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THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THU BY CAMILLA MORTENSEN C I N E M A S for March 10-17 A R T 492 East 13 th 686-2458 4:45 9:35 5:10 9:45 2:30 5:10 9:45 2:30 5:10 5:30 8:20 4:50 7:45 2:00 4:50 7:45 2:00 4:50 7:45 OPAL 7:30 7:30 SAGE BANNICK presents 7:00 THE ABSENT $5 senior/student (no passes) 11:45 11:00 11:00 pm Fri/Sat bijou-cinemas.com 7:30 7:30 7:30 R 7:30 BARNEY’S VERSION WASTE LAND locally-shot (Cottage Grove) biopic about the strange saga of turn-of-the-century naturalist Opal Whiteley $8/adult CASINO JACK NOON 7:30 Mar 17 Mar 16 Mar 15 Mar 14 Mar 13 Mar 12 Mar 11 Mar 10 movies 4:50 7:45 4:50 7:45 4:50 7:45 4:50 7:45 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 R The SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE of documentaries! IP MAN 2: LEGEND OF THE GRANDMASTER Coming soon: 10:00 SOMEWHERE LADY GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH follow us! DUST & ILLUSIONS: THE BURNING MAN 11:00 FILM TERMINATOR 11:00 7:00 *Adults—$7*Students w/ID—$6*Seniors—$5*Matinees—$5*Lates—$5*Miser Mondays—$3* TIX $2 Tix 21 & FOOD $5 Sun & Tues ovER MENU Nayeli Adorador-Knudsen in Opal 762-1700 | 180 E. 5TH AVE An Understanding Heart davidminortheater.com THURS MAR 10 – WED MAR 16 THUR Opal Whiteley returns to Oregon OPAL: A MOVIE: Directed by Dina Ciraulo. Screenplay by Dina Ciraulo, based on the story of Opal Whiteley. Cinematography, Svetlana Cvetko. Editor, Greg Sirota. Music, Terri Winston. Starring Nayeli Adorador-Knudsen, Roxanne Eldred, George Maguire and Gabriel Marin. 2011. R. 1 hour, 20 minutes.. 44411 F or some of us, interest in Opal Whiteley stems from the charm of her tales about rambles in the woods and farms around Cottage Grove and the unique phrases and names she used in her childhood diary. The fi rst sentences of her diary capture some of the magic of her childish language: “I like it — this house we do live in being at the edge of the near woods. So many little people do live in the near woods. I do have conversations with them. I found the near woods fi rst day I did go explores.” The diary refl ects Whiteley’s lifelong fascination with the natural world. Whiteley’s “explores” took her from the woods to the house of “the girl who has no seeing” and visits to animal friends like the crow Lars Porsena of Clusium and the “singing brooks that come going to the rivière.” The rivière she writes of is believed to be Mosby Creek, and her use of French has been attributed to her claims of French lineage, and the fact that many French logging families were in the vicinity during her childhood in the early 1900s. It’s also been used to substantiate accusations that her diary is a hoax. So for others, interest in Opal Whiteley centers on the story of her life and the question of whether she wrote that diary as a child, as a hoax or as an adult with a possible mental illness. Some have speculated Whiteley was schizophrenic, others that she had Aspergers Syndrome. Many have mourned the fact that the genius that was Whiteley spent the last half of her life in an institution, writing no more books and giving no more lectures on the natural world. Opal: A Movie focuses less on Whiteley’s childhood years and more on the saga of her life. Using old-fashioned acting with stilted phrasing and sepia-toned shots, director Dina Ciraulo chronicles Whiteley’s journey from the woods — unfortunately not shot in the unique old-growth forests of Oregon but in the redwoods of California due to fi nancial constraints — to her time at the UO and all the way to Napsbury Hospital, a care facility in England where she was placed in 1948 when she was deemed unable to care for herself. She died there in 1992 at the age of 95 (the fi lm’s credits mistakenly give the date as 1995). For those familiar with the diary but less familiar with Whiteley’s life as a whole, the fi lm’s chronicle of her career lecturing on nature, her time at the University of Oregon, her dealings with the Atlantic Monthly as it published her diary and the confusion of her later years will be intriguing. Opal bills itself as “inspired by a true story” but, for the most part, it stays close to historical accounts of her life. The Cottage Grove Sentinel becomes the Elk Grove Sentinel in the fi lm, and names are changed, but the narrative takes few truly fi ctional liberties. Opal is unabashedly an art fi lm, seeking a period look and tone. Whiteley is played for most of the movie by Nayeli Adorador- Knudsen, who is somehow reminiscent of a dark-haired Drew Barrymore. For some, the actor’s somewhat affected and overly precious performance might grate. It stays true to the storyline of Whiteley’s life, and neither attempts to confi rm nor deny her claims that she was adopted by the Whiteley family and was actually the daughter of France’s Prince Henri d’Orléans. 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Tix on Sale SUCKER PUNCH IMAX: MARS NEEDS MOMS 3D (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.1200 215 430 700 930 MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1130 AM 145 PM) 400 PM BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1215 300) 645 945 BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1245) 415 715 1015 RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1145 235) 510 745 1030 RANGO (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1205 230) 505 740 1020 RANGO (PG) ★ Fri.(200 PM) 435 PM 950 PM Sat.(1135 AM) 435 PM 710 PM Sun.(200 PM) 435 PM 710 PM OC & DA: RANGO (PG) ★ Fri.(1135 AM) 710 PM Sat.(200 PM) 950 PM Sun.(1135 AM) 950 PM THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1150 220) 455 725 1005 TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.655 PM 925 PM BEASTLY (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1225 240) 450 720 940 HALL PASS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(150) 420 750 1025 UNKNOWN (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.635 PM 915 PM I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1235) 405 650 955 CEDAR RAPIDS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1230 245) 500 730 1000 GNOMEO AND JULIET (G) Fri. - Sun.(1155 AM 210 PM) 445 PM JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1210 255) 640 935 THE KING'S SPEECH (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1140 250) 630 920 Adv. Tix on Sale SUCKER PUNCH MARS NEEDS MOMS IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(200) 420 700 920 RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(220) 500 740 1020 BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(140) 440 720 1000 RANGO (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(120) 400 640 940 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(150) 430 710 950 HALL PASS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(210) 450 730 1010 I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.410 PM 930 PM JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(130 PM) 650 PM TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(130) 410 700 940 HALL PASS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(140) 420 715 950 GNOMEO AND JULIET IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (G) ★ Fri. - Sun.(115 355) 630 900 THE KING'S SPEECH (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(100 345) 645 930 Times For 03/11 - 03/13 © 2011 EUGENE WEEKLY MARCH 10, 2011 29
