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BY LOIS WADSWORTH Jettel (Juliane Köhler) and Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze) discover deeper bonds in Africa. CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD For the week of Friday, July 25th! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 7/25-7/31 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM LAURA COFT: TOMB TERMINATOR 3:RISE OF RAIDER: CRADLE OF THE MACHINES (R) 10:00, 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 LIFE* (PG-13) 10:20, 11:05, 1:15, 2:10, 410, 5:00, FINDING NEMO (G) 7:05, 7:55, 10:05, 10:45 10:10,11:55, 12:55, 3:40, *7:30, SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME 10:20 OVER* (PG) ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) 10:15, 11:10, 12:45, 1:45, 3:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:25 10:50, 1:55, 4:40, 7:50, 10:35 SEABISCUIT* (PG-13) SINBAD (PG) BAD BOYS 2* (R) 28 DAYS LATER (R) HOW TO DEAL* (PG-13) LEGALLY BLONDE 2 (PG-13) 12:00,, 3:25, 7:20, 10:45 10:55, 2:20, 2:50, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10,10:40 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 JOHNNY ENGLISH* (PG) 11:35, 2:05, 4:30, 7:35, 10:10 Zeitgeist Films, 2002 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (PG-13) www.bijou-cinemas.com ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ~ Nowher Nowhere e in ~ 11:25, 2:00 A FRIC A 7:25, 10:15 In German with English subtitles. 7:00 Nightly 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, CHARLIE’S ANGELS (PG-13) RAISING VICTOR VARGAS — Jean Oppenheimer, DALLAS OBSERVER 9:55, 12:50, 1:30, 3:45, 7:15, 7:45, 10:05, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) 11:40, 12:10, 3:05, 3:35, 7:00, 7:30, 10:25, 10:50 5:10 & 9:45 Nightly SAT MAT 3:15 Losing Home MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD But finding each other. ALEX & EMMA (PG-13) THE HULK (PG-13) ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (PG) BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) THE QUIET AMERICAN NOWHERE IN AFRICA (Germany, 2002): Written and directed by Caroline Link, based on the novel by Stefanie Zweig. Produced by Peter Herrmann. Executive producer, Andreas Bareiss. Cinematography, Gernot Roll. Editor, Patricia Rommel. Music, Niki Reiser. Set design. Susann Bieling, Uwe Szielasko. Costumes, Barbara Grupp. Co-produced by Bernd Eichinger, Thilo Kleine, Michael Weber and Sven Ebeling. Starring Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo, Karoline Eckertz and Lea Kurka. Zeitgeist Films Release, 2002. R. 141 minutes. 2002 Academy Award winner Best Foreign Film. B ased on a best selling autobiograph- ical novel by Stefanie Zweig, Caroline Link’s traditional narrative film is too tentative to be a great film. But it’s rich with pleasures to be savored. The story begins in Germany in 1938, where the Nazis’ rise to power has not yet deeply affected the privileged Jewish family of Jettel Redlich (Juliane Köhler) and her young daughter, Regina (Lea Kurka). Regina (now played by Karoline Eckertz) finds her friendship with a village boy, Jogona (Silas Kerati), has grown more com- plex. But Jettel and Walter have a hard time to- gether. Each suffers from the absence of news about their families in Germany, and the heartbreaking news that does come through is almost unbearable. Through her grief, Jettel, who has hated living such a primitive life, be- gins to make her peace with Africa. Then the war comes, and all German immigrants are rounded up by the British, with the men sepa- rated from women and children, and all in- terned as enemy aliens. The focus of the story shifts from Regina, after she leaves the farm for boarding school in Nairobi, to the parents’ marriage. It asks complicated questions about what it takes to FINAL WEEK! 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Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER – PG 12:15 2:20 4:25 6:30 8:30 ICE AGE JULY 29 ONLY! 10:00 AM *BAD BOYS II – R 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES – R ANDRE 1:20 4:00 6:40 9:15 AUG. 5 ONLY! 10:00 AM STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 *LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE – PG-13 1:10 4:00 6:40 9:30 *SEABISCUIT – PG-13 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 *HOW TO DEAL – PG-13 1:30 6:30 *JOHNNY ENGLISH – PG 12:40 2:50 5:20 7:30 9:45 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN – PG-13 1:40 4:10 6:50 9:20 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – PG-13 