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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON THEATRE NEWS
& VIEWS</U></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM><FONT
face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and Miscellaneous
Folderol</FONT></EM> </STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT
color=#008000><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"All of Life's Answers
are in the Movies!"</EM></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM> </EM><FONT
size=2><EM>-Dr. Skippy P. Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Papyrus><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>SEPT. 5th</FONT> thru THURSDAY,
<FONT color=#ff0000>SEPT. 11th</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Check
out our cool website at: </STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.theavon.com/"><FONT
face=Arial size=4><STRONG>www.TheAvon.com</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>OPENING
FRIDAY:</FONT> <U>BEER FOR MY HORSES</U> (PG13)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>Toby Keith
& Rodney Carrington</FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000>CONTINUING:</FONT> <U>MAMMA MIA!</U> (PG13)</STRONG> <FONT
size=3>Meryl Streep and a cast
of dozens!<BR></FONT><STRONG> <U>HENRY
POOLE IS HERE</U> (PG)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>Luke Wilson & Radha
Mitchell<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=4><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>COMING
SOON:</FONT> <U>RIGHTEOUS KILL</U> (R)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>DeNiro and
Pacino!!<BR></FONT><STRONG> <U>
THE WOMEN</U> (PG13)</STRONG> <FONT size=3>Just about every actress over 35 in
Hollywood!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>BEER
FOR MY HORSES</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT size=2>Alright, you wise guys,
stop laughing! You KNOW you want to get in touch with your inner rowdy self,
right? Not since the days of "Smokey and the Bandit" have we had such a
country & western-skewing fun fest.</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This is the kind of movie the audiences will like and the
critics will be aghast!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2>(In other words: Great fun!)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Country music Superstar TOBY KEITH stars with Decatur-favorite
RODNEY CARRINGTON (he has appeared here locally several times all to sell-out
shows) and legendary WILLIE NELSON! Add to that the likes of TOM SKERRITT and
TED NUGENT <EM>(yup, ya' heard that right)</EM>, and you have one heck of a
country gumbo!<BR>Sometimes, you just feel like some mindless fun! Here it is!
Good toe-tapping music too!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>(We <EM>may</EM> even have some free CD's of the soundtrack
for you to win too!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>BEER
FOR MY HORSES (PG13)</U></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")<BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>FRI: (5:00) - 8:00 <BR>SAT & SUN: (2:00)
- (5:00) - 8:00</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>MON thru THURS: 7:15</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma
size=4>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><U>MAMMA MIA!</U> (PG13) <FONT size=2>Now, if there are still
any of you out there who haven't seen this at least once, you need to dig deeper
into your psyche and find out why you <U>don't</U> want a great big
ol' dose of <FONT size=3>HAPPY!!</FONT> <BR>We had it a month, and dropped
it...Then, we were sooooo sorry we did! <BR>So, we brought it back last week for
Labor Day, and for what we <U>thought</U> just a one-week-only encore!!
<BR>BOY, you proved us wrong there!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So, when will it end??? <BR>YOU TELL US!! <BR>It is going
on its 6th week now, and that <U>still is not a record</U>! ("Phantom of
the Opera" played for 9 weeks, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" played for 13
weeks).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The thing is, you never get tired of musicals, because you
never get tired of hearing that fabulous music!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>There are those that have seen it 7 and 8 times and are still
coming!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Don't you want a big old smile on that long
face???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>C'mon get happy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Throw all your blues
away!!</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>MAMMA
MIA!</U> (PG13)<BR><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in
brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG>
<DIV><FONT size=4>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00<BR>SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) -
7:00</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>MON, TUES & WED: 6:40<BR>THURS: 7:00</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV><FONT
size=4></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>HENRY
POOLE IS HERE</U> (PG) </FONT><FONT size=2>So, here is one that really took
many of you by surprise. (Including me).</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This quietly moving film about faith (and the lack of same),
weaves its own little mood.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Some have absolutely LOVED it, and a few have been
rather lukewarm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><U>None</U> have hated it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Yes, this is a "message" movie, and yes it does skew to the
spiritual, but without being too "preachy".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Last week I sent you Roger Ebert's THREE AND A HALF STAR
review in a separate emailing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>If you like LUKE WILSON, he is better here than you have ever
seen him.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>If you think RADHA MITCHELL is a total babe (I am one of
them), then this is for you too!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Above it all, the story of the "image" on the stucco wall, and
the troubled people who find an intervention from God in their lives; this is,
first and foremost, <EM>a love story</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Life is all about the disconnected suddenly becoming
connected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>It's a story we always love to witness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>'nuff said?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><U>HENRY
POOLE IS HERE</U> (PG)</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")<BR>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>FRI: (4:15) - 7:15 <BR>SAT & SUN: (1:15)
- (4:15) - 7:15</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4>MON, TUES & WED: 6:30 (Ends
Wednesday)<BR></FONT><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><U>A NOTE FROM
SKIP</U>...</FONT> </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><STRONG>Over 6 years ago, Richland
Community College approached me about teaching film classes for them at the
Avon.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><EM>I thought they were
nuts.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>Even though I have been
known to be rather, uh, <EM>verbose</EM>, I had never actually taught a class
before.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>Yes, when I was in college I
wanted to be a drama teacher, but that kind of thinking drifted away as I
heard the call of the entertainment <U>business</U>
world...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>After 30+ years at the
executive level in the music and video biz, I re-opened the old Avon
Theater...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>...So, there I was, with a
enrollment of about 65 for my first film classes...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>I was rather
nervous.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><EM>In fact, I was scared
witless!</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>I remember walking into
that 1st class half-expecting everyone to throw things at me and storm out
after ten minutes!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><EM>But, that didn't
happen.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=3><EM></EM></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>In fact, now over 6 years
later, the Richland-at-the-Avon film classes are an established Decatur
entity!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>My next class is on <FONT
size=4><U>POLITICS AT THE MOVIES</U></FONT>, and it starts on Thursday, Sept.
11th at 6:30!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>You can get a sign-up sheet
at one of our Avon lobbies, or call the Adult Learning Center at Richland,
or simply show up at the Avon on the 11th a little earlier than 6:30 and
sign up with a Richland official.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>Cost is $80 for 8 Thursday
nights of movie magic!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>I have promised over and
over this will NOT be a class with any leanings toward the partisan or with
<EM>any</EM> agenda whatsoever!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000><EM>(When POLITICS are involved,
people get rather wary of those things).</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><U>Instead, these will be
films about the ideals and systems we have fought wars to protect and
preserve.</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><EM>Many will be
classics!</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>I hope to see all you
there!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>The Richland-at-the-Avon
film classes are an excellent way to interact with a bunch of nice
people.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>No
tests!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>No
grades!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>You don't even have to join
in the after-movie discussion if you don't want to!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3><EM>(But, I wish you
would!)</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>So, that's Thursday, Sept.
11th @ 6:30 for the next 8 weeks for <FONT size=4><U>POLITICS AT THE
MOVIES</U></FONT>!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3>Won't you join
us??</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=3>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff>Come See Me This
Weekend!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff>Summer is Waning, and the Fall is
the Right Time for THE MOVIES!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=5><EM>--Can you smell
that delicious popcorn??</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000000 size=6><STRONG><EM>-Skip
Huston</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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