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Movie (click title to jump to description) |
| July 7 |
The Black Stallion |
| July 14 |
As Good As It Gets |
| July 21 |
The Buddy Holly Story (closed captioned for the hearing impaired) |
| July 28 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| August 4 |
E.T. |
| August 11 |
The Visitor |
| August 18 |
Square Lake Film & Music Festival Selections |
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The Black Stallion
Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Teri Garr United Artists; Directed by Carroll Ballard Rated G; 118 minutes; 1979
Alec (Kelly Reno), a young boy, is saved from a shipwreck by a beautiful stallion. Together they survive on an isolated island and forge a lasting bond. After their rescue they return to America where an ex-horse trainer teaches Alec to be a jockey and guides the boy and the stallion to their ultimate triumph in this sweeping and majestic drama.
AWARDS: ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER For more information go to: www.imdb.com/title/tt0098754/
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July 14, 2009 Movie is presented by XCEL ENERGY
"As Good As It Gets"
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As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Skeet Ulrich TriStar Pictures; Directed by James L. Brooks Rated PG-13; 138 minutes; 1997
An acid-tongued romance novelist (Jack Nicholson), a waitress juggling the responsibilities of single parenthood (Helen Hunt), and a gay artist whose career is at a crossroad (Greg Kinnear) form an unlikely bond in this offbeat comedy. Although it is apartment proximity that initially brings these characters together, their fates become intertwined due to a dog named Verdell.
For more information go to:www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/
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THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith Columbia Pictures; Directed by Steve Rash Rated PG; 113 minutes; 1978
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY traces the life of rock’n’roll pioneer Buddy Holly from his controversial debut, which resulted in a riot, to his untimely death. Emphasis is placed on the events that shaped Holly's music and the birth of rock’n’roll. Gary Busey's brilliant and sensitive portrayal of Holly is an inspired performance.
For more information go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman Paramount Pictures; Directed by Steven Spielberg Rated PG; 115 minutes; 1981
Archeologist Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is a respected college professor who wears a leather jacket and brown fedora and carries a whip, in his action-loaded, thrilling film set in the 1936, during the rise of the Third Reich. Jones battles snakes, Nazis, and supernatural forces from Nepal to Cairo to rescue the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred box that contains the original Ten Commandments.
For more information go to: www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/
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E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore Universal Pictures; Directed by Steven Spielberg Rated PG; 115 minutes; 1982
A being from outer space is accidentally stranded on Earth. In his search for refuge, E.T. wanders into a backyard where he is discovered by ten-year-old Elliott. Elliott assumes responsibility for E.T.'s safety while searching, in a race against time, for a way to reunite E.T. with his own kind in this heartwarming story of friendship and discovery.
WINNER OF THREE ACADEMY AWARDS®
For more information go to:http:// www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866
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THE VISITOR
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira Overture Films; Directed by Tom McCarthy Rated PG-13; 108 minutes; 2008
Walter, a college professor, travels to New York to attend a conference and returns to finds a Syrian man and his Senegalese girlfriend living in his apartment. The couple has nowhere to go and when Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him they return his kindness by teaching him the exuberant rhythms of the African drum and rekindling his passion for life.
For more information go to: www.imdb.com/title/tt0857191/
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Summer Tuesdays brings you the best of the 8th Annual Square Lake Film & Music Festival
Our Summer Tuesdays "Living Local" evening will feature 1 1/2 - 2 hours of innovative film shorts by local and regional professional and amateur film makers. These films will be specially selected by the judges of the Square Lake Film Festival for the Summer Tuesdays audience. We are excited to see new and experimental artists.
For more information about Square Lake Festival go to: www.solsticefestival.org
| Interested in previous movies? See our archives! Summer Tuesdays Movies - 2008
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