12:10 3:10 6:10 9:10 A satisfying film that includes spectacular shots of the wonderful country and its genuinely lovely people LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE AND BLONDE – PG-13 3:40 8:30 CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE – PG-13 LARA CROFT: CRADLE OF LIFE (PG-13) DIG ✔ 720 1020 SPY KIDS 3D (PG) DIG ✔ (1230 250 515) 730 940 BAD BOYS 2 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ But Jettel’s lawyer husband, Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze), could see ahead, and he has emigrated to Africa, where he farms for an unpleasant British landowner. Walter sends for his wife and daughter to come to Kenya immediately. Bring a refriger- ator, he begs, and leave the good china. Jettel does neither. As a proper wife, she and the child will join her husband. But really, she thinks, he is a fool to be so alarmed. Jettel and Regina’s travel and arrival in Nairobi are intercut with scenes of Walter going through a terrible illness and being tended by his German friend, Süsskind (Matthias Habich). But before Walter is out of danger, Süsskind must return to his own farm. He leaves the sick man in the care of his African cook, Owuor (Sidede Onyulo), with strict rules about medications. But Owuor knows about better plants. For saving his life, Walter rewards the servant with his own German-winter overcoat, which Owuor wears for much of the picture, despite the equatorial heat. Regina bonds with Owuor immediately, and through him she learns the language of the children in the village and how to play with them. As she grows into adolescence, www.eugeneweekly.com make a marriage such as Walter and Jettel’s survive over a long period. The questions be- come even harder to answer as these two flawed individuals gradually switch positions about Africa and Germany. A satisfying film that includes spectacular shots of the wonderful country and its gen- uinely lovely people, Nowhere in Africa also introduces us to a great character in Owuor and an expressive, talented actor in Sidede Onyulo. The native Kenyan was recom- mended early in the casting process, but he had left the capital and returned to his home village in Lake Victoria, which is mirrored in the film. Also, both of the children who play Regina give excellent, unspoiled perform- ances. It’s rewarding to see naturalistic acting by a child, and it tells me that the filmmakers made sure that the set was a welcoming but down-to-earth environment. Considering multiple locations, few amenities and that everyone lived in tents, this is an achieve- ment worth notice. Jump onboard for a warmhearted excur- sion into a time and place we haven’t seen in film before. Opens Friday, July 25, at the Bijou. Highly recommended. ew (1245 435) (1205 320) 650 1005 HOW TO DEAL (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1200 225 450) 715 945 JOHNNY ENGLISH (PG) DIG ✔ (1235 245 505) 725 935 3:50 8:50 28 DAYS LATER – R 9:40 BRUCE ALMIGHTY – PG-13 1:20 6:20 STARTS FRIDAY, 8/1: "AMERICAN WEDDING" & "GIGLI" www.catheaters.com LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (PG-13) DIG (1150 225 500) 740 1010 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG (1145 310) 700 1015 FINDING NEMO (G) DIG (1210 230 450) 710 930 AVALON C I N E M A 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis LARA CROFT: CRADLE OF LIFE (PG-13) DIG ✔ (135 430) 725 1020 SPY KIDS 3D (PG) DIG ✔ (1210 230 450) 710 925 BAD BOYS 2 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (1235 355) 715 1030 HOW TO DEAL (PG-13) DIG ✔ JOHNNY ENGLISH (PG) DIG ✔ ED! W ION O T I N COND AIR (235 510) 745 (1150 220 445) 705 930 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (PG-13) DIG (155 440) 730 1010 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG (1230 345) 700 PG-13 1015 TERMINATOR 3 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1155) 1025 SEABISCUIT (PG-13) DIG ✔ (100 400) 645 1000 BAD BOYS 2 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (1220 345) 700 1015 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG (1200 315) 630 945 FINDING NEMO (G) DIG Times For 7/25 - 7/27 (1215 245 515) 730 950 ©2003 WHALE RIDER “The genius of the movie is the way it sidesteps all of the obvious cliches of the underlying story and makes itself fresh, observant, tough and genuinely moving.” –Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY STEREO SURROUND SOUND $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 avaloncinema.com v m EUGENE WEEKLY JULY 24, 2003 17
