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THE GREEN HORNET IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1130 1230 215) 400 500 645 745 930 1030 CHRONICLES NARNIA: VOYAGE IN REALD 3D -EVENT PRICE (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(205 PM) 635 PM GULLIVER'S TRAVELS IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1150 AM) 920 PM TRON: LEGACY IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1225) 410 705 1005 THE DILEMMA (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1215) 420 700 945 SEASON OF THE WITCH (PG-13) Fri.(1205) 510 735 1020 Sat.(225) 510 735 1020 Sun.(225 PM) 510 PM 735 PM OC: SEASON OF THE WITCH (PG-13) Fri.(225 PM) Sat.(1205 PM) Sun.(1205 PM) 1020 PM COUNTRY STRONG (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(150) 430 715 1000 THE KING'S SPEECH (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1140 230) 650 950 TRUE GRIT (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1135 210) 450 730 925 1015 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(155) 440 710 940 YOGI BEAR (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1200 PM 240 PM) 455 PM THE FIGHTER (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(145) 435 720 1010 THE TOURIST (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.740 PM 1025 PM TANGLED (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1220 PM) 405 PM 640 PM HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 1 (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1145 250) 630 955 THE GREEN HORNET IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(120) 420 710 1000 THE DILEMMA (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(200) 450 730 1010 THE FIGHTER (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(130) 410 700 940 TRUE GRIT (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(150) 430 720 950 CHRONICLES NARNIA: VOYAGE IN REALD 3D -EVENT PRICE (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(110 PM) TRON: LEGACY IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(350 PM) 640 PM 930 PM LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(140) 400 650 920 SEASON OF THE WITCH (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(210) 440 740 1020 THE KING’S SPEECH: Directed by Tom Hooper. Written by David Seidler. Cinematography, Danny Cohen. Music, Alexandre Desplat. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter , Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon. The Weinstein Company, 2010. R. 118 minutes. 44441 I magine on the one hand being a lifelong stutterer, a person who can’t say “person” without tripping over his tongue, while at the same time being occupationally required to address people by the millions. Such was the dilemma of Albert, Duke of York, who abruptly ascended to the British throne in 1936 as King George VI. In the new ﬁ lm starring Colin Firth as Albert, this verbal tic is referred to colloquially as a stammer, but Firth’s performance is so effective at isolating the pain from the speech defect that it seems more like a seizure in his throat. After a series of embarrassing early public addresses, Albert’s wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) approaches Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) for help. Talk about a last resort: While Albert has already been subjected to treatments such as cigarettes and sucking on marbles, such quackery at least came shrouded in decorum. Lionel, by contrast, immediately refers to the Duke as “Bertie,” his private family nickname, and before long makes the treasonous suggestion that Bertie, not his elder brother David (Guy Pearce), is the more ﬁ t for the soon-to-be-available throne. Lionel is an impresario — “my castle, my rules,” he says of his studio — whose intent is to drive out the stammer by digging into Albert’s underlying hurt, a course of treatment to which the monarch- in-waiting is overwhelmingly opposed. So begins the thrust-and-parry action of the primary relationship in The King’s Speech, a snappy, pert and intelligent ﬁ lm that, while sometimes pat, tells a small story exceedingly well. The ﬁ lm is to be enjoyed both for the impossibility of its central relationship — a pauper essentially becomes a conﬁ dant to a king — as well as the top-notch performances evoking their incredible true story. Lionel, an eccentric and overlooked ﬁ gure at home, brings his corrective powers to bear on the leader of the free world, who can’t ﬁ nish a sentence without appearing to choke. If there’s little doubt that by the time of Albert’s 1939 wartime address, he’ll be cured of his tongue-tying ways, there’s still a great deal of fun in watching a ﬁ lm as organized and lavish as The King’s Speech. While Firth gives arguably the year’s best performance for the second consecutive year (last year in A Single Man), Rush’s Lionel, while requiring less ﬂ ourish than Firth’s Albert, is the emotional authority at work in The King’s Speech. Rush’s voice has deepened into an almost perfect instrument, calling to mind Tommy Lee Jones, and like Jones, Rush’s face is a craggy monument to the long-suffering underdog. The surprise treat of King’s Speech is the return of Helena Bonham Carter, who emerges from whatever acting gulag she removes to when not doing Harry Potter or Tim Burton ﬁ lms with a curt and spirited performance as Elizabeth. Carter’s career, once unpredictable, has lately followed the same downward trajectory of Burton, which might make sense, given that the two are now married. The King’s Speech isn’t revolutionary. It moves in very narrow arcs, delivering a cute and dependable (rather than devastating or surprising) entertainment that shouldn’t be missed. Director Tom Hooper (the John Adams miniseries) elevates the historical drama genre, masterfully evoking the era of early radio (or, in the parlance of the times, the “wireless”) by focusing on the wariness and distrust with which the monarchy approached the microphone. To overcome this, Lionel urges the newly anointed king that when speaking publicly, “pauses add solemnity,” to which the king replies, “I’m now the solemnest king who ever lived.” ew THE DILEMMA - DP (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.400 PM 715 PM 950 PM THE KING'S SPEECH (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(120) 415 700 945 BLACK SWAN - DP (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(110 345) 645 930 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 1 (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1245 350) 655 1000 Times For 01/14 - 01/16 © 2011 26 JANUARY 13, 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM