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BY LOIS WADSWORTH For the week of Friday, October 17th! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! www.bijou-cinemas.com “It’s a profound tribute to lives lived on the fringes of society — to the introspective loners who are the most observant chroniclers of our times.” — Scott Foundas, VARIETY CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 10/17-10/23 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM JOYCE BRABNER (HOPE DAVIS) AND HARVEY PEKAR (PAUL GIAMATTI) MAKE A FAMILY LIFE IN CLEVELAND. RUNAWAY JURY* PG-13 SCHOOL OF ROCK PG-13 12:10, 12:45, 3:30, 4:00, 7:15, 7:40, 12:25,1:00, 3:50, 7:15, 7:45, 9:50 10:10, 10:40 OUT OF TIME PG-13 TEXAS CHAINSAW MAS- 12:30, 3:15, 6:55, 9:35 SACRE* R LOST IN TRANSLATION 1:30, 2:00, 4:00, 4:35, 7:10, 7:50, R 9:45, 10:30 VERONICA GUERIN* R 1:45, 4:25, 7:40, 10:15 MYSTIC RIVER* R 12:05, 3:25, 7:00, 10:20 KILL BILL: VOLUME ONE* R 1:25, 7:10 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN PG-13 1:05, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10 R GOOD BOY!* PG UNDERWORLD R 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:25, 9:55 4:20, 10:15 INTOLERABLE CRUEL- TY* PG-13 SNEAK: RADIO PG 4:05, 9:50 3:20, 10:30 [NOT SAT] PIRATES OF THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD* R CARIBBEAN PG-13 holly hunter evan rachel wood nikki reed . thirteen next week: NORTHFORK & ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS 7:30 SAT ONLY 12:55, 3:45, 7:20, 10:00 FINAL WEEK! 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 Nightly SAT & SUN MAT 3:00 *NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD R Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 10/17-10/23 Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 SWAT PG-13 BAD BOYS 2 R SEABISCUIT PG-13 BRUCE ALMIGHTY PG- 13 SINBAD PG Harvey Pekar, Crank THE ITALIAN JOB PG13 AMERICAN SPLENDOR: Written and direct- [12:05], 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 [11:40], 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 10:05 FINDING NEMO G SCHEDULE FOR 10/10-10/16 • [ ] SATURDAY-SUNDAY ONLY 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 SCHEDULE FOR 10/16 – 10/23/03 ( ) = SAT – SUN EARLY SHOWS (2:30) 4:45 7:00 9:20 SECONDHAND LIONS – PG 3:55 9:10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – PG-13 (1:00) [11:25], 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 [12:15], 3:35, 6:50, 9:55 [11:35], 2:05, 4:35 [11:45], 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 [11:30], 12:00, 2:00, 2:30, 4:30 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 THE MEDALLION PG-13 LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER PG-13 UPTOWN GIRLS PG-13 MY BOSS’S DAUGHTER PG-13 [ ] FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY ONLY 11:20, 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE –R [12:20], 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 [12:10], 2:40, 4:55, 710, 9:40 [11:50], 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 6:15 AUDITORIUM #3 CLOSED FOR REMODELING TO STADIUM SEATING. ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM SCHEDULE FOR 10/16 – 10/23/03 ( ) = FRI – SUN EARLY SHOWS *RUNAWAY JURY – PG-13 (12:55) 3:40 6:30 9:10 *MYSTIC RIVER – R (2:10) 5:15 8:20 INTOLERABLE CRUELTY – PG-13 (1:40) 4:10 6:40 9:00 *KILL BILL, VOLUME 1 – R (1:50) 4:20 6:50 9:20 GOOD BOY – PG (1:30) 3:50 6:10 8:30 HOUSE OF THE DEAD – R 4:55 9:30 UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN – PG-13 (1:15) 3:55 6:20 8:50 OUT OF TIME – PG-13 (2:20) 7:05 SCHOOL OF ROCK – PG-13 (1:00) 3:30 6:00 8:40 STARTS FRIDAY 10/24: "SCARY MOVIE 3" "BEYOND BORDERS" www.catheaters.com AVALON C I N E M A 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis R Geraline McEwan & Anne-Marie Duff in THE MAGDALENE SISTERS "… well-made … encourages viewers to think and feel." -- James Berardinelli, REELVIEWS Also playing as a separate admission BOB DYLAN, JEFF BRIDGES, PENELOPE CRUZ, JOHN GOODMAN AND AN ALL-STAR CAST MASKED AND ANONYMOUS R 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 The Real Thing AMERICAN WEDDING R 7:50, 10:30 20 OCTOBER 16, 2003 JOHN CLIFFORD. HBO FILMS. FINE LINE FEATURES, 2003 SOON: THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, & BUBBA HO-TEP HARVARD CINEMAS THE RUNDOWN PG-13 12:00, 12:50, 1:20, 2:50, 3:40, 4:15, SECONDHAND LIONS PG 5:40, 7:00, 7:35, 8:30, 9:55, 10:25 12:20, 3:05 5:15, 7:20 & 9:30 Nightly SAT & SUN MAT 3:10 HELD OVER! 1:35 [7:30] STEP INTO LIQUID (NR) DIG (1230 245 500) 720 RUNAWAY JURY (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ (1215 315) 700 (1155 305) 650 MYSTIC RIVER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ KILL BILL, VOLUME 1 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1235 430) 930 950 955 710 945 INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1210 235 505) 735 1005 GOOD BOY! (PG) DIG ✔ (1200 225 445) 715 935 (1145 215 445) LOST IN TRANSLATION (R) - ID REQ'D DIG 725 1000 (1240 420) 705 940 SCHOOL OF ROCK (PG-13) DIG Adv. Tix on Sale SCARY MOVIE 3 (PG-13) ★ RADIO (PG) DIG Sat. 700 (1250 355) 700 1005 RUNAWAY JURY (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ Fri. (245 515) 750 1025 Sat. & Sun. (1220 245 515) 750 1025 Fri. (215 445) 715 935 GOOD BOY! (PG) DIG ✔ Sat. (1145 215 445) 935 Sun. (1145 215 445) 715 935 HOUSE OF THE DEAD (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ Fri., Sun. 