Holiday Films and Sing-along December 10, 2010

"The Muppets Take Manhattan"

Back On The Big Screen This Holiday Season

In 35mm

Friday, December 10 at 8PM

At the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: (201) 798-6055 Fax: (201) 798-4020
Web: www.loewsjersey.org

A great film that's fun for both kids AND adults!

Starring the voices of Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire. Guest appearances by Art Carney, Dabney Coleman, Joan Rivers and more! Directed by Frank Oz. 1984 94mins.

Admission: $6 for adults; $4 for kids (12 & younger) and seniors (65+).

If only all performers -- most of whom tend to be human -- were as reliably entertaining as Jim Henson’s troupe of foam rubber, felt and ping-pong ball eyes. In this third Muppet move -- the first directed by Frank Oz and the last made with input from Muppet creator Henson -- the Muppets find themselves in Manhattan struggling to get a musical on Broadway. Of course, kids will love the movie. But so will adults, thanks to a genuinely entertaining plot and the trademark Muppet mix of humor that includes references and jokes that aren’t just kid-stuff (including well-placed jabs at the foibles of show biz). Kermit the Frog and the rest of the gang have just put together a successful variety show at “Danhurst” college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and decide to try to take it on to the Great White Way. But alas, producers’ doors are slammed in their faces all over town, and so the Muppets are forced to take the usual assortment of dreary day jobs in order to support themselves in the Big City while pursuing their stage dreams. A bevy of star cameos – including Art Carney , Dabney Coleman, Gregory Hines, Ed Koch, and Jonathan Landis, makes things interesting. With its combination of these very human stars, great New York scenery and impressive musical numbers choreographed with more than 100 Muppets, the film is certainly impressive from a technical standpoint. But the real fun in watching it doesn’t come from consciously appreciating how clever the Muppets are. Instead, the genius of the movie comes from how completely it makes you forget you are watching puppets at all.

PLUS – Live organ entrance music (from the Loew’s magnificently restored pipe organ) before most screenings.

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A New "Old" Tradition Begins at the Loew's Jersey With Our First Annual . . .

Classic Christmas Show . . .

Featuring --

Live Holiday Concert & Old Fashioned Sing-Along

PLUS

"Scrooge" on the Big Screen

Saturday, December 11 -- Beginning at 6:30PM

At the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: (201) 798-6055 Fax: (201) 798-4020
Web: www.loewsjersey.org

Deep in your memory – or maybe it’s only a memory you wish you had – there was one Christmastime when you went to a big old theatre, the kind that looked like a palace, for a special holiday show. They played Christmas carols on the biggest organ you’d ever seen, and the sound was so beautifully intense it practically lifted you out of your seat. Plus you got to sing along to some of the songs. And then you enjoyed a colorful holiday movie on the theatre’s enormous screen.
No matter if this is one of your best memories, or a memory you only wish you had – now you can re-live it!

Saturday, December 11 at 6:30PM
Live Concert & Sing-Along Featuring the majesty and power of the Loew's magnificent Wonder Morton pipe organ.
Enjoy Christmas carols & holiday songs played by maestro Wayne Zimmerman on one of the most extraordinary instruments in the Metropolitan Area. And experience a great old movie theatre tradition brought back to life: the sing-along, with words projected on screen, for several of the songs.

Followed After Intermission By

Saturday, December 11 at 7:30PM
"Scrooge" Starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More. Directed by Ronald Neame. (1970, 118mins., Color)
The dazzling, wide-screen movie musical version of Dickens’ classic tale. The costumes and sets capture the period beautifully, the direction is well paced -- and the acting is superb, most especially Albert Finney in the title role and Alec Guinness as the most memorable Marley the screen has ever had. Charming holiday fun for all ages.
Admission for BOTH concert & film is just $7 for adults; $5 for kids (12 & younger) and seniors (65+).
Late-comers will be seated.

The Loew's Is Easy To Get To: The Loew's Jersey Theatre, at 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ, is directly across JFK Boulevard from the JSQ PATH Center with trains to and from Lower and Midtown Manhattan and Newark's Penn Station, and is minutes from the NJ Turnpike, Rts 3 and 1&9 and the Holland & Lincoln Tunnels. We're easy to reach by car or mass transit from throughout the Metro Region.

Discount off-street parking is available in Square Ramp Garage adjoining the Loew's at the foot of Magnolia Avenue off of Tonnelle Avenue, behind the Loew's. Patrons must validate their parking ticket before leaving the Theatre.

What’s Special About Seeing A Movie At The Loew’s? The Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre is one of America’s grandest surviving Movie Palaces. We show movies the way they were meant to be seen: in a grandly ornate setting – on our BIG 50 ft wide screen! The Loew’s runs reel-to-reel -- not platter -- projection, which often allows us to screen an archival or studio vault print that is the best available copy of a movie title.

PLUS – Live organ entrance music (from the Loew’s magnificently restored pipe organ) before most screenings.

The Loew’s Jersey is managed by Friends of the Loew’s, Inc. as a non-profit, multi-discipline performing arts center.

Classic Film Weekends are presented by Friends of the Loew’s, Inc.

The Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre receives support from the City of Jersey City, Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and the Municipal Council, and the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund, administered by the Hudson County Division of Planning, Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Official Website: http://www.loewsjersey.org