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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><B>Two great films this week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre-<BR>
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</B><I>If you enjoyed “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” you’ll love these two films.<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Hero (PG13)<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Wednesday & Thursday, February 16 & 17<BR>
7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5/adult, $2/child 12 or younger<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>House of Flying Daggers (PG13)<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Friday, February 18<BR>
7:00 PM<BR>
Saturday & Sunday, February 19 & 20<BR>
4:15 and 7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5/adult, $2/child 12 or younger <BR>
KFS passes accepted for the Sunday showings<BR>
<B>(See Review below)<BR>
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Next week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre . . .<BR>
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</B>In conjunction with the <I>Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival</I> <BR>
and the <I>UI International Jazz Collections</I>, <BR>
the Kenworthy will present a FREE showing of<BR>
the 1995 Academy Award nominated documentary film,<BR>
"<B>A Great Day in Harlem</B>," by filmmaker Jean Bach.<BR>
Wednesday & Thursday, February 23 & 24 at 7:00 PM.<BR>
The film will be shown FREE and open to the public.<BR>
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<B>A Great Day in Harlem<BR>
</B>February 23 & 24 at 7:00 PM<BR>
<B>FREE<BR>
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UI Architecture Dept presents<BR>
<B>Will Bruder lecture<BR>
</B>February 25 at 5:00 PM<BR>
<B>FREE<BR>
</B><BR>
<B>Dig (NR)<BR>
</B>Feb 26 at 7:00 PM<BR>
Feb 27 at 4:15 and 7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>Regular Movie prices</B>: $5 adults, $2 children 12 and younger. <BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday movies<BR>
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508 S. Main Street, Moscow, Idaho<BR>
For more information, call 208-882-4127 or visit http://www.kenworthy.org<BR>
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Coming in March-<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B>Ladder 49</B></FONT></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#181512"> <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">The <I>Moscow Volunteer Fire Department</I>, as part of its annual fund drive, is proud to present a special showing of<I> Ladder 49.<BR>
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</I>This dramatic movie follows the Baltimore Firefighters as they save lives and property fighting fires. The movie provides a very realistic portrayal of what it takes to be a firefighter.<BR>
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<B>March 4, 2005, at 7:00 pm<BR>
</B>Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door<BR>
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Tickets are available from the receptionist at Station Three, 229 Pintail Lane, adjacent to Highway 95-north during business hours; BookPeople in downtown Moscow, or one of your friendly firefighters or EMTs. <BR>
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There are only 300 seats available, so purchase accordingly. If you cannot attend, but wish to contribute, please visit Station Three or mail your check to: Moscow Volunteer Fire Department, 229 Pintail Lane, Moscow ID 83843.<BR>
<B>(See full text of press release below)<BR>
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Coming in April-<BR>
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<B><I>Sirius Idaho Theatre</I></B> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.siriusidahotheatre.com/</U></FONT> <BR>
in conjunction with </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Helvetica"><B>new </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Helvetica"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">fangled</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">stages</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><I>,<BR>
</I>presents the United States premiere of<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I>Random Acts of Love</I></B></FONT></FONT> by Bruce Gooch<BR>
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Recognized as “Outstanding New Play” at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2004,<BR>
the April 6 – 9 showings at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre will mark<BR>
the United States premiere of Gooch’s newest play.<BR>
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<B>April 6, 7, 8, & 9 at 7:30 pm<BR>
April 9 at 2:00 pm<BR>
</B>Tickets $15 adults; $9 students/seniors<BR>
(Tickets go on sale February 22, available at BookPeople and TicketsWest)<BR>
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This week’s review-<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)<BR>
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Directed by Zhang Yimou; written by Li Feng, Mr. Yimou and Wang Bin<BR>
Presented in the Mandarin language, with English subtitles<BR>
Running time: 2 hours<BR>
<B>Rated PG-13 for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by A. O. Scott writing for the New York Times<BR>
</U></I></B><BR>
The Chinese director Zhang Yimou first came to the attention of American audiences in the early 1990's, as the maker of stirring, visually glorious tales of historical turmoil and forbidden love like ''Raise the Red Lantern'' and ''Ju Dou.'' Then, later in the decade, he entered a neo-realist phase, with rough-hewn, modest stories like ''Not One Less'' and ''The Road Home.'' <BR>
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Now in his early 50's, Mr. Zhang has embarked on the third chapter of an already dazzling career, reinventing himself as an action filmmaker, first with ''Hero,'' a late-summer hit for Miramax, and now with ''House of Flying Daggers.'' <BR>
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Set in the twilight of the Tang Dynasty, and filmed, from the look of it, at the peak of China's foliage season, ''House of Flying Daggers'' is a gorgeous entertainment, a feast of blood, passion and silk brocade. But though the picture is full of swirling, ecstatic motion, it is not especially moving. A Chinese mainlander's tribute to the sword and martial arts epics of the past, most of which were produced in Taiwan and Hong Kong, it also echoes the widescreen Technicolor westerns and musicals that the Hollywood studios cranked out in their early battle against television. <BR>
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Mr. Zhang, who once directed a production of ''Tosca'' with a cast of thousands in Forbidden City in Beijing, possesses an operatic ability to turn intimate stories into grand spectacles. His diva of the moment is Zhang Ziyi (also the star of ''Hero'' and ''The Road Home''), whose delicate facial features fill the screen and whose lithe movements animate the film's heady combat choreography. <BR>
