22 — Friday, September 24, 1999 — North Shore News

S Park & Tilford Cineplex

200 — 333 Brooksbank, North Vancouver (985-3911)

Stir of Echoes (14A) — 1:20, 3:20, 7:20, 9:40 p.m.

Dudley Do-Right (G) — 105, 3: 05 p.m.

Blue Streak (PG) —~ 1, 3:15, 7, 9:15 p.m.

For Love of the Game (PG) — 32: 20. 3:30, 6:55, 9:50 p.m. Bowfingez (PG) ~- 7:15, 9:25 p.m

The Dinner Game (PG) — 1:15, 3: :40, 7:05, 9:30 p.m. Jakob the Liar (PG) — 1:10. 3:35, 6:50, 9:20 p.m.

@ Esplanade 6 Cinemas

200 W. Esplanade, North Vancouver (983-2762)

Double Jeopardy — Fri, Mon-Thu 7:35, 9:55 p.m. Sat/Sun 2:20, 4:40,

Runaway Bride — Fri, Mon-Thu 7:25, 9:50 p.m. Sat/Sun 4:10, 7:25, 9:

The Iron Giant — Sat/Sun 2:10 p.m.

Mumford — Fri, Mon-Thu 7:20, 9:45 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:20, 9:4

The Sixth Sense — Fri, Mon- Thu 7:15, 9:35 p-m. Sat/Sun 2,4: :30, 7:15,

ghe Thomas Crown Affair — Fri, Mon-Thu 7: 10, 9:40 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:3 :40 p.m.

Stigmata — Fri, Mon-Thu 7, 9:30 p.m. Sat/Sun 1:40, 4, 7, 9:30 p.m.

Caprice Park Royal South

West Vancouver (926-6699)

Star Wars Phantom Menace — 7, 9:25 p.m. Mickey Blue Eyes (PG) — 7:10, 9:20 p.m. 13th Warrior (18A) — 7:05, 9:10 p.m.

@ CN IMAX

201-999 Canada Place © (682-4629)

Extreme — 1:15, 3 4 al

Alaska: Spirit tthe Wit — noon, 6, 8 p.m. daily

Island of the Sharks — 2:15, 4:45, 7 and 10 p.m.

Special screenings of T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous in IMAX 3D daily at 11 a.m.

S Fifth Avenue Cinemas

2110 Burrard at Sth, Vancouver (734-8709)

Better Than Chocolate (18A) — 7:05, 9:20 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:40, 4 p.m. and Tuc 4 p.m. (no 7:05 p.m. shows Sept. 29, Sept. 30)

Buena Vista Social Club (G) — 7:10, 9:25 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:50, 4:10 p.m. and Tue 4:10

Fi Falls Idaho (PG) — 7:15, 9:35 p.m. pius Sat/Sun 2, 4:30 p.m. and Tue 4:30 p.m. My Life So Far (PG) — 7:20, 9:20 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 2:10, 4:40 p.m. and Tue 4:40 p.m.

ff b the Liar (PG) — 7, 9:40 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:30, 4:20 p.m. and Tue 4:20 p.m.

© Park Theatre

3440 Cambie at 18th, Vancouver (876-2747) "American Beauty (14A) — 7, 9:30 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:30, 4 p.m. and Tue 4 p.m. (no show * Tho, Sept. 30)

& Roliywood Theatre 3123: West Broadway, Vancouver (738-3211) ; ‘Deep Blue Sea (14A} — 7: 0 p.m.

Byes Wide Shut (18A) — oat P. m.

a Pacific Cinema 1131 Howe St, Vancower (684-3456)

“Vancouver International Film Festival screenings Sept 24 — Oct. 11. Consult the VIFF pro- gram guide for ti times.

Laurel & Fon, Sanday Sept 26 _ 11:80am & 2:60pm

Sunday Jon 16 11:300m & 2:00pm (Ages 5 to 12 years}

2 Sunday October 24 11:30am & 2:00pm

5 shew evaccriziion $60.00

3 show package $27.00

Single show tickets $9.50

Subscriptions & pack- ages on sale. _ September 1st

Single Show tickets on sale September 15th

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13:30am & 2:00pm

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Schmid pokes fun at the bungling activitics of his country’s ruling class.

& The Bock That Wrote Itself. Ar Pacific Cinematheque 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.28, and 12 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30.

First-time director Liam O’Mochain casts himself in the lead role of this iow-budget feature, shot entirely on digital camera.

O’Mochain plays Vincent, a young Irish writer who's convinced

tie’s created the perfect post-modern masterpiece.

He announces it as “the first book to success- fully combine all genres of writing — thriller, drama, horror, classical, biographical with a hint of comedy!”

The only problem is convincing the rest of the world of his genius. Unable to pitch his work at a book fair, Vincent launches himself on a madcap tour of the Irish countryside, in an attempt to prove that his fictional hero’s quest can be accomplished.

Hc hires Aisling, an aspiring filmmaker, to document his journey — and ends up, bizarrely, at the Venice Film Festival, where he sweet-talks his way into a press conference to tell Hollywood stars that his idea is

“Braveheart meets The Princess Bride meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, with more stars than The Thin Red Lise.”

Promises to be wacky, literate, and surreal. ® Cosy Dens At the Ridge 7 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 6, and Robson Square 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8.

From the Czech Republic comes the

| liver-tongued genius

vitl.erg LITERARY shyster Vincent (Liam O’Mochzin, ieft) tries to sell his masterpiece in The Book that Wrote ftseif.

North American premiere of Jan Hrebejk’s second film: a tragicomic look at the events leading up to the Prague Spring of 1968.

Two ideolo; call opposed patriarchs —

one supports ling regime; another is set fiercely against it — live in the same apart- ment block and are constantly squabbling — much to the dismay of their respective chil- dren.

Bur the invasion of the Soviets forces them to re-examine their political feelings and ruefully sccept the new cultural climate.

Hrebejk highlights some of the more absurd realities of life ina Communist state, including unbreakable glasses that break, ; plastic teaspoons which melt in a cup of cof- fee, and a children’s game in which partici- pants grasp electrified wires to build up. their

strength. on the International Film Critics’ prize at the 1999 Karlovy Vary festival.

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