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BY LOIS WADSWORTH CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 1/16-1/22 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM ALONG CAME POLLY CHEAPER BY THE PG13 DOZEN PG 11:10, 12:00, 1:40, 2:25, 4:05, 5:05, 1:10, 3:50, 7:00, 9:40 7:00, 7:35, 9:50, 10:00 11:30, 1:45, 4:10, 7:55, 10:10 TEACHER’S PET PG 11:20, 1:20, 4:00, 6:55 BIG FISH PG13 12:30, 3:30, 7:20, 10:20 HAUNTED MANSION* PG 11:15 MONA LISA SMILE PG13 12:35, 3:40, 7:20, 10:25 SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE* PG13 12:10, 3:45, 7:15, 10:15 CHASING LIBERTY PG13 THE LAST SAMURAI* R 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:50, 10;35 11:55, 3:25, 7:05, 10:35 MY BABY’S DADDY PG13 MASTER AND COM- 1:55, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 MANDER* PG13 7:05, 10:20 CALENDAR GIRLS PG13 11:25, 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 PAYCHECK PG13 PETER PAN PG 12:55, 3:55 LORD OF THE RINGS PG13 1:00, 1:30, 5:15, 6:15, 9:45, 10:30 12:15, 3:10, 7:10, 10:05 SNEAK: WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON FRIDAY ONLY 7:00 SUNDAY ONLY 4:00 EDWARD (ALBERT FINNEY) AND SANDRA BLOOM (JESSICA LANGE) IN THE BATH. 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What a wonderful film!" "No one has ever told an immigrant story quite like this." IN AMERICA PG-13 Bill Murray [11:25], 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 [11:30] 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 % SIGN UP FOR WEEKLY EMAILS! Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY in STEREO SURROUND SOUND $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 avaloncinema.com v m 28 JANUARY 15, 2004 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM Southern Charm Fish and tell. BIG FISH: Directed by Tim Burton. Written by John August, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace. Produced by Richard X. Zanuck, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks. Executive producer, Arne L. Schmidt. Cinematography, Philippe Rousselot. Production design, Dennis Gassner. Editor, Chris Lebenzon. Costumes, Colleen Atwood. Music, Danny Elfman. Starring Ewan McGregor (young Ed), Albert Finney (Edward Bloom), Billy Crudup (Will Bloom) and Jessica Lange (Sandra Bloom). With Helena Bonham Carter (the Witch; young woman, senior Jenny), Alison Lohman (young Sandra), Robert Guillaume (Dr. Bennett), Marion Cotillard (Josephine), Danny DeVito (Amos Calloway), Matthew McGrory (Karl the Giant) and Steve Buscemi (Norther Winslow). Columbia Pictures, 2003. PG-13. 110 minutes. manners. He looks in her glass eye and ever after knows that nothing he can do will kill him, because he has seen the manner of his death. This is a wonderful metaphor for a life of adventure, and Ed takes to the idea and runs with it. At 18, Ed (Ewan McGregor) leaves home with a giant named Karl (played by actual giant Matthew McGrory). He gets lost in the woods but finds the town of Spectre, an idealized 1950s heaven where an 8-year-old girl falls for him. Ed and Karl join a traveling circus run by T o be honest, I’m not a big Tim Burton fan. I’ve avoided many of his films. I’m grateful to a couple of co-workers who told me they loved the movie, because otherwise I might have missed seeing one of the most enjoyable films of the year. Nothing prepared me for the film’s sublime ending. An alienated father and son, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) and Will (a miscast Billy Crudup), are like oil and water — nei- ther understands the other’s essential nature. Will likes facts; Edward loves stories. They can’t be in the same room for very long. Will moves to Paris after Ed tells his big fish story one too many times. The day young Will was born, Ed says, he was out fishing. He caught sight of the biggest, oldest catfish in the river, lost his gold wedding ring to the big bruiser and wrestled the fish to get it back. “The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught,” Ed says, with a contented sigh when he tells the fish fable. The person caught in the middle is Sandra (Jessica Lange), Ed’s much loved wife and Will’s mom. When she calls Will to come home and make things right with his dad, he and his pregnant wife, Josephine (Marion Cotillard), catch a plane. Predictably, Will can’t persuade his dad to tell him the truth about his own life, even on his sickbed. But Josephine is charmed by Edward, and she learns more about the old man’s life through the stories he tells than Will. The film moves back and forth from the present, in Alabama, to an ever-changing past, beginning with a scary adventure Ed’s childhood friends embark upon. A mysteri- ous old woman with a glass eye is reputed to be a witch (Helena Bonham Carter), and anyone who looks into her eye sees his own death. Fearless Ed takes the lead among the kids, goes to the door of the creepy old house and astounds the witch with his good ZADE ROSENTHAL. COLUMBIA PICTURES, 2003 12:05, 3:35, 7:30, 10:15 *NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS AMONG EDWARD BLOOM’S (EWAN MCGREGOR) ADVENTURES IS A VISIT TO THE PICTURE- PERFECT TOWN OF SPECTRE WHERE HE BEFRIENDS THE YOUNG JENNY (HAILEY ANNE NELSON) Amos Calloway (Danny DeVito). Ed finds the girl he wants to marry, Sandra (Alison Lohman). And Ed becomes a salesman, which works for him because he loves to entertain people. I felt a strong affinity with Ed’s story- telling. We can’t live without stories, and everyone is a story. The stories we tell our- selves about our lives become our personal mythology. The people and events that comprise our actual history become part of that myth. The wisdom, if any, that we har- vest from living and reflecting on our life comes from loving all those who have helped make it a grand journey. As Will attempts to make sense of his father’s fabulous history, he finds nothing is as true as a tall tale. Big Fish may make a believer out of you, too. 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