Film options galore w/ Ellen Theatre’s fall titles

Downtown Bozeman’s Ellen Theatre gets the spooky season off to an eerie start with a night of fright on the silver screen! The 1962 psychological thriller Cape Fear will show at 7:30pm on Friday, October 19th. The film stars Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum as chief adversaries: Sam, a prosecuting attorney, and Max, a convicted criminal. To seek revenge, the felon targets Sam’s loved ones, forcing the lawyer to choose between obeying the law or protecting his family. All seats are $6.
Screening on Wednesday, October 24th is After Auschwitz at 7:30pm. The “post-Holocaust” documentary follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. These women all moved to Los Angeles, married, raised children, and became “Americans” but they never truly found a place to call home. What makes the story so much more fascinating is how these women saw, interpreted, and interacted with the changing face of America in the second half of the 20th century. They serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey, sometimes celebratory, sometimes heartbreaking but always inspiring. A Q&A with the film’s Director will follow the screening. All seats are $10.50.
A family favorite brings Elizabeth Taylor to The Ellen on Sunday, October 28th with National Velvet at 2pm. This Academy Award-winning picture stars Taylor as a rambunctious young girl who is determined to prepare her gifted horse for the Grand National Sweepstakes. She solicits the help of a former jockey (Mickey Rooney) to ensure her dream is realized. This screening is $2 at the door. No ticket needed, just show up!
Kicking off a new month is critical smash Won’t You Be My Neighbor? on Friday, November 2nd at 7:30pm. For over thirty years, Fred Rogers, an unassuming minister, puppeteer, writer and producer was beamed daily into homes across America. In his beloved television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he and his cast of puppets and friends spoke directly to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues, in a simple, direct fashion.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) looks back on Rogers’ legacy, focusing on his radically kind ideas. While the nation changed around him, Rogers stood firm in his beliefs about the importance of protecting childhood. Neville pays tribute to this legacy with the latest in his series of highly engaging, moving documentary portraits of essential American artists. All seats for this screening are $6.
Spend your Saturday evening with an all-time film classic when Gone with the Wind screens on November 3rd at 7pm. From 1939, this romantic Civil War epic brings to life Margaret Mitchell’s novel of the same name. The film won 10 Academy Awards and is considered one of the greatest masterpieces captured on film.
“A superb example of Hollywood’s art and a time capsule of weathering sentimentality for a Civilization gone with the wind, all right – gone, but not forgotten.” – Roger Ebert
Gone with the Wind stars Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland and will be screened with an intermission. All seats are $6.
A family matinee closes out the weekend on Sunday, November 4th at 2pm – Little Giants! In the film, brothers Danny (Rick Moranis) and Kevin (Ed O’Neill) coach rival youth football teams. Danny’s group of misfits is determined to prove they are as capable of winning the playoffs as Kevin’s polished lineup. This screening is $2 at the door. No ticket needed, just show up!
Mark your calendars for the next edition of PechaKucha, returning to The Ellen on Wednesday and Thursday, November 7th–8th at 6:40pm each night. The popular presentation events offer anyone with a passion or a vision – designers, artists, inventors, architects, adventurers, entrepreneurs – an opportunity to share their ideas with the community during a social, fast-paced and friendly get together. There’s just one catch: presenters have only 20 slides x 20 seconds each, a total of 6 minutes, 40 seconds! Further details forthcoming.
Wine, beer, and other refreshments will be sold in the lobby one hour before all showtimes. Ticketing and further information about these and other upcoming events is available at www.theellentheatre.org. For additional inquiries, call (406) 585-5885 or stop into The Ellen box office. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 1–3pm, as well as two hours prior to any event.