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FALL AND WINTER SEASON SCHEDULE 2009 2010 Enjoy your favorite movies on the big screen with a big friendly crowd. Our films are chosen from your suggestions. All films are digitally projected and accompanied by our fairly awesome sound system. Light snacking is encouraged!

Backbeat (1994)                                                                    
Directed by Iain Softley                   
Rated R <imdb>
Ah! To be young, in love and a Beatle! In the days before they were huge, John, Paul and George slogged through twelve hour days in seedy German night clubs, honing their sound on classic R&B covers. Watch the boys discover the world outside of Liverpool. Add an artsy dream girl, a doomed painter and an angry young Lennon caught in a life-altering love triangle and you have a heart-stopping, foot-stomping, rock’n’roll story.
Saturday, September 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)         
Directed by George Lucas               
Rated PG-13 <imdb>
As the Clone Wars draw to a close, a brilliant young Jedi Knight begins his descent into darkness. Will his best friend and mentor have to strike him down? And will the errant youth only come back more powerful than anyone could imagine? The answers were fated a long time ago… The saga is complete.
Saturday, October 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)                 
Directed by Terry Gilliam               
Rated PG <imdb>
Traveling with her father’s theatre troupe through war torn Europe, little Sally Salt has seen it all. Frankly, she’s unimpressed with both reality and fantasy—until the day she meets the most famous liar in history. Tall tales keep the Baron young and adventure keeps him a step ahead of Death. Suddenly the whole world seems richer and more fantastic and she can’t get enough! Were life’s special effects always this good?
Saturday, November 14 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Pinocchio (1940)                                           
Directed by Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen   
Rated G <imdb>
Everybody knows what happens when you wish upon a star… Walt Disney’s painterly masterpiece about a marionette come to life will look like a mural come to life when projected on our big screen. They don’t make wooden little boys like this anymore.
Saturday, December 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Excalibur (1981)                                                                   
Directed by John Boorman             
Rated R <imdb>
The land needs a king… Arthur will pull his father’s sword from the stone, fight battles, and learn kingly wisdom from Merlin. But can he defend his Queen’s honor? Sir Thomas Malory’s masterpiece is not so much adapted as it is transformed in this lush, green, lyrical film from the mad Boorman. Acclaimed thespian Nicol Williamson is joined by young British actors Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne and Patrick Stewart in a Dark Age period piece told out of time.
Saturday, January 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Top Hat (1935)                                                                     
Directed by Mark Sandrich            
All  Ages <imdb>
“All is fair in Love and War and this is Revolution!” Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance and sing and fall in love. There is a plot of sorts, but does it really matter? With a legendary score by Irving Berlin and comic turns by Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore, you’ll be laughing and dancing your way out of the Library.
Saturday, February 13 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Lakewood Public Library
15425 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
216.226.8275
Film Suggestions and Comments: bburdick@lkwdpl.org