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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  |  WWW.THEOAKSTHEATER.COM  | TICKETS $5


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