needless to say, the "message" was read loud
and clear, and the Avon is the <U>only</U> place you can still see this clever
and most-enjoyable all-star romp about a group of women (and one man) who form a
club to study the works of the legendary Jane Austen! See it where it
always <U>SHOULD</U> have <EM>ONLY</EM> been: <U>The
Avon</U>!!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=4><STRONG><FONT
size=2></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Georgia size=4><STRONG><FONT size=2>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma><U><FONT size=4>THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB
(PG13)</FONT></U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>FRI: 8:00</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>SAT & SUN: (2:00) -
8:00<BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>MON & TUES:
6:30 </FONT></STRONG><BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</DIV></DIV>
<DIV></FONT><FONT size=4><U>THE 3:10 TO YUMA</U> </FONT><FONT size=2>(R) Ok,
quit yelling at me! I don't want to let this go!!! This is only the BEST WESTERN
I have seen in 20 years, and I hate to see it hit the dusty trail, pardner! You
all need to see it at least 5 times before it is gone, you know! Some of you
have not seen it at all!!! <FONT size=4>WASSAMATTU???</FONT> Russell Crowe and
Christian Bale make it terrific even if you don't like Westerns!!<BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><U>THE 3:10 TO YUMA</U> <FONT
size=2>(R)<BR><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50
'Bargain Matinees")<BR><FONT size=4>FRI, SAT & SUN:
(5:00)</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></FONT><BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR>SPECIAL
EVENTS:</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>>FRI & SAT, OCT. 12th & 13th
at MIDNIGHT!!</FONT></U></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><U>THE ROCKY
HORROR PICTURE SHOW</U></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT size=3>(R) </FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT size=3>If you have never experienced the ROCKY HORROR show done
"Avon Style", you owe it to yourself to personally witness this cultural
phenomenon! See it with the Millikin Shadow cast on the stage with the movie
itself! Come in costume (as bare as you dare---or as the law allows) and an
allowed prop list will be available at the Avon this Friday!</FONT> <FONT
color=#000000 size=4><U>Tickets only $5</U> (No Passes Please). Get your tickets
NOW, because this is always a
SELL-OUT!!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><U>>WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17th at 7:00 PM
ONLY</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>Boston's World-Famous ALLOY ORCHESTRA
Returns to The Avon for a 5th Time!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4>See the legendary classic 1927
silent Buster Keaton film, <U>THE GENERAL</U>, with LIVE accompaniment from
the</FONT> <FONT size=4>ALLOY ORCHESTRA!! </FONT><FONT size=3>Hundreds of
Decatur-area people have attended the previous Alloy Orchestra events at the
Avon, and all are waiting for their return!</FONT><FONT size=4> TICKETS:
<U>ADULTS: $10 SENIORS/STUDENTS: $7</U> (No Passes Please). <EM>ON
SALE THIS
FRIDAY!!<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</EM><BR><U>>FRIDAY,
Oct. 26th at MIDNIGHT!!</U> <FONT color=#ff0000>FREE!! FREE!!
FREE!!<BR></FONT>FREE HALLOWEEN PROGRAM FEATURING THE ORIGINAL "NIGHT OF THE
LIVING DEAD" and various spooky cartoons and
short-subjects.</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><U>>SATURDAY, OCT. 27th at 11
AM: </U> <FONT color=#ff0000>FREE!! FREE!!
FREE!!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><U>The Avon Kid's Club</U> returns in a
NEW and Improved Format!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0000 size=4>AVON KID'S HALLOWEEN
CARTOON SHOW!! This is a special, "kid friendly" Halloween
cartoon program that is FREE for EVERYONE!!!<FONT color=#000000> (Suitable
for ALL Ages!)</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0000 size=4><U>>HALLOWEEN NIGHT: OCT.
31st at 8 PM:</U> <FONT color=#000000><B>Special Screening of the new
movie "CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE" with IN-PERSON appearances by
real-life Ghost Hunters Troy Taylor, Keith Age & The Booth Brothers!
</B><FONT size=2>See the Scary New Ghost Documentary within the confines of the
Haunted Avon Theater; Meet the Stars; Take Part in a Haunting Question &
Answer Session after the film; Door Prizes; Surprises; and Much More! <B><FONT
size=4>Admission: $7.00 Per Person (No Passes
Please)</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><FONT size=2>Doors open at 6:30 PM with
FREE Halloween candy for anyone in costume, handed out by the stars of the film!
<BR></FONT><FONT size=4>Film starts at 8:00 PM, followed by Q & A Session
with the stars!!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>So, Is That Enough October Special Events
For You??</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>All That and GREAT NEW MOVIES
TOO!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><EM>Come See
Me!!</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" size=7><EM>-Skip
Huston</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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