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May 06, 2004 - THE OAKS PRESENTS (May 7-13): "Bobby Jones:Stroke of Genius," "Good Bye, Lenin!"
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May 7 - 13, 2004
THE OAKS THEATER PRESENTS:
"Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius"
"Good Bye, Lenin!"
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Now Playing (MAY 7 - 13)
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"BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS"
(PG, 2 HOURS)
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY @ 2:30 ONLY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY @ 7:30 ONLY *
TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY @ 5:00 ONLY
*MONDAY NIGHT DISCUSSION!
Join us after the movie THIS MONDAY NIGHT, May 10, for an informal audience
discussion of "BOBBY JONES" with this week's featured guest!
ONE WEEK ONLY - HERE BY REQUEST! With its local ties (directed by
Pittsburgh native Rowdy Harrington) and country club setting, "BOBBY JONES:
STROKE OF GENIUS" should feel right at home at The Oaks Theater! Here is how LA
Times writer John Patterson describes the film:
For non-golfers, some background: Georgia-born golf legend Bobby Jones
(played by Jim Caviezel) was the only man ever to win the four major tournaments
in one year. A man of integrity, he disliked fame and was the consummate
gentleman amateur who won simply by showing up, and who retired in 1930, at age
28. Given the interwar setting, writer-director Rowdy Herrington's
Hallmark-wholesome biopic, heavy on the plus fours, mashie niblicks and dour
Scottish caddies, might have been "Seabiscuit on the Links," but the stern,
mournful presence of Caviezel makes it more like "Jesus With a Nine Iron" (note
the breezily opportunistic poster tag line: "His Passion made him a Legend . .
."). Sadly for dramatic purposes, Jones' achievements seemed effortless, and
the movie could really use the odd Ty Cobb wig-out. What Herrington offers
instead is the gentle pornography of shaven greens and exquisitely contoured
fairways, and the guilt-free pleasure of rooting for a genuine good guy. Beyond
its muted outrage at the likelihood that "money will ruin this game one day,"
and its unspoken rebuke of today's garish sports world and its richly
remunerated "heroes," "BOBBY JONES" remains relaxed, leisurely and unforced,
exactly the way a pleasant round of golf ought to be.
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"GOOD BYE, LENIN!"
(R, 2 HOURS, GERMAN WITH SUBTITLES)
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY @ 5:00 o 7:30 o 9:45
SUNDAY AND MONDAY @ 2:30 o 5:00
TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY @ 7:30 o 9:45
HELD OVER FOR MOTHER'S DAY - FINAL WEEK! Simultaneously a social satire
and a touching depiction of how far one son will go out of love for his mother,
here is how USA Today film critic Mike Clark reviewed "LENIN!" upon its 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. "GOOD BYE, LENIN!" is a very funny picture, though
it's never burlesqued and is, in fact, occasionally poignant. Critic's Rating:
3½ stars (out of 4).
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Schedule At-A-Glance (MAY 7 - 13)
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FRIDAY, May 7:
2:30 - "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius;" 5:00 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 7:30 -
"Good Bye, Lenin!;" 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
SATURDAY, May 8:
2:30 - "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius;" 5:00 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 7:30 -
"Good Bye, Lenin!;" 9:45 - "Good Bye, Lenin!"
SUNDAY, May 9 (MOTHER'S DAY):
2:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 5:00 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 7:30 - "Bobby Jones:
Stroke of Genius"
MONDAY, May 10:
2:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 5:00 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 7:30 - "Bobby Jones:
Stroke of Genius" + MONDAY NIGHT DISCUSSION!
TUESDAY, May 11:
5:00 - "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius;" 7:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 9:45 -
"Good Bye, Lenin!"
WEDNESDAY, May 12:
5:00 - "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius;" 7:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 9:45 -
"Good Bye, Lenin!"
THURSDAY, May 13:
5:00 - "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius;" 7:30 - "Good Bye, Lenin!;" 9:45 -
"Good Bye, Lenin!" (BOTH MOVIES END TODAY!)
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Coming Soon:
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"LIFE OF BRIAN" (
www.pythonline.com ) 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!
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"THE SAME RIVER TWICE" (
www.samerivertwice.com ) SHOWING MAY 28 THRU 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. "A masterpiece." - Chicago Reader
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"SHAOLIN SOCCER" (
www.shaolinsoccer.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)! With eye-popping
action, crazy special effects and wicked humor, "SHAOLIN SOCCER" is the wild
Hong Kong box office smash that 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 (TUESDAY $4)
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