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Ms. Zhang plays Mei, a blind courtesan who turns out to be a member of the Flying Daggers, a shadowy squad of assassins waging a guerrilla insurgency against the corrupt and decadent government. She is pursued by two government deputies, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), whose loyalties come into question as the chase turns into a love triangle. Everyone is engaged in several layers of deceit, and some of the third-act revelations are more likely to provoke laughter than gasps of amazement. <BR>
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But realism is as irrelevant a criterion here as it would be in an Italian opera. The movie is about color, kineticism and the kind of heavy-breathing, decorous sensuality that went out of American movies when sexual candor came in. Occasionally, Ms. Zhang bares one of her lovely shoulders. If she showed any more, the projector might catch fire. It might any way, from the sheer audacious heat of some of the action sequences.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt writing for the Hollywood Reporter<BR>
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While the action sequences are right up there with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Zhang uses the genre to relate a touching and tragic tale about star-crossed lovers caught up with forces that threaten to overwhelm them. Filming with an international cast in China and the Ukraine, the director lets the action unfold amid landscapes so beautiful they feel like paintings.<BR>
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The film is certain to be a worldwide hit. As the title promises, knives and daggers zip through the air with balletic force. Flying daggers twist, plunge, ricochet and change directions. Employing the latest film technology and the most acrobatic suit people in the Chinese and Hong Kong film industries, Zhang Yimou has objects and people defy gravity in ways Hu could only dream about.<BR>
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A dance sequence early in the movie featuring Zhang Ziyi and what appears to be a stunt double in some shots telegraphs viewers that the director means to raise the action bar in all areas. That he does so while keeping the story firmly rooted in the developing love between two people desperately fighting their own instincts is a tribute to his cinematic mastery.<BR>
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Cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding's rendering of the rural locations is thing of pure magic. Shigeru Umebayashi's music, Chinese with Western modulations, well serves the movie's epic quality. Emi Wada's costumes blend in magnificently with the countryside, while editor Cheng Long gives a thrilling rhythm to action director Tony Ching Siu-Tung's intricate fight choreography.<BR>
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<B><U>As reviewed by Christy Lemire writing for the Associated Press and the San Francisco Examiner<BR>
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"House of Flying Daggers," the second film in theaters this year from Chinese director Zhang Yimou, provides an interesting companion piece to the first -- the Oscar-nominated "Hero" -- if only because it's slightly more rooted in reality.<BR>
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The characters still soar through the air with gravity-defying balletic agility, showing off eye-popping martial arts skills, but the leaves on the trees behind them aren't a radioactive shade of fuchsia when they do it.<BR>
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Both feature love triangles, but "Flying Daggers" (starring Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau) is a romance wrapped around an action movie, while "Hero" was more of an action movie with a bit of romance tucked inside of it. <BR>
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<B><I><U>Film reviews researched and edited by Peter Haggart<BR>
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Moscow Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Department Press Release<BR>
</B><FONT COLOR="#181512">For Immediate Release: 14 February 2005<BR>
Contact: Volunteer Bob Wakefield, 882.5939, e-mail: <colbob@moscow.com><BR>
Susan S. Franko, <I>PageDesign</I>, 208.882.2601 <sfranko@moscow.com><BR>
Note: <B>Digital Images Available</B> from Franko<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>Ladder 49</B></FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#181512"> Movie for Moscow Volunteer Fire Department<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">The Moscow Volunteer Fire Department, as part of its annual fund drive, is proud to present a special showing of<I> Ladder 49</I>, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center on <B>March 4, 2005, at 7:00 pm</B>. This dramatic movie follows the Baltimore Firefighters as they save lives and property fighting fires. The movie provides a very realistic portrayal of what it takes to be a firefighter.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">Tickets are available from the receptionist at Station Three, 229 Pintail Lane, adjacent to Highway 95-north during business hours; BookPeople in downtown Moscow, or one of your friendly firefighters or EMTs. One of the 86 volunteers may be your neighbor; you may obtain your ticket from him or her. Tickets are $10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door. There are only 300 seats available, so purchase accordingly. If you cannot attend, but wish to contribute, please visit Station Three or mail your check to: Moscow Volunteer Fire Department, 229 Pintail Lane, Moscow ID 83843.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">In 2004, your firefighters and EMTs volunteered for 8,335 hours of training– a determined commitment. Support of a paid department comparable to Moscow’s City and Rural organization would cost taxpayers approximately 3.5 million dollars. The training and performance record of your volunteer department is essential to maintaining the Class Three insurance rating obtained through a focused effort of preparedness. That rating means lower insurance premiums for residents and businesses. <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">The performance record of Moscow’s city and rural volunteer department is comparable to many paid departments. The more than 4,500 hours donated to the community for responses to fire and ambulance calls in 2004, is in addition to these volunteers’ training hours.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">The volunteers’ budget supports the resident program, which is building the foundation of our growing accredited training program. The availability of these residents at night increases our response times to nighttime calls. Twenty-six University of Idaho students volunteer for the department, meet the training hours standard, and keep up with their university responsibilities. The upkeep of Station One, downtown, is also funded by the volunteers’ budget.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#181512">Our budget depends on fund raising. As you depend on us, we depend on you. Please join us at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center to support and honor Moscow’s firefighters and EMTs. Your ticket purchase will help us reach our goal of $70,000.<BR>
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PAMELA PALMER, <B>Volunteer<BR>
</B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>Mailto:ppalmer@moscow.com<BR>
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Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
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