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!!!
Mon thur Fri — First Matinee Showing of each Feature $4.75
BLACK CHRISTMAS R
OPENS 12/25
4:50, 7:10, *7:40, [9:50], [*10:15]
(10:50), (1:40), 4:20, 7:35, 10:10
(12:10), 3:25, 7:10, [10:25]
APOCALYPTO R
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM BLOOD DIAMOND R
PG
6:50, [10:20]
(10:00), (12:00), (12:50), 3:00, 3:35,
HOLIDAY PG13
6:30, 7:00, [9:15], [9:55]
12:45, 3:55, 7:05, [10:10]
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
NATIVITY STORY PG
DIGITAL PG
(12:05), 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, [10:30]
(11:05), 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, [10:15]
THE GOOD SHEPHERD R DÉJÀ VU PG13 [9:45]
(10:45), 2:45, 7:00, [10:45]
CASINO ROYALE PG13
*3:40, *7:05, {7:35}, [*10:20],
WE ARE MARSHALL PG *12:20,
{10:35}
(12:15), 3:20, 7:15, [10:30]
HAPPY FEET PG
ROCKY BALBOA PG
(10:40), (1:25), 4:10, 6:55
(11:00), 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, [10:05]
SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE
ESCAPE CLAUSE G
PURSUIT OF HAPPY-
NESS PG13
(11:10), 1:45, 4:25
(10:20), (1:20), 4:15, 7:40, [10:40]
ERAGON PG
[ ] NO SHOWING 12/24
CHARLOTTE’S WEB G
{ } SHOWTIMES ONLY FOR 12/25-12/28
(10:15), (11:25), (12:55), 2:00, 3:30, ( ) NO SHOWING 12/25
* SHOWTIMES ONLY FOR 12/22-12/24
4:30, 7:15, 7:50, [9:50], [10:25]
(10:55), (11:40), (1:30), 2:15, 4:05,
*NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS
MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD
Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 ¥ 12/22-12/28
No children under age 6 will be admitted to any
R-rated feature after 6:00 PM
Friday & Saturday after 6pm $2.00
HANTING G IFT
C
S
E N for the
Holy Days
Crystals Galore!
Goddess Totems • Runes
Pendulums • Clusters
Open this Sunday
5Calendars
5Cards
5DVDs & CDs
5Books 5Music
MARIE ANTOINETTE PG13 EMPLOYEE OF THE
(12:00), 3:10, 7:30, [10:20]
MONTH PG13
(11:55), 2:25, 4:50, 7:25, [10:30]
OPEN SEASON PG
(11:20), (12:05), 2:00, 3:00, 4:25,
PIRATES OF THE
5:10, 7:00, 7:35, [9:20],[ 9:55]
CARIBBEAN: DEAD
MAN’S CHEST PG13
BORAT R
(11:35), 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, [10:05]
THE PRESTIGE PG13
(11:45), 3:05, 7:05, [10:10]
THE GUARDIAN PG13
(12:10), 3:15, 6:50, [9:50]
ONE NIGHT WITH THE
KING PG
(11:15), 2:30, 6:45, [10:00]
DECK THE HALLS PG
(11:25), 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, [9:35]
TENACIOUS D: THE
PICK OF DESTINY R
[ ] NO SHOWING 12/24
( ) NO SHOWING 12/25
BARNYARD PG
* SHOWTIMES ONLY FOR 12/22-12/24
{ } SHOWTIMES ONLY FOR 12/25-12/28
FLYBOYS PG13
7:10, [10:15]
STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS
4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS
SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (R) - ID REQ'D DIG Fri. & Sat. (1125 300)
655 1025
Peace be with you.
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