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FILM SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 THROUGH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

ELEGY

(USA, 2008, R, 113 min)

Nightly at 9:30 p.m.

Weekend Matinees at 4:35 p.m.

My Life Without Me director Isabel Coixet draws excellent performances from a great cast in this moving drama. Ben Kingsley stars as a professor who finds his life in upheaval after he begins a romance with a young beauty (Penélope Cruz). This adaptation of Philip Roth's The Dying Animal also stars Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Sarsgaard.

Elegy Official Site

Cinema Two

FROZEN RIVER

(USA, 2008, R, 97 min)

Nightly at 7:15 & 9:35 p.m.

Weekend Matinees at 2:10 & 4:20 p.m.

Two days before Christmas in rural upstate New York, Ray Eddy’s husband has left her in an impossible situation—not only is he gone, but he has gambled away all of the family’s meager savings. Ray’s single wage at the Yankee One Dollar Store can’t make the house payment, and the situation forces Ray to feed her two sons popcorn and Tang everyday. When Ray strikes out to search for her husband, she encounters Lila Littlewolf, a tough, street-smart Mohawk woman who is dealing with her own struggle to make ends meet. But Lila has found a way to do it—smuggling illegal immigrants into the States. The tribal elders disapprove and attempt to stop Lila by forbidding anyone to sell her a car. Ray has a car, and although the two women don’t trust each other, they team up and share Ray’s Dodge Spirit to make a run across the frozen St. Lawrence River. Courtney Hunt’s remarkable and deeply emotional first feature is a realistic look at the world of human smuggling and the difficult choices facing poor, single mothers. A wonderfully directed film full of atmosphere, heart, and outstanding performances by Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, Frozen River is ultimately about the strength that resides in family and the way hope in a dire situation can be uncovered by courage and trust.

Frozen River Official Site

In English and French.

Rated R

Cinema One

MAN ON WIRE

(USA/UK, 2008, PG-13, 94 min)

Nightly at 7:05 p.m.

Weekend Matinees at 2:05 p.m.

August 7, 1974--A young Frenchman named Philippe Petit steps out on a wire suspended 1,350 feet above ground between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He dances on the wire with no safety net for almost an hour, crossing it eight times before he is arrested for what becomes known as “the artistic crime of the century.”

In the months leading up to his clandestine walk, Petit assembles a team of accomplices to plan and execute his “coup” in the most intricate detail. How do they pull it off? Moving between New York and his secret training camp in rural France, Petit and his team plot every detail. Like a band of professional bank robbers, the tasks they face seem virtually insurmountable. But Petit is a man possessed; nothing will thwart his mission to conquer the world’s tallest buildings.

Unfolding like a delicious heist film, Man on Wire brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure back to life with visceral immediacy ripened with post-9/11 nostalgia. In candid interviews, Petit and all the key participants relish this chance to tell their story. Buoyed with eye-catching archival footage, clever dramatizations, and delightful visual effects, filmmaker James Marsh, like his daring subject, pulls off an astonishing coup.

Man on Wire Official Site

Cinema Two

TELL NO ONE

 (France, 2008,NR, 125 min)

Nightly at 7:00 & 9:30 p.m.

Weekend Matinees at 2:00 & 4:30 p.m.

NO SCREENINGS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

Francois Cluzet stars in this French thriller from director Guillaume Canet. Eight years after the heinous murder of his wife, doctor Alex Beck receives an ominous email from an unknown source.  The message contains a video image of Alex's thought-to-be dead wife...in real time.

In French w/English subtitles.

Fletcher Hall

Tell No One Official Site

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Tickets are on sale Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Fletcher Hall Box Office (downstairs) and one half-hour before the first feature of the day at the Cinema Box Office (upstairs) Purchase tickets early to avoid long lines.

Adult tickets are $7.50 for evening shows and $5.75 for matinees. Tickets are $5.75 for seniors and students (with student ID) for evening shows and matinees.Times, films and locations subject to change. Weekly schedules are confirmed on Tuesdays prior to Friday openings. Call the Cinema Box Office at 919-560-3040, ext. 238 for recorded schedule. E-mail elisabeth@carolinatheatre.org for more information.