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size=5><FONT face=Impact><FONT color=#000000>WEEK OF FRIDAY, </FONT><FONT
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color=#008000><FONT size=3><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><EM>"<FONT
size=2>All of Life's Answers are in the Movies!"</FONT></EM></FONT><FONT
size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><EM>
<BR></EM></FONT><FONT size=2><EM>-Dr. Skippy P. Huston<BR></EM></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2><EM>"</EM><FONT color=#000000><EM>The darkness that settles
over a movie theater is equivalent to the act of closing the eyes. <BR>Then, on
screen, as within the human being, the nocturnal voyage into the unconscious
begins." <BR>--Luis Bunuel<BR><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 68px"
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<DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT size=5><FONT
face=Impact>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000> APRIL 29th</FONT>
thru THURSDAY, <FONT color=#ff0000>MAY
5th</FONT> ONLY!! </FONT> </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT face=Georgia><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT size=4
face=Arial><STRONG>Check out our way cool website at: </STRONG></FONT><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT face=Georgia><FONT face=Papyrus><FONT size=4
face=Arial><FONT
color=#ff0000><STRONG>CONTINUING:</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><U><IMG style="WIDTH: 94px; HEIGHT: 140px"
border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:475F0815F41F440AB38CA060408776C0@DELLGX280"> THE CONSPIRATOR</U>
(PG13)<FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=1>The first Avon "must see" of the year!
Robert Redford directs an all-star cast about Mary Surratt, the only woman
charged in the Lincoln assassination!</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000
face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4
face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma> </DIV>
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<DIV></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT
color=#ff0000 size=4 face=Arial><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=4><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4 face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 95px; HEIGHT: 140px"
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<U>WATER FOR ELEPHANTS</U> (PG13)</FONT> From the huge best-selling book! This
is one you've all been waiting for!</STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><STRONG><IMG
style="WIDTH: 94px; HEIGHT: 140px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:1A18FA29E6F347419A36D0A42DBAE7B1@DELLGX280"> <FONT size=4> <U>WIN
WIN</U> (R) </FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2><STRONG>Great reviewed indy film with
Paul Giamatti.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000 size=4 face=Arial>COMING SOON:<BR><IMG
style="WIDTH: 94px; HEIGHT: 139px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:9ACC7040083049BCB524402AB69F1E46@DELLGX280"><FONT color=#000000 size=2
face=Tahoma> <FONT size=4>MAY 6th: <U>THOR</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT
size=2>The Summer Blockbusters Bust Loose!!<BR><BR><IMG
style="WIDTH: 95px; HEIGHT: 140px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:AE75EAD8A46E4681933E382227AC9A22@DELLGX280"> </FONT><FONT
size=4>MAY 6th: <U>SOMETHING BORROWED</U> (PG13) </FONT>It's one of those famous
Avon chick flicks, with Kate Hudson!<BR><BR><IMG
style="WIDTH: 94px; HEIGHT: 139px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:8D571BE5F26043D3A412F37C40E7E1BD@DELLGX280"> <FONT size=4>MAY
20th: <U>PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN--PART 4</U> (PG13) </FONT><FONT size=2>YES!!
More of that same popcorn fun with Johnny Depp at the
helm!!<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT color=#000000><FONT
color=#ff0000><FONT
color=#000000><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#ff0000><FONT color=#000000><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 89px; HEIGHT: 140px" border=5 hspace=0
alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:4FD9FFC364A74070AE5F2C6908CB82F6@DELLGX280"> <FONT size=4>MAY
26th: <U>KUNG FU PANDA 2</U> (PG) </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2>You know
you're dying to see this one! <U>You KNOW you are</U>!<BR><BR><IMG
style="WIDTH: 94px; HEIGHT: 140px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:C12D12BE07D4490A960B72758429191E@DELLGX280"></FONT><FONT
size=4> MAY 26th: <U>THE HANGOVER PART II</U> (R) </FONT><FONT size=2>The
rowdy sequel to the most successful R-rated comedy in history! This is going to
be WILD!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><BR></FONT><FONT
size=4><STRONG>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000
face=Tahoma><BR><U></U></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma><U><STRONG><IMG
style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 317px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:431391C436A94948B5C8CAB2F5AAD7EA@DELLGX280"><BR><FONT size=4>WATER FOR
ELEPHANTS</FONT></STRONG></U><FONT
size=4><STRONG> (PG13)<BR></STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>It seems we have been promoting this movie for the
entire past year, but it actually has been about 6 months...<BR>From the
wildly best-selling book comes this love triangle set against the circus world
of long ago.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>REESE WITHERSPOON in a sultry role, joins current "Twilight"
heartthrob ROBERT PATTINSON, Oscar-winner CHRISTOPH WALTZ, and veteran HAL
HOLBROOK along with a great supporting cast, in what promises to be a BIG "Avon
Favorite"!!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>We've got this in the main theater to take advantage of our
giant screen there.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>See it on Decatur's biggest screen, and one of Central Illinois'
largest too!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=4><STRONG><U>WATER FOR
ELEPHANTS</U> (PG13)<BR></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000
size=1 face=Tahoma><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets denote $5.75 "Bargain
Matinees")<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4
face=Tahoma><STRONG>FRI: (4:00) - 7:00 <BR>SAT & SUN: (1:00) - (4:00) -
7:00<BR>MON thru THURS: 7:15<BR>++++++++++++++++++++</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 267px" border=5
hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:B7554F4B644648E4AE032FA6B0208E1D@DELLGX280"><BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>THE
CONSPIRATOR</U> (PG13)<BR><U></U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>In one tiny little word: WOW!<BR>The Robert Redford-directed,
all-star cast, THE CONSPIRATOR.<BR>This is the epic tale of a little-known
point in history: the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman conspirator
named, and tried (and convicted) in the Lincoln
assassination!<BR><BR><EM>It's a "must-see" movie!!</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Here we have a "thinking person's" film, and one that is truly
an absorbing and moving experience.<BR><EM>Don't miss it.<BR></EM></STRONG><FONT
size=4><STRONG><U>THE CONSPIRATOR</U> (PG13)<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
size=1><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets denote $5.75 "Bargain
Matinees")<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT size=4><STRONG>FRI: (4:45) -
7:45 <BR>SAT: (1:45) - (4:45) - 7:45<BR>SUN: (1:45) - (4:45)<BR>MON thru
THURS: 6:30</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma><FONT
size=4><STRONG>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR><U></U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><STRONG><U><IMG
style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 317px" border=5 hspace=0 alt="" align=baseline
src="cid:42165DFD39CF4DE2A7324B7E7ED3E412@DELLGX280"><BR>WIN
WIN</U> (R)</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan,
with an outstanding cast in a film that really NEEDS that "word-of-mouth"
buzz!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>All last weekend, we saw this: People coming late for THE
CONSPIRATOR <EM>(note: Do NOT come late for THE CONSPIRATOR! We may not let you
in after the first few minutes! There is a good reason for that, and its for
your own good in order to properly enjoy the movie), </EM>ok, now where was
I? Oh....people coming late for THE CONSPIRATOR and deciding to go to WIN WIN,
and coming out RAVING how good it is!!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Long-time Avon fans may recall the directors's previous films, THE
STATION AGENT or the Oscar-contender from a few years back, THE
VISITOR.<BR><BR>WIN WIN is an excellent movie that you will want to talk up to
your friends too!<BR>Don't let the fact you've never heard of it, or it doesn't
have spots on TV every few minutes <EM>(like so many really BAD movies
do</EM>) keep you from seeing this one!!!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=4><STRONG><U>WIN
WIN</U> (R)<BR></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=1
face=Tahoma><STRONG>(Showtimes in brackets denote $5.75 "Bargain
Matinees")<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4
face=Tahoma><STRONG>FRI: (5:00) - 8:00<BR>SAT: (2:00) - (5:00) - 8:00<BR>SUN:
(2:00) - (5:00)<BR>MON thru THURS:
6:40<BR>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=4
face=Tahoma><U><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 80px" border=5 hspace=0
alt="" align=baseline src="cid:FA3FD9C6252C45369CE10BA0262D1D70@DELLGX280"
width=178 height=95> RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD
HONCHO<BR><BR></STRONG></U><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT size=2>A New York Film
Journal article about your favorite Decatur theater came out this week...you can
see it be clicking on this link:<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/cinemas/e3i080f25b45c6bbd504ebb109a715d0146"><FONT
color=#800000><STRONG>http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/cinemas/e3i080f25b45c6bbd504ebb109a715d0146</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face=Tahoma><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Tahoma><BR><STRONG><FONT size=2>I have to admit, I think its one of the
best-written articles I've ever seen about the Avon, and that encompasses a
whole lot of years and some really good writers!<BR>Check it out and see what
you think!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Tahoma><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000 face=Tahoma><EM>(And you ADM peeps out there, you have a really
good mention about your Sunflower oil!)<BR></EM><FONT
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR></FONT><FONT color=#000080>Those of you who
have been concerned because we haven't listed any upcoming films beyond the end
of April in recent weeks, will see that has been rectified
here.</FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Tahoma><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma>There was a good reason for all that jazz, but it certainly was NOT
that we were "<EM>on the way out</EM>", or some other
such nonsense.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT size=4
face=Tahoma><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG><FONT
face=Tahoma></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4 face=Tahoma><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000 face=Tahoma><FONT color=#000080>Unfortunately, there is always
some scurvy dog who will start rumors about negative poop like that, and its too
bad they do. Oh, well. <BR></FONT><FONT
size=4>++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></FONT></STRONG>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma>As we begin our 14th year of
operations, I reflect back to Easter of 1999, when we had no idea what we were
doing <EM>(still don't!)</EM> and re-opened the long-closed ol' Avon not knowing
if we would last a month! (In fact, some of our detractors gave us 6 months,
tops!---<EM>in fact, I, personally, gave us 6 months, tops!).<BR>So many
years, so many memories.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma>BUT...there's a lot of years and
memories yet to come before I head for the big balcony in the sky <EM>(I
hope!).</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#000000
face=Tahoma></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 face=Tahoma>How odd it is to consider I was
still in my 40's when I re-opened the Avon---<EM>and most people still think I
am!!</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#000000
face=Tahoma></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<DIV><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Lucida Handwriting"><EM><FONT
size=4>I'm Waiting to See ALL of YOU This Weekend!!<BR></FONT><FONT
size=6>-</FONT><FONT size=5>Skip
Huston</FONT></EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>