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The Kansas State Legislature named the Fox Theatre the “STATE MOVIE PALACE OF KANSAS” in 1994. It is the place to go to the movies!
Experience what going to the movies really means in an atmosphere of elegance and style. The Fox features a Summer and Winter Film series and special showings.
The Fox Film Society provides opportunities to promote films and film-going in several different ways:
• The general study and appreciation of film and filmmaking
• Being a core interest group that informs public opinion on films
• Promotion of films and growing interest in various films shown
• Helping with the selection of films at the Fox
• Mentoring and encouragement of young filmmaker in Reno County
• Providing committee members/volunteers for film series and future film festivals
• Act as a general educational resource for the community
• Provide a forum for entertainment, relaxation and education = FUN!
Future programs will include but not limited to classic films, independent film releases, Biopics, documentaries, westerns, comedies, local filmmaker works, experimental/avant garde films and concerts. Speakers will introduce programs when possible and discussions will follow screenings. Content for future programs will also be determined by input from Fox Film Society members.
Annual membership to the Fox Film Society is $20.00 per year, per person.
Movies are shown at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 PM on Sunday
Buy one ticket for $5.00, get one free
Season Pass: $40.00, buy one, get one free
June 6, 7, 8
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) Rated R. Directed by Ethan and Joel Cohen. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Tess Harper. Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. Based on the novel by Cormack McCarthy. 122 min. |
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June 13, 14, 15
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THE GREAT DEBATERS (2007) Rated PG-13. Directed by Denzell Washington. Starring Denzell Washington, Jurnee Smollett. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. 123 min. |
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June 20, 21, 22
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BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (2007) Rated R. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffoman, Ethan Hawke. It seemed like the perfect crime, but… when two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. 117 min. |
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July 25, 26 27
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) Rated R. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis. A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Extra-ordinary performance by Day-Lewis. 158 min. |
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Aug 1, 2, 3
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BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Rated PG. Directed by Roger Zemeckis. Starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future. 117 min. |
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Aug 8, 9, 10
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INTO THE WILD (2007) Rated R. Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harding. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, he encounters a series of characters that shape his life. Breathtaking cinematography. 140 min. |
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Aug. 15, 16, 17
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JUNO (2007) Rated PG-13. Directed by Jason Reitman, Starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. A comedy about growing up….fast. 96 min. |
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Aug. 22, 23, 24
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ATONEMENT (2007) Rated R. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy. A British romance that spans several decades. Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. 130 min. |
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Aug. 29, 30, 31
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SWEENEY TODD (2007) Rated R. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Helene Bonham Carter. Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop in London which becomes the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. 117 min. |
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Sept 5, 6, 7
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WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Not Rated. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno. The classic New York City treatment of the Romeo and Juliet story told through the brilliant lyrics of Steven Sondheim, musical score by Leonard Bernstein, along with Jerome Robbin’s astounding choreography. Set new standards of excellence in musical films. 152 min. |
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