Next SHOW: May 24, 2012

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Directed by Lasse Hallström

Thursday, May 24th

One SHOW only, 8:30PM at the Nugget Theater

Tickets $10

“McGregor and Blunt have charm to spare and the no-bull instinct to cut to the heart of a scene. In the Dead Sea of Hollywood formula, their film is a distinct delight, brimming over with spirit and surprise.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A rich Yemeni Sheikh Muhammad (Amr Waked) wants to bring fly fishing to the desert and employs the help of fisheries expert Dr. Fred Jones (Ewan McGregor) and investment consultant Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt). The two find themselves navigating through an unlikely romance as they try to make the impossible happen. Based on Paul Torday’s novel, also with Kristin Scott Thomas.

“The film has a grand cast…at the center of this very clever tale of modern eco-issues intertwined with old-style political intrigues and New Age romance,” wrote Betsey Sharkey of the LA Times, “By the time the film is done with us, it’s hard not to feel there is hope for romance, the possibility of peace and even a little patience for politics.”

107 minutes • Rated PG-13 • No Nugget Passes, please.

SHOW: June 4, 2012

New Program: Screwball Comedies

TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932, 83 min):  “The most sophisticated of all American romantic comedies.” – Salon.com.  Generally considered to be director Ernst Lubitch’s masterpiece –  A romantic triangle and tale of deceit about two thieves Gaston (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) who join forces to con Madame Colet (Kay Francis), a gorgeous perfume company owner.  “They live in a movie world of exquisite costumes, flawless grooming, butlers, grand hotels in Venice, penthouses in Paris, cocktails, evening dress, wall safes, sweeping staircases, nightclubs, the opera and jewelry, a lot of jewelry,” wrote Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times, “What is curious is how real they manage to seem, in the midst of the foppery.”

and…

MY MAN GODFREY (1936, 95 min):  Nominated for six Oscars, and “one of the treasures of 1930’s screwball comedy,” wrote Roger Ebert of director Gregory La Cava’s masterpiece, it “doesn’t merely use Lombard and Powell, it loves them.”  During a socialite scavenger hunt, Irene (Carole Lombard) wins a contest to see who can find a ‘forgotten man’ when she brings home the homeless man she found living at the city dump.  She takes a liking to the down-and-out Godfrey (William Powell) and hires him as the family butler, but Godfrey turns out to be far more than anyone originally expected.

All SHOWS start at 6pm (5:30 for pre-SHOW reception) and are FREE TO ALL.