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Apr 30, 2004 - THE OAKS PRESENTS (Apr. 30 - May 6): "GOOD BYE, LENIN!"
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April 30 - May 6, 2004
"THE BEST MOVIE THEATER IN PITTSBURGH"
PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER "BEST OF" READERS' POLL 2003
THE OAKS THEATER PRESENTS:
"Good Bye, Lenin!"
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Now Playing:
(APRIL 30 - MAY 6)
"GOOD BYE, LENIN!"
(R, 2 HOURS AND 5 MINUTES, GERMAN WITH SUBTITLES)
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY @ 2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45
SUNDAY AND MONDAY @ 2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30*
TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY @ 5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45
*MONDAY NIGHT DISCUSSION!
Join us after the movie THIS MONDAY NIGHT, May 3, for an informal audience
discussion of "GOOD BYE, LENIN!" with this week's guest, University of
Pittsburgh German Cinema Professor SABINE HAKE!
THIS YEAR'S MOTHER'S DAY MUST! Alex will have a big problem on his
hands if his proudly socialist mother suddenly awakens from an
eight-month-long coma, to realize the fall of the Berlin Wall and the
triumph of capitalism in her beloved East Germany. Well Alex, your mother
is stirring… Simultaneously a social satire and a touching depiction of
how far one son will go out of love for his mother, here how USA Today film
critic Mike Clark reviewed "GOOD BYE, LENIN!" upon its New York release:
Grown children protect mom from the political ravages of Burger King
and Coca-Cola in a comedy to prove that few, if any, screen premises are
fatally outlandish if handled with care. Though a Hollywood sledgehammer
approach could really ruin this story, writer/director Wolfgang Becker
turned it into a Golden Globe nominee. Long-abandoned by her husband for
the West, an East German mother devotes her life to communism until she
suffers a heart attack at a 1989 rally and falls into a coma. When she
awakens, the Berlin Wall has fallen. Her daughter is pushing fast food, and
her son is selling satellite dishes that transmit news broadcasts that'll do
the frail recoveree no good. So it becomes a madhouse staging and taping
phony accounts (for mom's consumption) that extol East German superiority
and rationalize vastly increased traffic over the border. Harder to
explain, though, is that jumbo Coca-Cola logo on the building just outside
mom's window. This is a very funny picture, though it's never burlesqued
and is, in fact, occasionally poignant. Critic's Rating: êêê½ (out of
4)
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Schedule At-A-Glance
(APRIL 30 - MAY 6)
FRIDAY, APRIL 30:
2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
SATURDAY, MAY 1:
2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
SUNDAY, MAY 2:
2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
MONDAY, MAY 3:
2:30 o 5:00 o 7:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
TUESDAY, MAY 4:
5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5:
5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
THURSDAY, MAY 6:
5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
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Coming Soon:
"MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN"
OPENS MAY 14 - PITTSBURGH REVIVAL PREMIERE! Being the adventures of
the fictional "Brian of Nazareth," a Jew who is born in the manger one door
down from Jesus but grows up being mistaken for the Messiah, Monty Python's
controversial comedy classic marks its 25th Anniversary re-release with a
terrifically restored new 35mm print!
"THE SAME RIVER TWICE" (
www.samerivertwice.com )
SHOWING MAY 28 - JUNE 3 ONLY! In 1978, on a breath-taking trip in the
Grand Canyon, filmmaker Robb Moss and a group of free-spirited friends and
lovers took a month-long trip down the Colorado River. Cutting between
footage of their youthful, often naked, unscheduled lives and the complex
realities of their adulthood today, the film creates a compelling portrait
of cultural metamorphosis. From running rapids to running for mayor, "THE
SAME RIVER TWICE" is a story of change, choices, and of finding one's place
in the world.
"SHAOLIN SOCCER" (
www.miramax.com )
OPENS JUNE 4 - EXCLUSIVE! In the wicked game of "SHAOLIN SOCCER,"
players will stop at nothing to score a laugh - it fuses ancient martial
arts with hard-hitting physical comedy and the high-flying energy of
competitive sports! When a retired professional soccer player and a Shaolin
martial arts master combine their talents, they set out to form a team
comprised of down-and-out former classmates who each realizes a special
power adding to the team's limitless potential: One has a head of iron,
another bears stomach muscles able to propel the ball at warp speed, a third
weighs 300 pounds but possesses the ability to walk on air, and finally the
goalie who can stop any shot (well, ALMOST any shot)! "SHAOLIN SOCCER"
shows the game of soccer in "bullet time," so the eye follows the action at
the velocity of the ball itself. A kicked ball morphs into a fiery comet
and then a flaming tiger as it races across the field. Another ball creates
a vortex as it flies through the air, chewing up the field and everything in
its path. Players constantly defy the laws of physics by leaping several
stories and doing impossible back-flips. At one point, the impact of
supersonic soccer balls blows the unlucky goalie away! With eye-popping
action, crazy special effects and wicked humor, "SHAOLIN SOCCER" is the wild
Hong Kong action comedy that was an Asian box office smash, and is now out
to dazzle America!
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THE OAKS THEATER
310 ALLEGHENY RIVER BOULEVARD | OAKMONT, PA 15139
(412) 828 - 6311 |
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