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BY MOLLY TEMPLETON CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 12/22-12/28 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums Adult $7.25 ¥ Adult Fri & Sat $7.75 Child/Bargain/Senior $5.25 ¥ Student with ID $5.75 Early Bird Price is Back!!! 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Sun. (1125 300) 655 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (PG) DIG ★ Fri. & Sat. (1135 200 445) 710 935 1374 Willamette • 342-8348 Sun. (1135 200 445) 710 WE ARE MARSHALL (PG) DIG Fri. & Sat. (1145 235) 655 945 Sun. (1145 235) 655 ROCKY BALBOA (PG) DIG Fri. & Sat. (1150 225 505) 735 1010 Sun. (1150 225 505) 735 ERAGON (PG) DIG ★ Fri. & Sat. (1130 215 440) 700 930 Sun. (1130 215 440) 700 PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (PG-13) DIG ★ Fri. & Sat. (1140 220 500) 740 1015 Sun. (1140 220 500) 740 CHARLOTTE'S WEB (G) DIG ★ Fri. & Sat. (1130 210 450) 730 1010 Sun. (1130 210 450) 730 THE HOLIDAY (PG-13) DIG Fri. & Sat. (1155 250) 650 955 Sun. (1155 250) 650 Call Theatre for Showtimes Call Theatre for Showtimes Times For 12/22 - 12/24 ©2006 30 DECEMBER 21, 2006 When art and politics collide SHUT UP & SING: Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck. With Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and Simon Renshaw. The Weinstein Company, 2006. 93 min- utes. R. 44442 (11:50), 2:35, 5:00, 7:45, [10:25] (11:30), 2:40, 6:55, [9:40] (11:40), 2:15, 4:30 Chicks Up Front I n 2003, on the eve of the Iraq War, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said from a London stage, “We’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” It was just a quip, a comment meant to garner applause and cheers. Until it wasn’t. By now, the story is a familiar one. The remark, coming from a popular country musician, ignited a firestorm. Fans trashed their Dixie Chicks records and boycotted stations that still played the group. The country music world pretty much washed its hands of the band. In the new docu- mentary Shut Up & Sing, footage of angry former fans shows a prevailing theme: a wish for the women to shut up and sit down. President Bush weighs in, saying the band “shouldn’t have their feelings hurt” if people don’t want to listen to their music anymore. To this, the outspoken Maines says, “What a dumb fuck.” Shut Up & Sing, directed by Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, U.S.A.) and Cecilia Peck, is a compelling film that tells the story of one extremely popular band’s fall and rebirth while also offering a look at the last few years through a very partic- ular lens. You don’t have to be a Dixie Chicks fan to appreciate this story (though you may become one by the end of the movie); you don’t even really have to be a music fan, though the film has a definite sense of curiosity about the music industry that enriches the scenes of backstage ban- ter, show preparation, tour scheduling, album production and publicity. Shut Up & Sing’s exploration of the peaks and per- ils of fame and of the intersection of art and politics in a tumultuous time stretches the boundaries of the music documentary. The film swings back and forth between 2003, when Maines made her remark, and 2005, when Maines and her bandmates, sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire, began working on their next album. At first, the time travel is a bit confusing, but in the deft, sure hands of Kopple and Peck, it gradually reveals itself as a carefully planned narrative device. The jump back into the 2003 furor after a calm 2005 segment reminds us that this incident colors the band’s every deci- sion. Two years go by, but the repercus- sions — and opportunities — remain. Stung but savvy, the band gradually real- izes that what began as a massive fallout can be turned into a chance to break out of the country box, to write their own songs and to grow beyond previous expectations. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A DIXIE CHICKS FAN TO APPRECIATE THIS STORY (THOUGH YOU MAY BECOME ONE BY THE END OF THE MOVIE) There are no Truth or Dare moments in Shut Up & Sing; the band members, all in their 30s, are all married with children, and their families are a solid presence in the film. Though these women are wealth- ier than most of us will ever be, the jug- gling of family and career adds a layer of familiarity to their existence, as does the depiction of their solid, decades-long friendships. Precisely balanced between the personal, the musical and the political — though at just 93 minutes it could have included more of all three — Shut Up & Sing reaches beyond its most obvious top- ics to touch on the effects of success and backlash on the individual and, if it can be said without sounding hideously corny, on the simple power of true friends standing together. Bravo. ew Shut Up & Sing opens Friday, Dec. 22 at the Bijou
