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12-08-06, 01:57 PM
December 08, 2006
Free sneak previews at installation theaters this weekend
By Karen Jowers
Staff writer
Selected military installations will get free sneak previews of the new films “We Are Marshall” and “Charlotte’s Web” this weekend, before they’re released in commercial theaters.
Each movie will preview at 34 military installations. Some bases, but not all, will show both.
The screenings will be shown Saturday on the selected Army and Air Force Bases; check local base Reel Time theaters for times. The screenings at Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard bases will be shown Saturday and Sunday, with times varying by base.
“We Are Marshall,” rated PG, is based on the true story of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 members of the Marshall University football team and coaching staff, and efforts to rebuild the team and heal the community. Matthew McConaughey stars as the young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall’s football program.
“Charlotte’s Web,” rated G, is the latest retelling of the cherished children’s story about two friends, Wilbur the Pig and Charlotte the Spider. An all-star case provides the voices of the various animals in the story, with Julia Roberts voicing Charlotte.
“Free screenings are a great opportunity to provide our military families a well deserved entertainment break,” said Roy Robertson, vice president of the AAFES food and theater division, in a statement announcing the screening of “We Are Marshall” at 21 theaters on Army and Air Force Bases. “This is the fifth preview screening Warner Bros. has provided this year, and we appreciate their ongoing support of the military community.”
“We Are Marshall” will be shown at: Air Force: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.; Dover Air Force Base, Del.; Eglin Air Force Base and MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; Barksdale Air Force Base, La.; Andrews Air Force Base, Md.; Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.; Dyess Air Force Base, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
Army: Fort Irwin, Calif.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Belvoir and Fort Eustis, Va.
Marine Corps: Camp Pendleton and Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Navy: Naval Construction Battalion Port Hueneme (Naval Base Ventura County), and Naval Station San Diego, Calif.; Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.; Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.; Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.; Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va.; Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor, Wash.
“Charlotte’s Web” will be shown in these theaters:
Air Force: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.; Pope Air Force Base and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wy.
Army: Fort Polk, La.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Fort Sill, Okla; Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas.
Navy: Naval Base Coronado, Naval Base Ventura County and Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif.; Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.; Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev.; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.; Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
Marine Corps: Twentynine Palms and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; Marine Corps Base Albany, Ga.; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.; Marine Corps Base Parris Island, S.C.
Coast Guard: Air Station Kodiak, Alaska.
Ellie
Free sneak previews at installation theaters this weekend
By Karen Jowers
Staff writer
Selected military installations will get free sneak previews of the new films “We Are Marshall” and “Charlotte’s Web” this weekend, before they’re released in commercial theaters.
Each movie will preview at 34 military installations. Some bases, but not all, will show both.
The screenings will be shown Saturday on the selected Army and Air Force Bases; check local base Reel Time theaters for times. The screenings at Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard bases will be shown Saturday and Sunday, with times varying by base.
“We Are Marshall,” rated PG, is based on the true story of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 members of the Marshall University football team and coaching staff, and efforts to rebuild the team and heal the community. Matthew McConaughey stars as the young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall’s football program.
“Charlotte’s Web,” rated G, is the latest retelling of the cherished children’s story about two friends, Wilbur the Pig and Charlotte the Spider. An all-star case provides the voices of the various animals in the story, with Julia Roberts voicing Charlotte.
“Free screenings are a great opportunity to provide our military families a well deserved entertainment break,” said Roy Robertson, vice president of the AAFES food and theater division, in a statement announcing the screening of “We Are Marshall” at 21 theaters on Army and Air Force Bases. “This is the fifth preview screening Warner Bros. has provided this year, and we appreciate their ongoing support of the military community.”
“We Are Marshall” will be shown at: Air Force: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.; Dover Air Force Base, Del.; Eglin Air Force Base and MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; Barksdale Air Force Base, La.; Andrews Air Force Base, Md.; Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.; Dyess Air Force Base, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
Army: Fort Irwin, Calif.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Belvoir and Fort Eustis, Va.
Marine Corps: Camp Pendleton and Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Navy: Naval Construction Battalion Port Hueneme (Naval Base Ventura County), and Naval Station San Diego, Calif.; Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.; Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.; Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.; Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va.; Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor, Wash.
“Charlotte’s Web” will be shown in these theaters:
Air Force: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.; Pope Air Force Base and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wy.
Army: Fort Polk, La.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Fort Sill, Okla; Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas.
Navy: Naval Base Coronado, Naval Base Ventura County and Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif.; Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.; Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev.; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.; Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
Marine Corps: Twentynine Palms and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; Marine Corps Base Albany, Ga.; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C.; Marine Corps Base Parris Island, S.C.
Coast Guard: Air Station Kodiak, Alaska.
Ellie