Orchard Theater showtimes beginning JUNE 20th!!

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:16:37 -0700
Hi folks!
Young At Heart and The Goonies end Thursday!
Here are the showtimes……….
Young At Heart 2:30 and 7:10
The Goonies 4:50

Starts Friday!!
The She Found Me R
Directed by Helen Hunt
Starring Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shankman
Friday, June 20th thru Sunday, June 22nd 12:10 2:30 4:50 7:10

Monday, June 23rd thru Thursday, June 26th 2:30 4:50 7:10

The move from actor to director can be a difficult one, but actress Helen Hunt makes the transition seem effortless with THEN SHE FOUND ME. Hunt, who also produced and co wrote the film, plays April Epner, a down-on-her-luck schoolteacher who longs to have a child. April's chances of bringing a baby into the world are diminished when her husband, Ben (Matthew Broderick), leaves her, and more bad news follows when her adoptive mother dies. The beleaguered April subsequently forms an unexpected bond with her real mother, the overbearing TV host Bernice (Bette Midler), and takes tentative steps towards motherhood with a new man in her life, the bumbling Frank (Colin Firth). Hunt's film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Elinor Lipman, is likely to win over fans of classic rom-coms such as WHEN HARRY MET SALLY and YOU'VE GOT MAIL. At its heart the film poses some thoughtful observations on what a late-30s woman goes through when she is facing a possibly childless future. But Hunt also stirs some generous scoops of humor into the plot, providing light relief from her central character's plight, and also demonstrating her range as a writer/director. The cast members are uniformly excellent throughout, with Firth and Hunt giving strong performances that are helped along by a supporting cast that provides most of the comic relief. Hunt even finds time to provide a small role for the writer Salman Rushdie, who plays a doctor.

View The Trailer Here……………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/thinkfilm/thenshefoundme/trailer/



Held Over For A Second Week!!
The Visitor PG13
Starring Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Friday, June 13th thru Sunday, June 15th 12:30 2:50 5:10 7:30 9:25

Monday, June 16th thru Thursday, June 19th 2:50 5:10 7:30

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is... In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument’s exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter’s faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away. After being stopped by police in the subway, Tarek is arrested as an undocumented citizen and held for deportation. As his situation turns desperate, Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost. When Tarek’s beautiful mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) arrives unexpectedly in search of her son, the professor’s personal commitment develops into an unlikely romance. And it’s through these new found connections with these virtual strangers that Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life.

The Trailer Here……………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thevisitor/trailer/


Opening This Friday!! 3 Showings ONLY!!
Blade Runner: The Final Cut R
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos
Directed by Ridley Scott
Friday, June 20th thru Sunday, June 22nd 9:10

Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live "Off World" on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a "blade runner" is called in to hunt him down and kill him. Enter Harrison Ford as the retired blade runner Rick Deckard. He is pulled out of retirement to help catch four escaped replicants: Batty (Rutger Hauer), Leon (Brion James), Pris (Darryl Hannah), and Zhora (Joanna Cassidy.) Despite his distaste for the job, Deckard is soon hot on their heels, tracking them down one by one through the over-crowded, crumbling city streets. In the midst of his hunt, Deckard becomes involved with a beautiful replicant named Rachael (Sean Young). Rachel has fled her owner, and Deckard rightfully should kill her. However, the two fall in love, and after some startling revelations, they are both soon on the run from the very authorities that once employed Deckard. This final cut is a bleaker, more cynical version of an already dark film, which might explain why the studio insisted on a softer, more optimistic ending when it was first released. While some superfans might take issue with some of the revelatory new twists, they will no doubt delight in the quality of the digital restoration. The special effects were already impressive for 1982, but these new touch-ups give them a look that appears just as sharp and imaginative as the sci-fi films of today.

View The Trailer Here……………….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hYs1jBy8Y



Coming Soon to The Historic Orchard Theater………

Opening June 27th


Priceless
“This wispy romantic comedy offers droll and charming proof of love conquering materialism.” – Michael Sagrow, Baltimore Sun

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/priceless/trailer/

Pulp Fiction (1994)
“We should have shotguns for this kind of deal!”

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE


Opening July 4th

The Fall
“Tarsem's The Fall is a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms. Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thefall/trailer/


Opening July 5th

2 chances to see an American Classic!! Saturday and Sunday!!

John Wayne
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The Searchers (1956)
A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work.
View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI2AZb04HAc


Opening July 11th

Flight of the Red Balloon
“Plenty of well-meaning filmmakers advertise emotion without contextualizing it. Hou's latest film feels to me like a masterpiece responding intuitively to a masterpiece”. – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/flightoftheredballoon/trailer/


Opening July 18th

Mongol
“Arguably Bodrov's biggest, most accomplished film, Mongol is everything that Oliver Stone's Alexander was not: sumptuously mounted, beautifully acted, and illuminating in historical yet accessible terms the tumultuous life of the legendary warrior.” - Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.apple.com/trailers/picturehouse/mongol/trailer/

Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Director John Badham's hit film propelled John Travolta to stardom, made white polyester suits an instant fashion craze, and garnered praise for its portrayal of blue-collar life.

View The Trailer Here………………………… http://www.videodetective.com/movies/SATURDAY_NIGHT_FEVER/trailer/P00001537.htm


Opening August 7th
In celebration of
Port Orchard's AnnualClassic Car Show- The Cruz!Sponsored and hosted each year by The Saints Car Club!
American Graffiti (1973)
Where were you in ’62?
Set in 1962; Produced and released in 1973. AMERICAN GRAFFITI presents a powerful collage of youth on the brink of maturity just before the assassination of J.F.K.

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32Kdrh0Z48



Opening August 15th

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
I know you are but what am I?

View The Trailer Here…………………………………………….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzqBwuxHV8&feature=related



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