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Milk
Opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Friday, Jan 30

Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, Kelvin Yu, Lucas Grabeel, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare

Director: Gus Van Sant

Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black

Length: 2:08

Rated: R for profanity, sexual situations and violence

Subtitles: none

Eight Academy Award Noms: Best Film, Director (Gus Van Sant), Actor (Sean Penn), Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin), Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Editing and Music Score.

VALKYRIE
Opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Monday, Feb 2

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice Van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, Stephen Fry

Director: Bryan Singer

Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander

Length: 2:00

Rated: PG13 for violence and brief strong language

Subtitles: none

Mark Galbo (can we now call him an impresario?)  of Telluride's Rock and Roll Academy gave TIO's Susan Viebrock an interview about the adult bands which will perform at the Sheridan Opera House, Saturday, 24 January 2009. ...

"Marley & Me" opens at Telluride's Nugget Theatre on Friday, Jan 23 at 5:30 and 8 PM nightly“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.” (John Grogan)Cast: Jennifer...

Monday, January 19th from 5 - 7 PM, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art (130 EastColorado Avenue) will host a benefit event to raise money for JohnFahnestock's augmenting medical costs due to a seven year battle withneurological disease. First diagnosed with Parkinson's and then with...

by B.F.Deal

The Nugget Theatre first opened in 1935 when the Nunn Building was divided to accommodate movie screenings. The Telluride Film Festival master leased the theatre in 1982 in order to have a venue with a "Main Street" address. The theatre has operated continuously ever since.

Luci Reeve, assisted by Jim Bedford, aka B.F. Deal, have sub-leased and managed the theatre since 1984 with Luci running the day-to-day operations and Jim programming the movies.

“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. The 5 pm movie through Thursday, January 22 is "Bedtime Stories."

Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Adam Shankman
Screenplay: Matt Lopez, Tim Herlihy
Length: 1:35
Rated: PG, for some mild rude humor and mild language
Subtitles: none

“Telluride Inside…and Out” is now the go-to spot for weekly posts about what's coming up at the Nugget Theatre. We begin with this week's blockbuster, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Showtimes: 7:30 pm, through Wed. January 21.

Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
Director: David Fincher
Writer and Screenplay: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eric Roth
Length: 2:48
Rated: Rated PG-13 for profanity, sexual situations, violence
Subtitles: none