In anticipation of Halloween, the Planters Bank Presents… Film Series at the Roxy Regional Theatre returns this Sunday, October 15, at 2:00pm, with Tim Burton’s brilliantly bizarre, creepy classic comedy BEETLEJUICE. Tickets are now available at the Roxy Regional Theatre during regular box office hours.
The Fall 2017 schedule of the Planters Bank Presents… Film Series is as follows:
Sunday, October 15 @ 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(s): Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Sunday, October 22 @ 2:00pm
A stranger shows up on the Addams’ doorstep, claiming to be a long-lost uncle. However, he is really a ringer in cahoots with a lawyer; and the two are trying to dupe the ghoulish family out of their fortune.
Rating: PG-13
Running time: 105 minutes
Release year: 1991
Director(s): Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Christina Ricci
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HOCUS POCUS
Sunday, October 29 @ 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(s): Kenny Ortega
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
Sunday, November 19 @ 2:00pm
Four sisters at the turn of the 20th century learn vital lessons about life and love as their family prepare for a move to New York City.
Rating: NR
Running time: 113 minutes
Release year: 1944
Director(s): Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames
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NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION
Sunday, November 26 @ 2:00pm
A family host their dysfunctional relatives for the holiday as the dad contends with spontaneously combusting Christmas lights and temperamental trees while anticipating the arrival of his annual bonus.
Rating: PG-13
Running time: 97 minutes
Release year: 1989
Director(s): Jeremiah Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki
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THE SANTA CLAUSE
Sunday, December 3 @ 2:00pm
A divorced adman inadvertently becomes the real St. Nick when he puts on the Santa suit of the guy who fell off of his roof.
Rating: PG
Running time: 97 minutes
Release year: 1994
Director(s): John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
Sunday, December 10 @ 6:00pm
Nostalgic charmer about a boy craving a BB gun for Chistmas, though everyone around him is opposed to the idea.
Rating: PG
Running time: 98 minutes
Release year: 1983
Director(s): Bob Clark
Cast: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz
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ELF
Sunday, December 17 @ 2:00pm
A human raised by elves searches for his birth father.
Rating: PG
Running time: 97 minutes
Release year: 2003
Director(s): Jon Favreau
Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen
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 this fall for the first time in 33 years, the corner of Franklin and First in historic downtown Clarksville has played host to such favorites as The Wizard of Oz, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dirty Dancing,Toy Story, 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 bottled water are available as concessions.
For more information, please visit www.roxyregionaltheatre.org/filmseries.
