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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><U><FONT face=Impact size=6>AVON THEATRE NEWS
& VIEWS</FONT></U>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Papyrus>Showtimes, Programs, Erudition and
Miscellaneous Folderol</FONT></EM> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><BR><FONT
color=#008000><FONT size=3><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"All of Life's
Answers are in the Movies!"</EM></FONT> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>
</EM><EM>-Dr. Skippy P. Huston</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Papyrus><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT face=Impact
size=5>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>MAY 12th</FONT> thru
THURSDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>MAY 18th</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT>
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face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Check out our cool website at: </STRONG></FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>OPENING FRIDAY:
</STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123</U>
(R)</STRONG><FONT size=3> John Travolta! Denzel Washington! Crime
thriller!!!</FONT><BR></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000
size=4><STRONG>CONTINUING:</STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG> </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>MY
LIFE IN RUINS</U> (PG13)</STRONG> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=4>The NEW "Big Fat Greek" Movie with NIA
VARDALOS!!<BR><STRONG><U>LAND OF THE LOST</U> (PG)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=4>Will Ferrell chased
by dinosaurs!! Great fun!! (ENDS
SOON!)</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING NEXT
WEEK: <BR></STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><U>THE PROPOSAL</U>
(PG13)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Sandra Bullock up to
mischief! The preview is a scream!</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>COMING
SOON:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>JUNE 26th: <U>MY SISTER'S KEEPER</U> (PG13)</STRONG>
</FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=3>Make sure your supply of Kleenex is
ample!<BR><FONT size=4><STRONG>JULY 1st: <U>PUBLIC ENEMIES</U>
(R)</STRONG></FONT> Johnny Depp as John Dillinger!<BR></FONT><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>JULY 17th: <U>HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE</U>
(PG)</STRONG> </FONT><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>'nuff
said?<BR></FONT><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><EM>...and, MORE, MUCH
MORE!!<BR></EM>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><U>THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123</U> (R)<FONT
size=3> </FONT><FONT size=2>At first, I guess I thought "Why remake that 1973
crime classic?"---Then, I started to think about DENZEL WASHINGTON and JOHN
TRAVOLTA (and JAMES GANDOLFINI and JOHN TURTURRO) with a director like Tony
Scott, and an "updating" of that old story, and, well...<EM>I think it was a
good idea after all!</EM> I know we have had some wildly inappropriate remakes
in recent years, but this one has all the ingredients to do it right! Besides, I
wonder how many really remember the original? It is considered an "overlooked"
film these days! Just for the record: Walter Matthau played the Denzel
Washington role, and, a superb actor who is himself almost forgotten today,
Robert Shaw, played the John Travolta role. Come see it! With credits like this,
you can't go wrong!<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face=Tahoma><STRONG><U>THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123</U> (R)<BR><FONT
size=2> </FONT><FONT size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><SPAN id=movie_synopsis_all2695
style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN id=intelliTxt10066><FONT size=5><BR><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>FRI: (5:00) - 8:00<BR>SAT & SUN:
(2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00<BR>MON, TUES, WED & THURS:
7:15<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ </STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=2><FONT size=2><FONT size=5><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT
size=3><FONT size=4><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><U>MY LIFE
IN RUINS</U> (PG13) <FONT size=2>So, you really wanted a new "Big Fat Greek"
movie, didn't you? Those of you who think Decatur always plays 2nd best to
Champaign, Bloomington and Peoria have another think coming when it comes to
this
movie!</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=2>THE AVON was the HIGHEST-GROSSING downstate Illinois
theater playing this one last week!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=2>That means, a lot of out-of-town people <EM>also</EM>
wanted a new "Big Fat Greek" movie, but Decatur people wanted it
MORE!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=2>And, what's not to like? NIA VARDALOS has a special place
in the Avon's heart ever since the history-making summer 7 years ago when we set
records with MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING that still stand
today!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000 size=2>Truth be told: This is <U>not</U> some "gross-out" raunchy
comedy of the kind so popular with the mall crowd these days, this is a
wonderful, witty, and, yes, even old-fashioned comedy/romance with some gorgeous
scenery of Greece!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#000000>In other words: A pleasant and fun movie for
<U>grown-ups</U>!</FONT></STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma><U>MY LIFE IN RUINS</U> (PG13)<BR><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT
size=1>(Showtimes in brackets are $5.50 'Bargain
Matinees")</FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT><SPAN id=movie_synopsis_all2695
style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN id=intelliTxt10066><FONT size=5><BR><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00<BR>SAT & SUN:
(1:00) - (4:00) - 7:00<BR>MON, TUES, WED & THURS:
6:40<BR>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ </STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=2><FONT size=2><FONT size=5><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT
size=3><FONT size=4><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><U>LAND OF
THE LOST</U> (PG13)<FONT size=2> And here are your last chances to see WILL
FERRELL being chased by dinosaurs! This wild and wacky comedy ends soon, so
don't delay! <EM>(If only the dinosaurs were a little faster, or Will Ferrell
was a little
slower...)</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000 size=4><FONT size=2><FONT
size=2><FONT size=5><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><FONT
size=4><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><U>LAND OF THE
LOST</U> (PG13)<BR><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=1>(Showtimes in
brackets are $5.50 'Bargain Matinees")</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><SPAN
id=movie_synopsis_all2695 style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN id=intelliTxt10066><FONT
size=5><BR><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>FRI: (4:15) -
7:15<BR>SAT & SUN: (1:15) - (4:15) - 7:15<BR>MON, TUES, WED:
6:30<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR>A NOTE FROM
SKIP...</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><STRONG>My
new film class for Richland starts tonight (Thursday, June 11th) and I have
been missing those Thursday nights with all the wonderful enrollees ever
since we went on break a few weeks
ago!</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#ff0000><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000>This is the 7th year for my "Overlooked Films"
series</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2><STRONG>,
and it is always a delight to introduce the class to movies they have never
heard of, yet are absolutely flabbergasted by!<BR>As I always say, my goal in
the 8 weeks the "Overlooked Films" series runs is to find you your next
"favorite" film!! (Or, at the very least, one that will firmly go into your top
faves!)</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I feel I have succeeded in that quest more than I have
not!<BR><FONT size=4>You still have time to enroll!<BR></FONT>There will be a
Richland official in the Avon lobby tonight at about 6 PM (class starts at
6:30).</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>It's $80 for 8 weeks of great movie screenings and
discussion!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Join a lot of nice people in a great way to while away
the summer!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Classes are Thursdays at 6:30 for the next 8
weeks!</FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT
size=2></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><STRONG>
<DIV><BR><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" size=5><EM>Come See Me
Soon!</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" size=6><EM>-Skip
Huston</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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