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Playing at 8 pm – Michael’s Place Fundraiser – Tickets are $25 and include admission, popcorn and beverage

1999/USA/PG/108 min
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern

In 1957, Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a high school student in Coalwood, West Virginia when the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. While most of his friends and neighbors react with fear or distrust, Homer is instantly fascinated and begins studying everything he can find on jet and rocket design. While many of Homer’s friends are puzzled by his new obsession, several new friends share his enthusiasm, and with the encouragement of his teacher (Laura Dern), Homer and his fellow “Rocket Boys” begin designing and launching their own homemade missiles. However, Homer’s father (Chris Cooper) takes a dim view of his son’s interest in rockets and is convinced Homer’s future should be the same as his own, working in the local coal mines. October Sky mixes the drama of traditional family conflicts with a nostalgic glimpse of life in the mid-50′s and a look at the earliest days of our journey into space.

Playing at 1:00, 3:15 and 5:30.

2011/UK/PG-13/107 min
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas

A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative (Emily Blunt) to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain’s leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister’s overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a ‘good will’ story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.

“A surprisingly lush, endearing little film, in which a swelling sense of
romanticism thoroughly banishes even the most far-fetched improbabilities.”
-Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“It’s an uplifting, even enchanting, smile-inducer.”
-Mike Scott, New Orleans Times-Picayune

“A distinct delight, brimming over with spirit and surprise.”
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Playing at 11 pm – Friday Night Flicks – Tickets $3 Each or 2 for $5

1998/USA/R/117 min
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman

“The Big Lebowski” is a Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper that pivots around a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is one of the laziest men in LA, who enjoys hanging with his bowling buddies, pompous security-store owner Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and mild-mannered ex-surfer Donny (Steve Buscemi). The Dude’s life takes an alternate route the afternoon two goons break into his threadbare Venice CA bungalow, rough him up, and urinate on his living room rug. Why? Because a known pornographer is owed money by the wife of a different Jeff Lebowski. And that rug really tied the room together, man.

A fanciful and quixotic satire, The Tavern, written by George M. Cohen, is being presented by the Old Town Playhouse on May 4,5,10,11,12,17,18 and 19 at 8 pm and May 13 at 3 pm. Performanced will be held on the MainStage. Tickets are $22 Adult; $20 Senior; and $12 Children. Discounts are available for subscribers and groups. Call 231-947-2210 between 4-6pm M-F for tickets or online at www.oldtownplayhouse.com.