Family Films
Terra
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sunday, 10:00 am, Culbreth
Steven Spielberg’s intelligent sci-fi thriller. Strange, global phenomena give clues to a visit by creatures from beyond. Richard Dreyfuss is captivating as the everyman driven by forces beyond his control. Best Cinematography award went to Vilmos Zsigmond.
with director Meni Tsirbas
Saturday, 4:00 pm, The Paramount
This spectacular new CGI animated feature features the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, and Dennis Quaid. Terra is a lush planet whose inhabitants celebrate peace and tolerance. That tranquility is shattered when an armada appears above the defenseless globe, and the Terrians must find the strength to confront human invaders.
with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin, Joanna Seaton, Paul Reisler, Terri Allard, and Kid Pan Alley!
Saturday, 1:00 pm, The Paramount
For the second year, musician Paul Reisler and Terri Allard will lead a group of Charlottesville schoolkids who have composed songs to accompany today’s Family Day presentation of classic silent fantasy films: Edwin S. Porter’s Jack and the Beanstalk (1907), Gulliver’s Travels, Alice in Wonderland (1915), and Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (1917).
Friday, 1:00 pm, Culbreth
The Academy’s choice for Best Picture in 1961, West Side Story transplants the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet to the streets and ethnic tensions of New York in the 1950s. While rival gangs battle for dominance, an unlikely and powerful romance ignites.
