The Roxy Regional Theatre is serving up a host of family-friendly favorites this fall with the return of the Planters Bank Presents… Film Series, beginning with the animated hit comedy CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS on Sunday, September 22, at 2:00pm.
Tickets for the first film in the series will be available at the Roxy Regional Theatre during regular box office hours beginning September 16.
The complete Fall 2019 lineup of the Planters Bank Presents… Film Series includes the following films:
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Sunday, September 22 @ 2:00pm
When hard times hit Swallow Falls, its townspeople can only afford to eat sardines. Flint Lockwood, a failed inventor, thinks he has the answer to the town’s crisis. He builds a machine that converts water into food and becomes a local hero when tasty treats fall from the sky like rain. But when the machine spins out of control and threatens to bury the whole world under giant mounds of food, Flint finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Rating: PG
Running time: 89 minutes
Release year: 2009
Directors: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Cast: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell
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CARS
Sunday, September 29 @ 2:00pm
A cocky hot rod gets stuck in a small town en route to a big race, and learns a lesson in humility. With the help of the town’s quirky car population, he learns that sometimes life is more about the voyage than the outcome of the race.
Rating: G
Running time: 116 minutes
Release year: 2006
Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin
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MOANA
Sunday, October 6 @ 2:00pm
Inexplicably drawn to the ocean, Moana convinces the mighty demigod Maui to join her mission, and he reluctantly helps her become a wayfinder like her ancestors who sailed before her. Together, they voyage across the open ocean on an action-packed adventure, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills her quest and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.
Rating: PG
Running time: 113 minutes
Release year: 2016
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker
Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger
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BEETLEJUICE
Sunday, October 20 @ 2:00pm
Newlyweds are killed suddenly and don’t realize it until a city family moves into their home. Desperate, they seek the advice of an unsavory self-proclaimed “bio-exorcist” to get rid of the pests: the new owners.
Rating: PG
Running time: 92 minutes
Release year: 1988
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara
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HOCUS POCUS
Sunday, October 27 @ 2:00pm
Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.
Rating: PG
Running time: 95 minutes
Release year: 1993
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch
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THE WIZARD OF OZ
Sunday, November 3 @ 2:00pm
In this much-loved musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel, Kansas girl Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked by a tornado into the magical land of Oz, where they are joined by the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion on an adventure down the Yellow Brick Road to persuade the Wizard to help her find her way home.
Rating: G
Running time: 101 minutes
Release year: 1939
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton
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ELF
Sunday, November 24 @ 2:00pm
After accidentally falling into Santa Claus’ gift sack, a human baby is raised at the North Pole, growing up to believe he is an elf. Due to his large size, the “elf” causes chaos in Santa’s workshop, forcing Kris Kringle to send him on a mission to find his human roots.
Rating: PG
Running time: 97 minutes
Release year: 2003
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen
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THE POLAR EXPRESS
Sunday, December 1 @ 2:00pm
A doubting 8-year-old boy is whisked to the North Pole on a magical train for a meeting with Santa. Meanwhile, the train’s conductor, along with the other young passengers, help turn the boy’s crisis in faith into a wondrous journey of self-discovery.
Rating: G
Running time: 100 minutes
Release year: 2004
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Leslie Zemeckis, Michael Jeter
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Sunday, December 8 @ 6:00pm
In Frank Capra’s classic holiday comedy/drama, an angel (Henry Travers) helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman, George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.
Rating: PG
Running time: 130 minutes
Release year: 1946
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
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WHITE CHRISTMAS
Sunday, December 15 @ 2:00pm
A successful pair of nightclub entertainers (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) become romantically involved with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general in this musical romantic comedy featuring the songs of Irving Berlin.
Rating: NR
Running time: 120 minutes
Release year: 1954
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Jagger
Sponsored by Planters Bank, the film series features vintage flicks and modern classics presented on selected Sunday afternoons in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s 169-seat auditorium by means of equipment provided by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts & Heritage Development Council. Since Roxy Regional Theatre Executive Director Ryan Bowie brought film back to the theatre for the first time in over three decades with the Planters Bank Presents… film series in the fall of 2016, the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville has played host to such favorites as The Lion King, Ghostbusters, The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Story, Hocus Pocus, Dirty Dancing, Toy Story, Beetlejuice, Forrest Gump, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Citizen Kane and others.
Admission is $5 (cash or check only). Tickets for each film go on sale one week prior to the showing and are available at the box office between 9:00am and 2:00pm, Monday through Friday. Any remaining tickets are available at the door one hour prior to show time. Popcorn, assorted candy and drinks are available as concessions. For more information, please visit www.roxyregionaltheatre.org/filmseries.
