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Thurs, Aug. 17<sup>th</sup> ay 7:00 PM<br><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>ALL PREMIERE SEATS ONLY $5.00!!</span><br>A HILARIOUS ALL-STAR CAPER COMEDY!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Channing Tatum & Daniel </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(James Bond)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Craig </span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(as you’ve never seen him before!)<br></span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><img width=403 height=307 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image003.png@01D316B9.FC134B00" alt=LOGANQUAD.PNG></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D316B0.D41BE750" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>AUGUST 18th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>AUGUST 24th </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br>Check out our website at: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'>NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE <br>ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#002060;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Trouble Seeing the Pictures in the Newsletter??<br>Make sure your email browser is set to “html”, not “text only”.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br> </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=149 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D316B0.D41BE750" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>CLICK ABOVE TO GO TO OUR VITAL FACEBOOK PAGE!!<br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OUR “QUICK LOOK” SHOWTIMES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=252 height=379 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D316B9.FC134B00" alt=LOGANLUCKYCORRECTED.bmp></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>++++++++++++++++++++++<br><span style='color:black'>HILARIOUS NEW CAPER COMEDY!!</span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=269 height=399 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image015.jpg@01D316B9.FC134B00" alt="logan_lucky.JPG"></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></i><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>LOGAN LUCKY</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG13)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m7258546805107122108gmail-subtle><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#787878;background:#FEF7CD'>Critics Consensus:</span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'> High-octane fun that's smartly assembled without putting on airs, </span></i><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD;font-style:normal'>Logan Lucky</span></em><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'> marks a welcome end to Steven Soderbergh's retirement -- and proves he hasn't lost his ability to entertain.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#073763'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:60.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>LOGAN LUCKY</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG13)<br>FRI: 5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:00<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><br>HURRY!! ENDS SOON!!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C0504D'><br>THE INCREDIBLE TRUE WWII STORY!!<br></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>THE BIGGEST MOVIE EVENT OF THE SUMMER!!!<br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=268 height=427 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D316B0.D41BE750" alt=DUNKIRKmain.JPG></span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>DUNKIRK</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG13)<br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Acclaimed auteur Christopher Nolan directs this World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold. Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance co-star, with longtime Nolan collaborator Hans Zimmer providing the score.<br></span><span class=subtle><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#787878;background:#FEF7CD'>Critics Consensus:</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></span><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>Dunkirk </span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and brought to life by a gifted ensemble cast that honors the fact-based story.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'><br></span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>DUNKIRK</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG13)<br>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00) – (4:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (1:00) – (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 7:00<br>++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>HELD OVER!!! ENDS VERY SOON!!<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>HIGHLY ACCLAIMED TRUE STORY OF CANADIAN FOLK ARTIST MAUD LEWIS</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'><img border=0 width=275 height=399 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image018.jpg@01D316B9.FC134B00" alt=MAUDIE.JPG></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MAUDIE</span></u></b> <b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>(PG13)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>MAUDIE, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, to create art. Unexpectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love. MAUDIE charts Everett's efforts to protect himself from being hurt, Maudie's deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising rise to fame as a folk painter.</span></b><span style='color:#073763'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=m5852235675306097005gmail-subtle><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Critics Consensus:</span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'> </span></i><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#073763;font-style:normal'>Maudie</span></em><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>'s talented cast -- particularly Sally Hawkins in the title role – breathe... depth into a story of a fascinating life and talent.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>MAUDIE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG13)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (1:00) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>(ENDS SUNDAY!!)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>HELD OVER!! LAST FEW DAYS!!</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><img border=0 width=242 height=371 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image019.jpg@01D316B9.FC134B00" alt=HERO.PNG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sam Elliott in THE HERO</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<br>FRI, SAT & SUN: (4:00) <span style='color:red'>ENDS SUNDAY!!</span><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=60 height=67 id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D316B0.D41BE750" alt=SKIPPY2016.JPG></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO<br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>The entertainment news has been all pervasive about the rough summer Hollywood is having.<br>I don’t know if it makes me feel better to see that <u>EVERY THEATER</u> is having a tough time…<br><i>At least it’s not just US!<br></i><b>Truth be told, I’d rather we were ALL doing great business!<br></b><i>(My 2<sup>nd</sup> choice would be that WE are doing great and the “other guys” are doing lousy!! Ha Ha Ha Ha)</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>There is good news on the horizon, though!<br>Starting right now, and until the end of the year at least, there will be a LOT of really good movies coming!<br>I don’t know why the Hollywood hotshots dropped the ball with this summer, but it’s pretty much finished now.<br><br>The Avon doesn’t rely so much on the “mall movies”. Our “art house” roots kick in when there is a shortage of good movies to play, and we bring in marvelous films like MAUDIE and THE HERO (You all may recall in this very newsletter, at the beginning of summer, I told you that there would be more of the “Avon movies” this summer than in previous summers.)<br><br>I saw the problems with the release schedules back last Spring, and warned my trusty staff I thought we were in for a rocky summer.<br>Unfortunately, I was correct!<br><b>BUT, better times are just ahead!<br></b><i>(And I know some of you just come for our legendary popcorn---with reeeeel buttah---and the movies are secondary. We are very blessed in that way).<br></i>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>T<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>he Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned, family-operated 'hometown theater' for OVER 100 Years!!</span></em><br></span></b><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>NOW IN OUR 19<sup>th</sup> YEAR!! </span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><img border=0 width=48 height=56 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D316B0.D41BE750" alt="cid:image008.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></i></b><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>-</span></em><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'> </span></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black;font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>