1010 Sat. 1010 HOUSE OF THE DEAD (R) - ID REQ'D DIG INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (PG-13) DIG ✔ Fri. (220 450) 720 945 Sat. & Sun. (1155 220 450) 720 945 Fri. (150 430) 710 950 SCHOOL OF ROCK (PG-13) DIG Sat. & Sun. (1110 150 430) 710 950 Fri. (240 510) 740 THE RUNDOWN (PG-13) DIG Sat. & Sun. (1210 240 510) 740 Fri. (230 500) 730 1000 SECONDHAND LIONS (PG) DIG Sat. & Sun. (1200 230 500) 730 1000 Now Hiring - Apply at Theatre MYSTIC RIVER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ Fri. (100 400) 700 1000 Sat. & Sun. (1230 400) 705 1010 Fri. (115 415) KILL BILL, VOLUME 1 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ 715 955 Sat. & Sun. (1205 235 505) 730 1000 VERONICA GUERIN (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ Fri. (110 410) 710 945 Sat. & Sun. (1205 230 455) 715 950 LOST IN TRANSLATION (R) - ID REQ'D DIG Fri. (120 420) 720 935 Sat. & Sun. (1215 245 500) 720 945 Times For 10/17 - 10/19 ©2003 ed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Producer, Ted Hope. Associate producer, Julia King. Cinematography, Terry Stacey. Production desing, Thérèse DePrez. Editor, Robert Pulcini. Costumes, Michael Wilkinson. Composer, Mark Suozzo. Music supervisor, Linda Cohen. Starring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner. With James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander, Toby Radloff, Maggie Moore and Madylin Sweeten. HBO Films. Fine Line Features, 2003. R. 101 minutes. 2003 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. O riginality: an elusive quality sought by critics and moviegoers alike, usually in vain. Here’s the exception. American Splendor is as fresh in its cinematic, biographical approach to the life and writings of Harvey Pekar as the acclaimed, autobiographical comic book series of the same name. It’s rare to find a film that takes risks these days, but it’s even more uncommon when the subject is a prickly individual with strong opinions on every frustration life has deliberately set in his path. Pekar shares each disappointment that comes his way and airs all grievances life bestows. This lifelong resident of Cleveland finds a lot to say. In addition to his personal, daily gripes, Pekar also has a good ear for conversations overheard in the cafeteria, workplace or on the street. Pekar worked as a file clerk for Cleveland’s VA Hospital for 35 years, until he retired in 2001, and many of his fellow employees find their way into his books and the movie. Banality: a quality of a commonplace- ness much dreaded by intellectuals and oth- ers. Most of us do not spend our limited energy or waste precious time describing to others in great detail how no amount of planning ahead will actually get you through the checkout line at the grocery store any faster, especially if you’re behind an argumentative senior citizen. Fear of the banal does not occur to Harvey, however, and it’s his incorruptible honesty that makes him so endearing. Unlike most of us, Harvey does not question whether his com- plaints are appropriate, he simply recounts them, dispassionately or with anger, as if all of life’s letdowns were one, of equal value, and two, of real interest to others. How fortunate for those of us looking for a unique experience at the movies that producer Ted Hope connected with Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini to make this fittingly strange and wonderful film. Their vision meshed with Pekar’s intent to reveal real, working-class life as it is lived. As a result, Hope, Berman and Pulcini have made a clever, entertaining and stimulating movie that’s true to the American original it honors. They also have enfolded the real Harvey Pekar and his real wife, Joyce Brabner, into the narrative of the film, which grounds the whole production. The best supporting per- formance is Judah Friedlander’s as Pekar’s friend, Toby Radaloff, who actually makes his own cameo appearance. Additionally, we see documentary footage of Pekar on David Letterman’s late night NBC show. And we see Harvey and Joyce drawn by a variety of cartoon artists and in animation sequences. Artists include R. Crumb, Dean Haspiel, Gary Dumm and Mark Zingarelli. After fabulous intro credits, Harvey (Paul Giamatti) is in the dumps because his second wife has left him. Harvey is an expert on jazz, and he combs yard sales for old vinyl, which is where he meets cartoon- ist Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak). These two odd ducks hit it off, and Crumb hangs out with Pekar, listening to jazz and draw- ing. Later when Pekar shows him some panels he has in mind, Crumb agrees to illustrate his story. The first issue of American Splendor comes out in 1967. Financial success eludes Pekar, and so does romance. He’s very bright, a student of American naturalist fiction, but a lousy housekeeper and probably depressed. In spite of himself, he attracts the interest of Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis), partner in a Delaware comic-book shop. Her hippie partner had sold the last copy of American Splendor, so she writes to Pekar. One thing leads to another, Joyce comes to Cleveland, and they get married. American Splendor is a generous, good- natured film. Maybe it’s not for everyone, but anyone interested in a sophisticated treatment of an unusual man of letters shouldn’t miss it. Opens at the Bijou Friday, Oct. 17. Very highest recommenda- tions. ew
