THERE IS NO FILM BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON & GIVE

Event is from 6 until 8 p.m.
Unlimited Wine Samples and YUMMY appetizers (basically, a full dinner)
4 Reds and 4 Whites
Live Entertainment
2-hour Free parking in the Taco Mac parking deck
$20 (includes tax) per person....cash or credit card

THE GIVING:
Older teens are often left out in toys drives so we are going to focus on teens between the ages of 16 - 21. Please bring a new unwrapped gift or a gift card for a young lady or young man.

Even if you cannot stay please drop something off for a young person in need. If you do not have time to pick something up a cash donation to be used for purchasing Target/Wal Mart gift cards will put some holiday spirit in a young persons life.

Now that's iconic.

We'll meet for dinner before the movie. Email your suggestions.

First person to show up in a pirate shirt, sequin high heel boots and a pompadour ...your ticket is on me!

See you there!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/purple_rain/

Music star Prince stars as "The Kid" in this semi-autobiographical film, which follows the escapades of a tortured young musician trying to survive in a dysfunctional environment. He finds solace in the affections of a lovely young singer, but his first love is making his funky, unique brand of music, which he performs at an ultra-hip Minneapolis nightclub. The Kid must also contend with Morris, his nemesis both in music and romance The popular soundtrack of this highly successful film contains many of Prince's most popular tunes, such as "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry", and the title song.

http://www.plazaatlanta.com/COMING_SOON.html

Casablanca at the Fox! What more could you ask for?

***I suggest purchasing tickets in advance. This could easily sell out. ***

Tickets are a measly $7.00 to watch this classic among classics. This will be my first time seeing Casablanca and I am looking forward to seeing it as it was intended ...on the big screen in terrific theatre like the Fox.

Let me know if you are interested in the wine tasting before the movie. If there is enough interest, I will move the meet time up. The wine tasting begins at 5:30pm. Tickets are $10.00 and, of course, include the movie.

See you there!

From Rotten Tomatoes:

Synopsis: World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's (THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY) classic love story. Colorful characters abound in Casablanca, a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe. Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine,... World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's (THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY) classic love story. Colorful characters abound in Casablanca, a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe. Humphrey Bogart plays Richard "Rick" Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French Police to the black market to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), surfaces in Casablanca with her Resistance leader husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from Casablanca, and Rick may be the only one who can help them. The question is, will he? Top-notch performances include Claude Rains as the chief of the French police and the major authority figure in Unoccupied France, Peter Lorre as the doomed Senor Ugarte, Sydney Greenstreet as Senor Ferrari, and Dooley Wilson as Rick's loyal friend and the café's pianist, Sam. The mesmerizing musical score, by Max Steiner, along with the well-structured plot, flawless acting, and unforgettable dialogue makes this one of the best films of all time.

These are usually pretty creative. The screening starts at 9:35pm. We will meet at 9:20pm. I will let everyone know how to find me.

See you there!

THE ADVENTURES OF BAXTER & MCGUIRE
Director: Mike Blum - Romania, USA - 3 minutes This animated buddy-comedy chronicles the adventures of Baxter and McGuire, the closest of pals who never leave each other's side. They also just happen to be testicles.

BAD HABIT, LITTLE RABBIT
Director: Christian Effenberger - Germany - 8 minutes A little rabbit with a special fondness for carrot tips finds the biggest carrot in the world, but that huge thing sticks rock-solid in the ground. His energetic attempts to get closer to his lunch cause some seeerious consequences.

BOTTLED
Director: Jian Lee - USA - 4 minutes An animated woman who lives in a bottle in the studio of her artist creator, who notices that she is lonely and bored. So the artist creates a male companion, but will they get along?

BUNNYHEADS
Director: Jim Blashfield - USA ? 5 minutes With characters based upon and inspired by work of sculptor Christine Bourdette, this mysterious stop-motion animated film takes viewers on a visit to a hive of strange archetypal beings who inhabit a netherworld reminiscent of both Fritz Lang's Metropolis and some mysterious place under someone's basement stairs.

BUT SOME ARE BRAVE
Director: Grace Channer - Canada - 6 minutes A five-minute oil painted animated film infused with evocative vocals and a lyrical soundscape. A poetic chronicle, it weaves the cultural and political histories of communities under attack into a visually spectacular testament to the power of struggle and resistance.

THE CHESTNUT TREE
Director: Hyun-min Lee - USA - 4 minutes A mother and daughter create memories under the Chestnut Tree. DEADLY DESIRE Director: Darius Hill - USA - 2 minutes Blinded by love, a small turtle has become deeply infatuated with one of his natural predators, a hawk. FETCH Director: Dana Dorian - United Kingdom - 2 minutes Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch, but Cumberland has other ideas. What happens when mans best friend refuses to co-operate?

FINAL JOURNEY
Director: Lars Zimmermann - Germany - 12 minutes Jake Waylon dreams of leaving his meager life behind and dreams of taking an expensive trip to a south sea planet. When the company he works for holds a competition with that very trip as a prize, Jake immediately sees his chance to finally achieve his personal aim.

HITLER'S BRAIN
Director: Count Lear Bunda - USA - 12 minutes After spending his life online some dude wakes up hungover to find himself as the mouse cursor on the desktop. A Survivalist Guy helps show him the ropes and more importantly: how to survive. Together and in search for pizza they buy pots, fight internet vikings, ride marta, and argue until they encounter Hitler's Brain.

KIDTASTROPHE
Director: - USA - 1 minute Kid-tastrophe: Seated next to you is an overwhelmed parent with a crying baby. Seated directly behind you is a child intent on kicking the back of your seat for the duration of the flight, while their parent is oblivious.

LAV DANCE
Director: - USA - 1 minute The Lav Dance: the awkward sidestep involving the person rushing to leave the lav and the individuals lined up in front of it. Eye contact must never happen between participants in the Lav Dance.

THE MADNESS OF BEING
Director: Hal Miles - USA - 8 minutes Our character, who is confined in an extremely small and isolated room for all of eternity, confronts it?s madness of being by painfully witnessing a series of agonizing situations about itself. Or does it?

MOVIEKISS: THE LITE BRITE VIDEO
Director: Gina Niespodziani - USA - 5 minutes 'Moviekiss' transforms more than 2,400 photographs of art created on a Lite Brite '80s illuminatory toy into the psychedelic subject of a stop-motion music video.

THE PLUSH LIFE
Director: Timothy Heath - USA - 4 minutes Two buddies overcome an unfortunate incident on their daily commute.

RUNNING SEASONS
Director: Y. Grace Park - USA - 6 minutes A black and white tale about a boy's life that is symbolized by the inside of a train. As the boy moves from one car to the other, he grows older and the world inside the train becomes colder.

SNAPSHOTS
Director: James Mullins - USA - 6 minutes Average Joe alien takes a trip to an asteroid field. While enjoying the scenery of one of the larger asteroids, he mistakenly picks a flower that is much more than a common flower.

http://atlanta.bside.com/2008/films/animationextravaganza_atlanta2008

WHEN I GROW UP
Director: Michelle Meeker - USA - 7 minutes A group of 7 to 10-year-olds talk about what they want to be when they grow up interspersed with elders? stories about what they dreamt of being when they were younger and where life took them.

We'll meet at 3:45pm. The movie begins at 4:00pm.

Run time: 108 min. | U S A

Make-out with Violence is a genre-bending tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. Set against the backdrop of a summer of cicadas and melty milkshakes, it tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysteriously animated corpse, the boys secretly transport Wendy to an empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. Part zombie movie, part moody teen melodrama, and full of style, the Deagol Brothers have created a film that defies easy classification.