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BY LOIS WADSWORTH
Anti-Pesto at your
service, ma’am.
CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD
Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 10/14-10-20
Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums
LUKE SMITH. DREAMWORKS ANIMATION AND ARDMAN FEATURES, 2005.
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM
Big Screen Debut
Lovable dog and daffy master solve mystery.
WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE
CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT: Written
and directed by Nick Park, Steve Box. Written by
Mark Burton and Bob Baker. Produced by Claire
Jennings, Carla Shelley, Peter Lord, David Sproxton,
Nick Park. Executive producers Michael Rose, Cecil
Kramer. Edited by David McCormick, Gregory Perler.
Cinematography, Dave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver.
Music produced by Hans Zimmer. Music by Julian
Nott. Supervising animator, Loyd Price. Starring
voices by Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena
Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith.
DreamWorks Animation and Ardman Features,
2005. G. 87 minutes.
W
allace and Gromit are among the
most beloved animation charac-
ters now working in film, even
though The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is their
feature-film debut. The brainstorm of creator
Nick Parks, this eccentric pair of clay-ani-
mated characters starred in a trio of award-
winning short films made and brought to
video during the 1990s. I count myself
among the delighted grandparents, parents
and children who have watched A Grand
Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close
Shave countless times. The films are avail-
able again, and they make the perfect gift for
kids — toddlers to junior high — and movie
lovers of all ages. Each film is chock-full of
references to other films and directors such
as Alfred Hitchcock.
For the uninitiated, Wallace, a good-
natured, cheese-loving inventor, and Gromit,
his silent but wise dog, solve mysteries.
Detective work doesn’t adequately describe
what happens when they try to fix a situation
gone wrong, because many times Wallace
himself is at least partially to blame.
Wallace’s crackpot inventions may be
untested and dangerous, but, like him, they
are cheerful and colorful. Gromit is the fall-
guy who must commandeer Wallace’s
schemes, while Wallace unwittingly fails
victim to his own thingamabobs, as when he
gets trapped wearing The Wrong Trousers,
my all-time fave.
Here Wallace and Gromit have formed a
company called Anti-Pesto, which employs
a series of devices that include giant vacuum
cleaner tubes guaranteed to safely capture
and humanely treat garden pests, such as
marauding rabbits. And for some time, Anti-
Pesto preserves the lovely tomatoes, zucchi-
ni, pumpkins and other vegetables tenderly
grown in the village by people anxiously
awaiting the Giant Vegetable Competition.
One benefit customers of Anti-Pesto’s pest-
control protection receive is the company’s
early warning system, another series of
linked contraptions, including lights and
alarms. These wake Gromit, who wakes
Wallace in the middle of the night whenever
there’s trouble in the pea patch.
Also central to later Wallace and Gromit
adventures is a damsel in distress, such as
the unforgettable Wendolene Ramsbottom
of A Close Shave, a character created by
Park’s directorial and writing team partner,
Steve Box. Here it’s Lady Tottingham
(Helena Bonham Carter), who has a soft
spot for bunnies. Her ladyship’s distress
stems from the antics of boorish Victor
Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes), who would
rather blast the burrowing rodents into next
week with his trusty hunting rifle than help
them live another day to frolic on Lady
Tottingham’s lawn.
Victor is a trifle taken with himself, and
he falls into a snit when he realizes that hum-
ble Wallace seems to be making inroads
with the lady he hopes to marry for her
money. Wallace has a weakness for proper
ladies, but an ingrained class barrier pre-
vents him from expressing his affections
directly.
If you are a dog lover, you will be unable
to resist Gromit, who furrows his brow, rolls
his eyes, and continues to pick up after
Wallace. Gromit carries scene after scene
with no more than the tiniest changing
motion of his head, the position of his ears,
the worry lines of his expressive brow and
the deep pools of his intelligent eyes.
Despite being unable to speak (or bark),
Gromit is perfectly understood by even the
youngest among us, as well as by non-
English speakers. His is a universal lan-
guage.
Wallace, on the other hand, talks all the
time — to Gromit, to himself — and his dis-
tinctive voice is that of veteran actor Peter
Sallis, who has spoken for Wallace since his
inception in A Grand Day Out in 1989.
Parks said he learned how to make Wallace’s
face move by how Sallis “formed his vowels
and said words like ‘cheese and crackers.’ …
I let Peter’s voice dictate to me how Wallace
looked, and it evolved from there.”
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is now
playing at Cinemark and Cinema World,
and it’s not just for the tots. Come one,
come all. Celebrate!
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PRICES: ADULTS WEEKDAYS $7.25, FRI & SAT $7.75 • CHILDREN &
SENIORS $5.00, STUDENTS $5.75
BARGAIN MATINEES ADULTS $5.25, CHILD $5.00
EARLY BIRD SHOWING $4.25 (FIRST MATINEE OF EACH MOVIE)
THE FOG PG13
1:25, 2:00, 4:00, 4:35, 7:05, 7:40,
9:40, 10:20
ELIZABETHTOWN PG13
1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25
EXORCISM OF EMILY
ROSE PG13
3:40, 10:25
INTO THE BLUE PG13
1:00, 7:35
DOMINO R
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
R
1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 10:05
WALLACE AND GROMIT 1:55, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00
G
GREATEST GAME EVER
1:30, 2:30, 4:05, [5:00] 7:00, 7:30, PLAYED PG
9:30, 10:00
12:40, 7:10
THE GOSPEL PG
JUST LIKE HEAVEN
PG13
1:10, 3:50, 7:15, 9:55
12:45, 4:10, 7:25, 10:30
THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIR-
TWO FOR THE MONEY R GIN R
12:55, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15
2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35
WAITING R
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE
BRIDE PG
12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30
12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15
SERENITY PG13
12:35, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05
SNEAK PREVIEW:
DREAMER PG
Join us October 17 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the past 25 years and raise some
cash for Doctors without Borders. $8 gets you free popcorn, a soda, a slice of cake,
and the BLOW
following selection of films from the first few weeks of the Bijou's infancy:
The Rink--Charlie Chaplin! The King of Hearts--Achieved cult status in the early '70s!
