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Special

Steven Spielberg Film Series

Firsts

Capitol Theatre

This three film series features Steven Spielberg’s first efforts:

First TV Movie

Duel June 25

was originally a TV special. However, since its initial airing the film has been circulating worldwide in this special extended footage cinema.

First Comedy

1941 July 29

Starring the incomparable John Belushi.

First Feature

Sugarland Express August 20

Featuring Goldie Hawn

EVENTS

Friday, June 25-July 4

The Phantom of the Open

Cinema Capitol

PG-13for some strong language and smoking

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before.

Tickets & Showtimes

Friday, June 25-July 4

WYRM

Cinema Capitol

In a mid-90’s alternate reality, Wyrm, a lonely, adolescent youth, struggles to complete his Level One sexuality requirement (kissing), risking being held back in school and enduring a lifetime of embarrassment.

TICKETS & SHOWTIMES

Saturday, June 25 • 2:30pm & 7:00pm

Capitol Theatre

Duel

Steven Spielberg “FIRSTS” Film Series

The first in the series showcasing Steven Spielberg’s first efforts. In Duel, Dennis Weaver stars as a mild-mannered electronics salesman. He drives cross-country on a two-lane highway and encounters an old oil tanker driven by an unseen driver who seems to enjoy annoying him with dangerous antics on the road. Unable to escape the demonic big rig, he finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the monstrous truck.

Prices: Adults $5, Children 12 and under $3 TICKETS

Saturday, June 25 • 7pm

Live Music-Big Tasty and the Sass

Franca’s Wine Room

More information

Thursday, June 30 • 7:30

Scanners

Cinema Capitol

Presented by the Film House Collective.

Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenbergand starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created… and they are winning. This cult classic film brought Cronenberg and his controversial style of body horror to the attention of mainstream film audiences for the first time.

Tickets $10

Friday, July 8-11

Lost Highway

Cinema Capitol

R-for bizarre violent and sexual content, and for strong langauge.

Lost Highway, David Lynch’s seventh feature film, travels down a twisting road of perverse menace as a jazz saxophonist (Bill Pullman) and his wife (Patricia Arquette) begin receiving disturbing VHS tapes—leading to jealousy, murder, and a startling mid-act transformation that radically recontextualizes everything that came before it.

Tickets & Showtimes

Friday, July 15 -18

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Cinema Capitol

In partnership with the House of Dior, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.

Tickets & Showtimes

July 15 & 16 • 7:30pm

Capitol Theatre

Summerstage Showstoppers in Concert

This summer sees the return of Summerstage.

Summerstage “Showstoppers in Concert” on July 15th and 16th will feature songs of love, laughter and inspiration which celebrate the past 25 years of Summerstage Musicals in the beautifully restorated Capitol theater!

Performers are being invited back to sing songs which

they performed in the original productions.

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

Friday, July 22 • 7pm

Capitol Theatre

Drive In Double Feature

The Capitol Arts Complex will present a double feature consisting of two classic drive-in style movies of the 1950s: REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

Friday, July 29 • 7pm

Capitol Theatre

1941

Steven Spielberg “FIRSTS” Film Series

One of Spielberg’s black comedies rarely seen on the big screen. To boot, it’s got an awesome, all-star cast! After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, residents of California descend into a wild panic, afraid that they might be the next target. Among them are Wild Bill Kelso (John Belushi), a crazed National Guard pilot; Sgt. Frank Tree (Dan Aykroyd), a patriotic, straight-laced tank crew commander; Ward Douglas (Ned Beatty), a civilian willing to help with the American war effort at any cost; and Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell (Robert Stack), who tries his hardest to maintain sanity amid the chaos.

Prices: Adults $5, Children 12 and under $3

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

August 4, 5 & 6

Capitol Theatre

Summerstage TBA

More information and advance sale tickets available soon.

Thursday, August 11 at 7:30 PM

Footlight Parade (1933, 102 min.)

Capitol Theatre

As this year’s Capitolfest kick-off movie, we’ve selected the pre-code classic, Footlight Parade! It’s got everything you could want: stars James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell, music by Harry Warren, and musical numbers directed by Busby Berkeley! Motion pictures may have put Broadway director Chester Kent (Cagney) out of a job, but he quickly finds a second career producing musical sequences for the movies. Unfortunately, a cutthroat competitor keeps stealing his ideas. That cannot happen on his next commission, a rush job for a big-time theater chain. If his work impresses, it’ll lead to an exclusive contract. Chester has only three days, but with the help of his smitten secretary, Nan (Blondell), he just might pull it off.

Prices: Adults $5, Capitolfest registrants $3

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

August 12, 13 & 14

Capitolfest

Capitol Theatre

This year’s Capitolfest features a tribute to sometime star and frequent supporting actor, Robert Armstrong (1890-1973), showcasing him in several movies from the silent and talkie era. Hero, villain, nice guy or cad, Robert Armstrong was a fixture in Hollywood A and B features (as well as television) in five different decades.

Capitolfest differs from other classic movie festivals in its leisurely pacing. There are intermissions within each session

(featuring live organ music)

and relatively lengthy breaks between sessions, allowing attendees to savor the films. (Thus our slogan: “A vacation—not a marathon.”)

Tickets, schedule and more information.

Saturday, August 20 • 2:30 & 7:00 PM

Capitol Theatre

The Sugarland Express

Steven Spielberg “FIRSTS” Film Series

Last but not least in our Steven Spielberg tribute series! In this gritty thriller, married small-time crooks Lou-Jean (Goldie Hawn) and Clovis Poplin (William Atherton) lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.

Prices: Adults $5, Children 12 and under $3

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON

Thursday, October 27 • 7:30pm

Back To The 80s-Those Were The Days

Cinema Capitol

This evening is a double feature.

Back To The 80s-Those Were The Days A zany look at central New York in the 80s;musicians, comments from people who remember the 80s, people who look back at the 80s with love and a whole bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with the 80s. The locally produced film will also feature a short live musical performance by Avec Sentiments.

This Is Spinal Tap A satirical mock rockumentary that shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts,

MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON