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Sweeney Todd
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Sweeney Todd Tuesday December 18 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Editor Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.;
Sound Designer Steve Boeddeker;
Sound Re-Recording Mixer Michael Semanick
From the dark, Gothic imagination of director Tim Burton (“Batman,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”) and starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee Johnny Depp (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy) comes SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, a bloody tale of music, murder, melodrama, meat pies and one man’s desperate desire for revenge.

Arriving back in London after escaping from 15 years of false imprisonment in Australia, Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) vows to kill the evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) and his nefarious henchman Beadle Bamford (Timothy Spall), who shipped him off to the other side of the world on a trumped-up charge in order to steal his wife, Lucy (Laura Michelle Kelly), and his baby daughter from him.

Adopting the guise of Sweeney Todd, Barker sets up shop in his old Barber Shop above the pie-making premises of Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who tells him that his wife poisoned herself after Judge Turpin took advantage of her. But when a rival barber, the flamboyant Italian Pirelli (Sacha Baron Cohen), threatens to expose Sweeney’s real identity, Todd kills him by cutting his throat. Not knowing what to do with the body, Mrs. Lovett sees this crisis as a potential solution to her ailing business — and suggests using human flesh as the filling for her pies.

Sweeney discovers that the Judge has turned his amorous affections towards Johanna (Jayne Wisener), Sweeney’s now teenaged daughter, who has become Turpin’s ward. Imprisoned in his house, Johanna is noticed one day by Anthony (Jamie Campbell Bower), a young sailor who rescued Sweeney from the sea. Hopelessly in love, Anthony vows to rescue Johanna and marry her himself.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Lovett’s pies soon become the talk of London, and as business booms, she dreams of respectability and a life at the seaside with Sweeney as her husband and her young charge, Pirelli’s former assistant Toby (Edward Sanders), alongside as her adopted son.

But Sweeney has only revenge on his mind — to the detriment of anyone or anything else.

DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Parkes/MacDonald Production and A Zanuck Company Production A Tim Burton film, SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen. The film is directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on the Tony Award-winning musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler from an adaptation of “Sweeney Todd” by Christopher Bond. The film’s producers are Richard D. Zanuck, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and John Logan. The executive producer is Patrick McCormick. The director of photography Dariusz Wolski, ASC. The production designer is Dante Ferretti. The editor is Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E. The costume designer is Colleen Atwood. The co-producer is Katterli Frauenfelder. The music and lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim. This film has been rated R for graphic bloody violence.



Mann's Chinese 6 6801 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 Park at Hollywood & Highland complex in self-park area. Bring ticket to check-in table for validation.
The Orphanage Friday December 14 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Director Juan Antonio Bayona;
Screenwriter Sergio Sánchez
A woman discovers dark secrets hidden within her cherished childhood home in the supernatural drama THE ORPHANAGE, the feature film debut of acclaimed young Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona. A superbly atmospheric and emotionally powerful tale of love, loss and guilt, THE ORPHANAGE is the first film ever to be presented by Academy Award®- nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who also produced. Bayona and the gifted first-time screenwriter Sergio Sánchez deliver an elegant, shivery ghost story in the tradition of such classics as THE INNOCENTS, THE HAUNTING and THE OTHERS as they explore the shadowy places where human longing meets the unknown and unknowable. Anchoring the film is the fearless performance by its star, award-winning Spanish actress Belén Rueda (THE SEA INSIDE), portraying a mother desperate to rescue her family from the nightmare into which she has unwittingly led them. THE ORPHANAGE is a film about the fragility of life, the agony of loss and the depth of a mother's love ... PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL THE ENDING.

At an orphanage by the sea, a little girl named Laura has spent the best years of her childhood nurtured by an affectionate staff and surrounded by other orphans whom she loves like brothers and sisters. Laura is adored by them in return, and the uniformed boys and girls happily trail her onto the property's front lawn to play their favorite games. When the day arrives for seven-year-old Laura to leave with her new parents, the staff of the Good Shepherd Orphanage delays breaking the news until the last possible moment. They know the separation will be painful for everyone, and that Laura's friends will miss her terribly.

Thirty years later, Laura (Belén Rueda) returns to the stately manor house that holds such a special place in her heart. The orphanage was abandoned years ago; Laura and her husband, Carlos (Fernando Cayo) plan to re-open it as a center for sick and disabled children. It will be a place where boys and girls -- including the couple's beloved seven-year-old Simón (Roger Príncep) -- can play freely in the open air, enjoying the sunshine and the nearby beach.

In its years of solitude, however, the orphanage has acquired a haunted, unhappy air. Simón, an inquisitive boy with a vivid imagination, is initially frightened by his new house and worries about the safety of his two imaginary friends, Watson and Pepe. Laura patiently reassures her son, sharing her own rosy memories of the Good Shepherd Orphanage. Thus calmed, Simón begins to explore the building and its environs. After playing in a surf-slicked beach cove one day, Simón announces that he has befriended a little boy. Like his other playmates, his new friend, Tómas, appears only to him.

Simón's circle of unseen friends quickly expands to include five more boys and girls, who tell cryptic stories and engage him in elaborate games that carry a suggestion of the sinister. Troubled, Laura allows herself to get sucked into her son's eerie world, which seems to resonate with a far-away and disturbing echo of her own childhood experiences.

As the opening day of the children's center approaches, tension grows among the family. Simón wants only to play with his invisible friends, frustrating his parents. But while Carlos believes he is merely acting out to get their attention, Laura suspects that her son's behavior is tied to something deeper and darker concealed within the house's history. Then, the unthinkable: while parents and children enjoy games and sweets at center's opening party, Simón insists on playing in his own private world ... and disappears.

Convinced that her family's survival is at stake, Laura sets out to learn what happened at the orphanage after she left. To the alarm of those she loves in the here and now, Laura plunges headlong into the past -- and into an isolated netherworld where the dead reach out to the living.



Harmony Gold Theater 7655 Sunset Blvd. (between Stanley and Courtney) Los Angeles, CA 90046 (free parking underneath & in lot behind theater - some street parking is permit restricted so be sure to read the signs)
Charlie Wilson's War Thursday December 13 2007 7:30 PM
Screening Only
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, with consequences that reverberate throughout the world today. Oscar® winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team with Academy Award®-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to bring George Crile's best-selling book to the screen.

Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan - which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians.

Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne Herring (Roberts), one of the wealthiest women in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen (Afghan freedom fighters).

Charlie's partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman), a blue-collar operative in a company of Ivy League blue bloods. Together, the three of them - Charlie, Joanne and Gust - travel the world to form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, arms dealers, law makers and a belly dancer.

Their success was remarkable. Funding for covert operations against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually. The Red Army retreated out of Afghanistan. When asked how a group of peasants was able to deliver such a decisive blow to the army of a superpower, Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq responded simply, "Charlie did it."



ArcLight Sherman Oaks 15301 Ventura Blvd (at Sepulveda in the Sherman Oaks Galleria) Sherman Oaks, CA Enter the parking garage from Camarillo or Galleria Gateway off Sepulveda Blvd, or from Ventura Blvd just West of Sepulveda. The Sherman Oaks Galleria offers ample parking with over 3,500 spaces accessed from five convenient entry points. Receive 4 hours free parking with your ArcLight Cinemas validation. For added convenience, use valet services located directly below the theater - additional fee applies. Once you arrive at ArcLight Cinemas have your parking ticket validated to ensure a prompt exit as you end your visit.
Atonement Monday December 10 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Director Joe Wright;
Director of Photography Seamus McGarvey, BSC;
Production Designer Sarah Greenwood;
Costume Designer Jacqueline Durran;
Set Decorator Katie Spencer
Joe Wright, director of “Pride & Prejudice,” has reunited with his filmmaking team and his Academy Award-nominated actress, Keira Knightley, for another classic British romance, starring James McAvoy opposite Ms. Knightley. Christopher Hampton has written the screenplay adaptation of Ian McEwan’s best-selling 2002 novel Atonement. Shot on location in the U.K., the film’s story spans several decades. In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony’s vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (Mr. McAvoy), the educated son of the family’s housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony’s headstrong older sister Cecilia (Ms. Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony – who has a crush on Robbie – is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested – and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.


Fine Arts Theater 8556 Wilshire Blvd. (between Robertson & La Cienega) Parking is available at the Flynt Building – one block east of theater at Wilshire & La Cienega BRING YOUR PARKING STUB TO THEATER FOR VALIDATION
3:10 TO YUMA (New York) Monday December 10 2007 7:30 PM
Screening Only
3:10 TO YUMA stars Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster in a modern take on the classic Western short story by Elmore Leonard. The film was directed by James Mangold (WALK THE LINE) and produced by Cathy Konrad, from a screenplay by Halsted Welles and Michael Brandt & Derek Haas. Executive Producers are Stuart Besser, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Lynwood Spinks.

In Arizona in the late 1800's, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail - and dangers at every turn - the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.

Chelsea 9 Theatres 260 W. 23rd St. New York, NY 10011
Youth Without Youth Friday December 7 2007 7:30 PM
Writer, Producer, Director Francis Ford Coppola will introduce the film
Youth Without Youth stars Tim Roth as Dominic Matei, an aging professor of linguistics who survives a cataclysmic event to find his youth miraculously restored. Dominic's physical rejuvenation is matched by a highly evolved intellect, which attracts the attention of Nazi scientists, forcing him into exile. While on the run, he reunites with his lost love, Laura (Alexandra Maria Lara), and works to complete his research into the origins of human language. When his research threatens Laura's well being, Dominic is forced to choose between his life's work and the great love of his life.

Youth Without Youth also stars Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Pirici, Marcel Lures and Andre M. Hennicke. Based upon a novella by Mircea Eliade, the film was produced by Francis Ford Coppola for American Zoetrope. Anahid Nazarian and Fred Roos are Executive Producers.

Youth Without Youth was adapted from the novella and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.



Writers Guild of America Theater 135 S. Doheny Drive Beverly Hills (parking available in parking structure adjacent to theater - enter via alley)
The Savages Thursday December 6 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Writer, Director Tamara Jenkins

Additional panelists may be added to the Q&A
THE SAVAGES is an irreverent comic drama about a pair of adult siblings who are suddenly plucked from their self-absorbed lives and forced to care for their estranged and elderly father who never cared for them.

Fortunate to have escaped from the unhappy home of their childhood, the Savage siblings are firmly ensconced in their separate complicated lives. Wendy Savage (Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney) is a struggling East Village playwright who is involved with a married man and makes ends meet by working as an after-hours temp in the financial district. Jon Savage (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a writer and college professor in Buffalo who lives an isolated academic life and can't commit to the Polish woman he has been intimately involved with for years. Despite their emotional handicaps, both of the Savages have so far managed to muddle through their lives. All that changes when a surprise phone call informs them that their father, Lenny Savage (Tony Award® winner Philip Bosco), has developed dementia and can no longer take care of himself.

Now, as Wendy and Jon put their already arrested lives on hold, they butt heads over all the decisions that must be made over how to care for their father during his final days. The unfortunate situation brings long dormant conflicts to the surface and forces them to face their past. Despite their quarrels, each of them develops a deeper understanding of what adulthood and family responsibilities really mean.

Featuring nuanced performances from an extraordinary cast, THE SAVAGES marks the return of writer and director Tamara Jenkins who won acclaim for the humor and humanity of her previous film, THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS. The film stars Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Cara Seymour.

A Fox Searchlight Pictures Presentation in association with Lone Star Film Group of a This is that production in association with Ad Hominem Enterprises and Cooper's Town Productions, THE SAVAGES is produced by Ted Hope (AMERICAN SPLENDOR, 21 GRAMS), Anne Carey (THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, THUMBSUCKER) and Erica Westheimer (THE KING OF CALIFORNIA, CHAOS THEORY). Executive producers are Alexander Payne (director/ co-screenwriter ELECTION, ABOUT SCHMIDT, SIDEWAYS), Jim Taylor (co-screenwriter ELECTION, ABOUT SCHMIDT, SIDEWAYS) and Jim Burke (ELECTION) of Ad Hominem, as well as Anthony Bregman (FRIENDS WITH MONEY, THUMBSUCKER) and Fred Westheimer (THE KING OF CALIFORNIA, CHAOS THEORY).

The creative team includes director of photography Mott Hupfel (THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE), production designer Jane Ann Stewart (THE FAMILY STONE, SIDEWAYS), costume designer David Robinson (THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, ZOOLANDER) and editor Brian A. Kates, A.C.E. (SHORTBUS, THE WOODSMAN).



Laemmle's Sunset 5 8000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, 90046 Bring parking stub to theater for validation
Across the Universe Wednesday December 5 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Director Julie Taymor;
Editor Françoise Bonnot, A.C.E.;
Costume Designer Albert Wolsky;
Production Designer Mark Friedberg;
Visual Effects Supervisor Peter Crosman

Additional panelists still being confirmed at this time
At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical "The Lion King") and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments).

A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with "Dr. Robert" (Bono) and "Mr. Kite" (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy "against all odds" to find their own way back to each other.



Sony Pictures Studio Cary Grant Theater 10201 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA Parking - enter Sony Pictures Plaza Bldg. off Madison and park underground. Then exit bldg. and walk across street to Madison Gate. You will be directed to the Cary Grant Theater from the security check-in gate. As this screening is on a studio lot, you are required to enter your guests’ name when submitting an RSVP. You will be prompted by our website to enter their name. ** No changes to RSVPs or guests’ names after 4:00 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 4th** NO EXCEPTIONS! ALL ATTENDEES MUST BRING A VALID FORM OF ID to gain admittance. (Driver’s License or other govt. issued ID)
Michael Clayton Tuesday December 4 2007 7:30 PM
Q & A immediately following the screening featuring:
Writer/Director Tony Gilroy;
Editor John Gilroy
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work. Clayton cleans up clients' messes, handling anything from hit-and-runs and damaging stories in the press to shoplifting wives and crooked politicians. Though burned out and discontented in his job, Clayton is inextricably tied to the firm.

At the agrochemical company U/North, the career of in-house chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the settlement of the suit that Kenner, Bach & Ledeen is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. When the firm's top litigator, the brilliant Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), has an apparent breakdown and tries to sabotage the entire case, Marty Bach sends Michael Clayton to tackle this unprecedented disaster and, in doing so, Clayton comes face to face with the reality of who he has become.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Samuels Media and Castle Rock Entertainment, a Mirage Enterprises/Section Eight Production, MICHAEL CLAYTON, starring Academy Award winner George Clooney ("Syriana"), Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson ("In the Bedroom"), Tilda Swinton ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe") and Sydney Pollack ("The Interpreter").

The film was written and directed by Tony Gilroy (screenwriter, "The Bourne Identity," "The Bourne Supremacy"). Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Steven Samuels and Kerry Orent served as producers, with Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, James Holt and Anthony Minghella serving as executive producers.

Joining the director behind the scenes were director of photography Robert Elswit, production designer Kevin Thompson, editor John Gilroy and costume designer Sarah Edwards. The music is by James Newton Howard.

MICHAEL CLAYTON is being released domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, with international territories handled by Summit Entertainment.

MICHAEL CLAYTON has been rated "R" by the MPAA for "language including some sexual dialogue."

www.michaelclayton.com


Directors Guild of America Theater #1 7920 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Parking available in underground garage
3:10 TO YUMA (London) Tuesday December 4 2007 7:30 PM
Screening Only
3:10 TO YUMA stars Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster in a modern take on the classic Western short story by Elmore Leonard. The film was directed by James Mangold (WALK THE LINE) and produced by Cathy Konrad, from a screenplay by Halsted Welles and Michael Brandt & Derek Haas. Executive Producers are Stuart Besser, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Lynwood Spinks.

In Arizona in the late 1800's, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail - and dangers at every turn - the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.


Radisson Edwardian Hotels The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, London W1J 8LT The Mayfair Hotel, London is located right in the heart of Mayfair, with Piccadilly, Bond Street, Knightsbridge, Green Park and Buckingham Palace close by.