The Singin' Sixties

The Singin' Sixties

Classic Family Musicals

Three weekends:
September 22 - 23; October 13 - 14; November 17 - 18, 2007

Join us for a trip back in time, when gorgeously costumed superstars of the 60s burst into Technicolor song and dance at the drop of a hat. This series of musicals has it all - gorgeous mise-en-scène, adorable child stars, award-winning performances, supercalifragilistic show tunes, heartwarming tales of human redemption, and extreme choreography! Whether you are returning to these musicals for the 100th viewing, or introducing your kids to them for the first time, rest assured the magic is timeless, especially when experienced on the big screen in glorious 35mm!
 

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The Sound of Music

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Sep 22 - Sep 23, 2007

Robert Wise, USA, 1965, 35mm, 174 min

Here it is - the ultimate in epic 1960s musical entertainment! Join us for the life, loves, and adventures of Maria, the spirited young lady who signs on as a governess for seven unruly Austrian children, not knowing she will eventually become the matriarch of the Von Trapp Family Singers. In the 42 years that have passed since the film's premiere, none of its magic has dimmed, and generations have grown up with the film's unsurpassed songs, characters, and sweeping cinematography etched in their hearts and minds. Don't miss this chance to see it once again, or introduce your own children to it for the first time, in all its big-screen glory. Appropriate for all ages.

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"The movie has almost everything: music, romance, kids, spectacular scenery, religion, sentiment, comedy high and low, and, at the end, intrigue and adventure. -Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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Mary Poppins

Oct 13 - Oct 14, 2007

Robert Stevenson, USA, 1964, 35mm, 139 min

An impossibly luminous Julie Andrews trills and thrills in Walt Disney's most magical masterpiece of family entertainment. Mary Poppins, of course, is the perfect nanny, who descends by umbrella parachute to rescue a London family from stuffy Edwardian unhappiness. Andrews, who Jack Warner had deigned not photogenic enough to star in the film version of MY FAIR LADY, got her revenge (served with a spoonful of sugar) when she won the Academy Award for this unforgettable Hollywood film debut. Also starring Dick Van Dyke, Glynnis Johns, David Tomlison, and the great Jane Darwell in her last screen performance (as the Bird Lady). Appropriate for all ages.

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Recreate MARY POPPINS magic! Check out The Dance of the Penguins kids workshop happening Oct. 5 & 12

"In a way, Mary Poppins is the culmination of Walt's career in that it draws on everything he learned how to do - blending animation and live action, integrating songs with story and of course, not the least, his great eye for talent."-Leonard Maltin

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Oliver!

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Nov 17 - Nov 18, 2007

Carol Reed, UK, 1968, 35mm, 153 min

Hard times never looked so good as they did in this glossy screen adaptation of Lionel Bart's hit musical, based on Charles Dicken's classic novel. OLIVER! was the last musical film of the 20th century (and only G-rated film ever) to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won a Best Director award for Carol Reed as well as four other Oscars. Mark Lester plays the young waif, who runs away from an orphanage only to fall in with a group of pick-pocketing hoodlums, including Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and Fagin (Ron Moody). Still, this is a Dickens tale, and lurking underneath the glitzy exterior of this production is a story filled hungry orphans, ruthless thieves, opportunistic undertakers, fallen women, and one very murderous villain. The payoff (beyond the beauty of the film itself) is the timeless message: Outcasts have souls, too - magnificent, deserving, tender and conflicted souls that are worthy of saving both by individual acts of kindness and a responsive, compassionate society.

Appropriate for ages 7 and up. Parents should use their discretion as the story contains violence.

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"Not for a moment are the children in the cast treated as children. They're equal participants in the great adventure, and they have to fend for themselves or bloody well get out of the way. This isn't a watered-down lollypop. It's got bite and malice along with the romance and humor."-Roger Ebert

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