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BY LOIS WADSWORTH Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire) in a pensive moment. For the week of Friday, August 1st! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! FRANÇOIS DUHAMEL. UNIVERSAL, DREAMWORKS, SPYGLASS, www.bijou-cinemas.com Wonderhorse GIGLI (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (1235 440) 725 1015 AMERICAN WEDDING (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ I t all depends on how you look at it. The story of Seabiscuit, the abused and nearly worthless, 15-hands high, ordi- nary but thoroughbred racehorse that could and did beat the reigning Triple Crown win- ner of his day is a terrific tale. As written by Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit, the non-fic- tion book, has spent most of the last few years on The New York Times best-seller list, first in hardcover for 30 weeks and in paper- back for another 60 or so. Now Seabiscuit, the film, is set to be rolled out over time in a marketing plan with its eyes on the big prize, the Academy Awards. ... no guns, no violence, no sex — Seabiscuit is a real winner. Critics are divided. Nearly all agree the movie is true to Hillenbrand’s book, which means true to the facts, but with allowance for film conventions such as compound characters, compressed time, brevity (from a 400 page book to a 129 minute film), and some fictionalization. The negative voices say that writer and director Gary Ross (Pleasantville) carried his respect for Hillenbrand’s work too far, by incorporat- ing historian and writer David McCullough’s public broadcasting, voice- of-truth narration to set the context of the Great Depression. However, the film’s visual elements intensify the words spoken through cine- matography, production design, costumes and a careful reconstruction of horse races run 70 years ago. That said, it is a little dis- concerting in the early minutes of a main- stream, feature film to find such homage to the historical past through newsreels and still photography. But most people at the sold- out, first-show audience applauded, and many stayed during final credits, I think, because they weren’t eager to leave the upbeat, overcoming-odds ambiance. www.eugeneweekly.com because it’s escapist, but because it shows the real effort involved in coming from behind. Not because it’s sentimental, but because it’s a true story. Not because it’s about perfect people, but because it’s about a gifted animal and the three broken men who came together to lead him where he was born to go — to victory as a racehorse. Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) and Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire) were lucky to find each other at such a time. And they knew it. Howard had made a fortune by seeing the future of the automobile. But he lost his family. Smith was an outsider who lost his occupation but found promise in a horse who was also out of step with his time. And Pollard, abandoned by his family at an early age, become a hard-drinking, hard-fighting, itinerant jockey in the brutal fringe world of racing. He recognized himself in Seabiscuit, and the animal understood and trusted that. An unusual story for a big-budget movie — no guns, no violence, no sex — Seabiscuit is a real winner. I’d bet on it. Highest recom- mendations. Now playing at Cinema World and Cinemark. ew ONE WEEK ONLY! 720 945 SEABISCUIT (PG-13) DIG ✔ !"#$%!& (1200 310) 650 955 LARA CROFT: CRADLE OF LIFE (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1245 430) In Italian with English subtitles. 715 1000 SPY KIDS 3D (PG) DIG ✔ (1230 250 510) 730 940 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG FINDING NEMO (G) DIG (1210 230 450) 710 930 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (PG-13) DIG 5:10 & 9:45 Nightly SAT MAT 3:15 (1145 300) 700 1010 NEXT: L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOL PG-13 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ~ !"#$%&%' () ~ (1150 235 515) 745 A FRIC A 1020 In German with English subtitles. 7:00 Nightly AMERICAN WEDDING (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1210 245 510) 745 1025 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (PG-13) DIG (140 420) 705 940 LARA CROFT: CRADLE OF LIFE (PG-13) DIG ✔ (135 430) 725 (1200 230 450) 710 925 BAD BOYS 2 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG SUN MAT 2:15 FINAL WEEK! SOON: WINGED MIGRATION R “Has the feel of a great and rare children’s movie.” — Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER W HALE RIDE R 5:05, 7:25 & 9:35 Nightly SAT & SUN MAT 2:50 1020 SPY KIDS 3D (PG) DIG ✔ Hillenbrand emphasizes in the book that poor people offset the suffering and degrada- tion of the Depression era through a number of distractions, such as the first truly mass- market medium of radio; the popularity of horse-racing as entertainment; betting as a big-time money game based on hope; the endless pleasures of 1930s Hollywood musi- cals and screwball comedies; and the new realism of Movietone newsreels and wirephoto services as a result of improve- ment in photographic equipment. Many today find themselves in uneasily similar circumstances to a Great Depression audience — facing high unemployment, hunger, fewer high-paying job opportunities, cuts in education, human services and med- ical care; as well as an economy that seems to serve only the already-wealthy minority. (And that’s leaving out our current military and political dilemma that’s all too familiar and morally wrong on every level.) But ordinary people love this movie, not — Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES (1220 240 500) From nowhere to somewhere. SEABISCUIT: Written and directed by Gary Ross, based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand. Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane Sindell. Executive producers, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Tobey Maguire, Allison Thomas, Robin Bissell. Cinematography, John Schwartzman. Production design, Jeannine Oppewall. Editor, William Goldenberg. Costumes, Judianna Makovsky. Music, Randy Newman. Race design, Chris McCarron. Head Wrangler, Rusty Hendrickson. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, with Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens and William H. Macy. Narrator, David McCullough. Universal, DreamWorks, Spyglass, 2003. PG- 13. 129 minutes. “Bursts with such pulsing vitality and sensual appreciation of nature that you can almost taste the salty air and feel the sun beating down on your shoulders.” SOON: LEGEND OF SURIYOTHAI PG-13 (1235 355) 715 1030 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (PG-13) DIG (155 440) 730 1010 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG (1230 345) 700 1015 SCHEDULE FOR 8/1-8/7 • ( ) = FRI – MON EARLY SHOWS AMERICAN WEDDING (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1220 240 515) 745 1020 GIGLI (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ SEABISCUIT (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1210 300) 715 1015 (1200 320) 645 950 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13) DIG (1240 345) 700 HARVARD CINEMAS 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER – PG 12:15 2:20 4:25 6:30 8:30 *BAD BOYS II – R 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES – R 1:20 4:00 6:40 9:15 STARTS WEDNESDAY, 8/6: “FREAKY FRIDAY” 1005 Times For 8/1 - 8/3 ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 ©2003 CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 8/1-8/7 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM AMERICAN WEDDING* JOHNNY ENGLISH* PG 11:35, 2:05, 4:30, (R) 10:45, 11:30, 1:25, 2:15,, 4:05, 4:50, LEAGUE OF 7:20, 8:00, 10:00, 10:40 EXTRAORDINARY GIGLI* (R) GENTLEMEN (PG-13) 12:15 3:15, 6:50, 9:50 9:55, 12:50, 3:45, 7:15, 10:05, BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM PIRATES OF THE *(PG-13) CARIBBEAN (PG-13) 10:40, 1:35, 4:25, 7:40, 10:30 LAURA COFT: TOMB RAIDER: CRADLE OF LIFE* (PG-13) 11:40, 12:10, 3:05, 3:35, 7:00, 7:30, 10:25, 10:50 *AMERICAN WEDDING – R 12:30 2:45 5:10 7;25 9:45 *GIGLI – R 12:50 3:40 6:30 9:20 *BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM – PG-13 12:40 3:20 5:50 8:30 *LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE – PG-13 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:30 *SEABISCUIT – PG-13 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN – PG-13 1:20 3:50 6:20 8:50 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN –PG-13 12:10 3:10 6:10 9:10 28 DAYS LATER – R 9:40 FINDING NEMO – G 11:55 2:30 4:55 7:20 STARTS FRIDAY 8/8: SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND COLIN FARRELL IN “S.W.A.T.” www.catheaters.com TERMINATOR 3:RISE OF 10:20, 11:05, 1:15, 2:10, 410, 5:00, THE MACHINES (R) 7:05, 7:55, 10:05, 10:45 10:00, 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 7:40, 10:00 SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER* (PG) FINDING NEMO (G) 10:15, 11:10, 12:45, 1:45, 3:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:25 ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) SEABISCUIT* (PG-13) 28 DAYS LATER (R) 12:00, 3:25, 7:20, 10:45 10:10, 12:55, 3:40, 7:30, 10:20 10:50, 1:55, 4:40, 7:50, 10:35 7:25, 10:15 BAD BOYS 2* (R) MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 8/1-8/7 Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 12:20, 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 11:50, 2:15, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (PG-13) CHICAGO (PG-13) X -2: X-MEN UNITED (PG-13) 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 11:25, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 DADDY DAY CARE (PG) ! W NED O ITIO D N CON AIR THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (PG) ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:35, 10:20 C I N E M A 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis 10:55, 2:20, 6:45, 7:15, 10:10,10:40 ALEX & EMMA (PG-13) AVALON THE QUIET AMERICAN 11:30, 5:00, 10:35 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:30 1:55, 7:30 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40 R HOLES (PG) 1L20, 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 HOW TO DEAL (PG-13) 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 LEGALLY BLOND 2 (PG-13) 11:35, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 THE HULK (PG-13) 12:25, 3:30, 6:45, 9:50 SUMMER MOVIE CLUBHOUSE CONTINUES ANDRE AUGUST 5 ONLY! 10:00 AM SCOOBY DOO AUGUST 12 ONLY! 10:00 AM STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM Also playing as a separate admission ! OVER HELD SPELLBOUND G 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 31, 2003 21