Flash Gordon--30s Saturday matinee serial! Magical Mystery Tour--1967 Fab Four
special! The Beatles at Budokan--Live concert in Tokyo's Budokan Hall,1966.
Theater-goers may feel free to stay and watch the on-screen offerings or
come out and enjoy the festivities in the lobby, as the mood strikes them.
Please join us for a celebration just dripping with nostalgia!
WERNER HERZOG'S
GRIZZLY MAN
THUMBSUCKER
5:20, 7:25 & 9:30 Nightly Sun Mat 3:15
5:00, 7:10 & 9:20 Nightly Sat & Sun Mat 2:50
R
ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2004!
PART 2 OF 4 SUN, 10/16 12 NOON $6
THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the
deep enigmas present in the prehistoric remains found
in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.
SEARCHING FOR BLUE A young indigenous painter
proposes to find blue dye in the Peruvian Amazon.
BIJOU LATENITE Fri-Sat $4 Sun $3
FLIGHT PLAN PG13
12:50, 3:45, 7:10, 10:10
686-2458
R
3:35, 10:10
IN HER SHOES PG13
492 E. 13th
For the week starting Friday, October 14th!
The Bijou turns 25!
Weekend of the Living Dead
FRI. 10/14: NOISEFERATU!
SAT. 10/15: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
SUN. 10/16: PLAN 9 FROM OUTERSPACE
SUNDAY ONLY 5:00PM
*NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS
MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD
Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231
SHOWTIMES FOR 10/13-10/20
11:30 pm Fri, Sat & Sun nights
The Aristocrats
11:40 pm Fri, Sat & Sun nights SAT MAT 3:30
no one
under 18!
No children under age 6 will be admitted to any
R-rated feature after 6:00 PM
MUST LOVE DOGS PG13 FANTASTIC FOUR PG13
[11:35] 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10
[11:55] 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25
CHARLIE & THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY
PG
MR & MRS SMITH PG13
[11:20, 12:00] 2:00, 3:00, 4:50,
6:55, 7:35, 9:40, 10:15
[11:15] 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05
DUKES OF HAZZARD
PG13
[11:40] 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 10:00
WAR OF THE WORLDS
PG13
R
TRANSPORTER 2 PG13
[12:05] 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:45
[11:25] 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30
BATMAN BEGINS PG13
SKY HIGH PG
[11:30] 2:45, 6:45, 9:50
[ ] FRI THRU SUN ONLY
[11:45] 2:20, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55
MADAGASCAR PG
[11:50] 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25
WEDDING CRASHERS R
[11:15] 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20
STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS
4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS
SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM
CONSTANT GARDENER R
THUMBSUCKER
MARCH OF G
THE PENGUINS
Adv. Tix on Sale HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF
DOUBLE FEATURE: MONTY PYTHON’S
FIRE (PG-13) ★
DOMINO (R) - ID REQ'D DIG
(1145 245) 700 945
ELIZABETHTOWN (PG-13) DIG
R
R
HOLY GRAIL/LIFE OF BRIAN
(1200 300) 710 1000
IN HER SHOES (PG-13) DIG
(1205 305) 700 955
WALLACE & GROMIT MOVIE (G) DIG
(1155 230 445) 715 930
TWO FOR THE MONEY (R) - ID REQ'D DIG
(1155 250) 705 945
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1200 240 450) 730
955
PROOF (PG-13) DIG
(1215 225 455) 720 935
FLIGHTPLAN (PG-13) DIG
(1150 235 505) 735 1000
Adv. Tix on Sale HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF
FIRE (PG-13) ★
THE FOG (PG-13) DIG
(1210 235 505) 740 1015
ELIZABETHTOWN (PG-13) DIG
(100 400) 700 1000
TWO FOR THE MONEY (R) - ID REQ'D DIG
(120 415) 710 1005
IN HER SHOES (PG-13) DIG
(1245 350) 650 950
WALLACE & GROMIT MOVIE (G) DIG
(1220 240 500) 720 940
FLIGHTPLAN (PG-13) DIG
(1225 250 520) 750 1020
CORPSE BRIDE (PG) DIG
(1250 305 520) 730 935
Now Hiring - Apply at Theatre
DOMINO (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔
Fri. (330) 700 945
Sat. & Sun. (1230 330) 700 945
PROOF (PG-13) DIG
Fri. (230 450) 730 1000
Sat. & Sun. (1200 230 450) 730 1000
TWO FOR THE MONEY (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔
Fri. (315) 710 955
Sat. & Sun. (1210 315) 710 955
FLIGHTPLAN (PG-13) DIG
Times For 10/14 - 10/16
Fri. (240 500) 740 1010
Sat. & Sun. (1220 240 500) 740 1010
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