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500daysofsummer_smallposter Gforce_smallposter Be aware Telluride: it's a short week at the Nugget Theatre. The Nugget will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, September 2 & 3 to get ready for the Telluride Film Festival. For the rest of the week, Friday-Tuesday, the program is "G-Force" and "500 Days of Summer."

"G-Force" is a Disney animation featuring guinea pigs with a mission to save the world from the machinations of an evil tycoon. The movie is rated PG for some mild action and rude humor.

"500 Days of Summer" is not a love story, as the audience is warned at the very beginning. The movie does not follow the "Boy meets Girl, Boy gets Girl, Boy loses Girl, Boy gets Girl back" formula, and doesn't so not in chronological order. With me so far? Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews. The week's schedule is shown below.

27 August, 2009 /

072001H1 Harrypotter This week August 21-27, Telluride's Nugget Theatre will be showing three movies. Harry Potter is back for another week. In addition, "Ice Age III" can be seen early in the week, including a matinee on Saturday. "The Ugly Truth" rounds out the week's program.

We know about Harry Potter: watch for the continuation of that story. "Ice Age" is the animated sequel to that series, rated PG for some potentially scary scenes.

"The Ugly Truth" is a romantic comedy, rated R for sexual content, in which Mr. Wrong plays Cyrano to a TV personality looking for Mr. Right. You can probably guess how this turns out.Theuglytruth_smallposter

For reviews and trailers, see the Nugget website. See showtimes below.







20 August, 2009 /

The program for Telluride's Nugget Theatre for the week of August 7-13 is "The Proposal" and "Public Enemies."

Theproposal_smallposter Publicenemies_smallteaser "The Proposal" pits high-powered NYC book editor Margaret, aka "The Witch" (Sandra Bullock) against her assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds). Margaret is Canadian, and facing deportation, hatches the plan to stay in the US by marrying Andrew. It's "Boy hates Girl" until... Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity, language.

John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) robbed banks; Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) had the task of bringing in Dillinger. "Public Enemies" is the story. J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) named Dillinger the first "public enemy #1" and declared war on crime. During the 1930s recession people across America regarded banks and bankers as more villainous than the gangsters who robbed the banks."Public Enemies" documents rather than glamorizes the story. Rated R for gangster violence and language.


For reviews and trailers see the Nugget website. For movie times, see below.

06 August, 2009 /

_MG_9773 The Telluride Film Festival year-round office is now set up as your one-stop festival shop. Stop by upstairs at the Nugget Building (201 W Colorado Ave), Suite 207, to buy one of our iconic William Wegman posters, festival passes, to join us as a sponsor, and to ask any Festival-related questions you may have. And be sure to ask about our local Telluride Business Friends program, in which members partner with the Festival as a sponsor and receive tickets, event invitations, and great recognition both during the Telluride Film Fest and throughout the year. In choosing one of the program’s levels and signing on as a Telluride Business Friend, you are working with us to enhance and promote film and the arts in the Telluride community.

Acme Passes have already sold out, so the rush is on to get your Festival, Cinephile and Patron Passes.

30 July, 2009 /

Hangover Transformersrevengeofthefallen_teaser2 The Nugget Theatre in Telluride will show "The Hangover" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" for the week of Friday, July 31- Thursday, August 6.

"The Hangover" is a Vegas bachelor party with a missing groom, a baby in a closet, etc. Rated R for the usual reasons. Go for entertainment, not the message.

My grandkids introduced me to Transformers years ago. But they had to manipulate the robots to change them into their various permutations. In "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" the transitions happen in real time. Expect to see a lot of twisted metal as robots war against robots. Your kids can explain it all to you. Rated PG for violence, sexual situations and language.

See the Nugget website for trailers and reviews. Showtimes are listed below.

30 July, 2009 /

Summerhours_smallposter The movies at the Nugget Theatre in beautiful downtown Telluride for the week of July 24-30 are "UP", the Disney/Pixar animation, and "The Hangover".

"Summer Hours" will play next Thursday as the second movie. Set in a French country house, directed by  Olivier Assayas, "Summer Hours" is the story of three adult siblings wrestling with the disposition of their recently deceased mother's high end art works and furnishings. Reviewers have raved about this film, calling it a real jewel.

Reviews and trailers can be found on the Nugget website. See movie times below.

23 July, 2009 /

Mannyshow208 Telluride Film Festival, September 4-7, 2009, presented by National Film Preserve LTD., and The Library of America, are pleased to announce a special program in honor of artist and film critic Manny Farber.  "The Celebration of Manny Farber," will be presented at this year's 36th annual celebration of the art of filmmaking.

The three-part program includes an intimate bookstore signing of The Library of America's September 2009 release "Farber On Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber," with editor Robert Polito and Farber's wife and collaborator, Patricia Patterson. An interactive panel discussion on Farber's life and contribution to film criticism is planned between the audience and special panel guests Jean-Pierre Gorin, Kent Jones, Greil Marcus, Patricia Patterson, Robert Polito, David Thomson and Robert Walsh. There is also to be a screening of one of Farber's favorite films with special guests in attendance, all of which will be announced with the rest of the program on Opening Day, September 4, 2009.

20 July, 2009 /

Imaginethat_smallposter Thehangover_smallposter2 "Imagine That" and "The Hangover" are the movies at Telluride's Nugget Theatre for the week of July 17-23.

In "Imagine That', Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) finds it difficult to balance being a father with being an up-and-comer in business in Denver. Fortunately, he is saved by the advice from his 7-year-old daughter's imaginary friends. (Rated an easy going PG)

"Hangover" (Rated R for language, sexual situations, nudity) takes place in Las Vegas, where the bridegroom's three friends wake up after the blowout bachelor party to find a tiger in the bathroom, a six-month-old baby in the closet, and no groom. Can they unravel the mystery in time to find Doug, and get him to the church on time? Stay tuned.

16 July, 2009 /