ABOUT THE FINE ARTS THEATRE

Fine Arts Theatre is located on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. It offers two viewing areas, one upstairs and one at street level. It is best known for the showing of independent films.

For more information, visit: www.FineArtsTheatre.com.

Or call the movie line at 828-232-1536.

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SEPT 7 THRU SEPT 14

Fine Arts Fans,
This week we keep the same schedule, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is doing very well, I saw last week that it was the # 3 film in the country on only 1400 or so screeens. I'm sure that by per screen averages that it is the # 1 film in the land. Thanks,
Neal Reed - Manager

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE -------->Playing Downstairs
"You'll be delighted, if a bit breathless from laughing, to be along for the ride."
-- Ruthe Stein SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
MATINEES 1:00 4:00
EVENINGS 7:00
FRI & SAT LATE SHOW 9:30

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? --------->Playing upstairs
"Chris Paine's documentary makes an unapologetic case for the car
and an unofficial indictment of the forces allied against it."
-- Richard Corliss TIME MAGAZINE
MATINEES 1:20 4:20
EVENINGS 7:20
FRI & SAT LATE SHOW 9:40

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris RUNTIME 101 MIN RATED R
STARRING: Toni Collette, Steven Carell, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin
"Little Miss Sunshine" is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played to standing ovations, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all. No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard (GREG KINNEAR), a hopelessly optimistic motivational speaker, is desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success -- without much success. Meanwhile, the Hoovers' "pro-honesty" mother Sheryl (TONI COLLETTE) is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother (STEVE CARELL), a suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers with their unlikely dreams -- the four-eyed, slightly plump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and Dwayne (PAUL DANO), an anger- fueled, Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a staunch vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy. Topping off the family is the grandfather (ALAN ARKIN), a foul- mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin.

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
DIRECTED BY: Chris Paine RUNTIME: 92 MIN RATED PG
STARRING: David Freeman, Martin Sheen, Phyllis Diller, Tom Hanks

It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. The electric car threatened the status quo. The truth behind its demise resembles the climactic outcome of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express: multiple suspects, each taking their turn with the knife. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? interviews and investigates automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts from Los Angeles to Detroit, to work through motives and alibis, and to piece the complex puzzle together. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? is not just about the EV1. It's about how this allegory for failure—reflected in today's oil prices and air quality—can also be a shining symbol of society's potential to better itself and the world around it. While there's plenty of outrage for lost time, there's also time for renewal as technology is reborn in WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?

COMING SOON
HALF NELSON
VIVA PEDRO
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
HEADING SOUTH
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LETTER OF THE WEEK SEPT. 7 - 14, 2006:
Fine Arts Fans,
This week we open WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR and we keep LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. We have finished the first part of our renovations downstairs, so LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE will move back downstairs this week. We should be able to complete the remodel in October when the additional seats arrive.
Thanks,
Neal Reed - Manager

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AUG. 4 THRU AUG. 10

Fine Arts Fans,
This week we open PEACEFUL WARRIOR, based on the Dan Millman book. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH wil stay for at least another week, but check show times, as they have changed. We had a great time on our rafting trip, Thanks to Wiik for showing us a great time. I just had a conversation about the weather with a reporter from the Asheville Citizen Times. He wanted to know if our business increases when it's so hot out. Yes it does, just as rainy days are great for movies-- remember the Fine Arts on these hot afternoons for a matinee-- and save that yardwork for early mornings or evenings.
Thanks,
Neal Reed - Manager

AUG 4 THRU AUG 10

PEACEFUL WARRIOR------playing downstairs

"Strong performances by Scott Mechlowicz as Millman and Nick Nolte as the mysterious mechanic who changes his life ground the film in effective drama."
-- Sheri Linden, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

MATINEES 1:00 4:00
EVENINGS 7:00
FRI & SAT LATE SHOW 9:30

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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH----------playing upstairs

"An Inconvenient Truth can't, of course, reveal a future that is still up to us, but by the time you're done watching, the real question is, which way on God's green earth would you want to err?"
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

MATINEES 1:20 4:20
EVENINGS 7:20
FRI & SAT LATE SHOW 9:40

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PEACEFUL WARRIOR
DIRECTED BY: Victor Salva RUNTIME: 12O MIN RATED PG-13
STARRING: Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart

Arrogant, talented Dan Millman seems to have the perfect college life: a stunning gymnast's body of incredible strength, handsome looks, good grades, plenty of money and a shot at the Olympic qualifiers in men's gymnastics. Still, Dan wakes up almost nightly from terrifying nightmares and odd visions he can't explain or dismiss. One night, awakened by yet another nightmare, Dan goes for a run through his foggy neighborhood and comes upon a well-lit service station. Behind the counter, an old man seemingly moves without regard for space or time. One moment, Dan is paying for his snacks, the next the old man is on the roof of the station. Stunned by this impossibility, Dan begs the old man, whom he instinctually names Socrates, to share the secret of his abilities in order to achieve his goal of Olympic Gold. The old man puts him through a regimen that changes his diet, training, and lifestyle. Before long, his life is ruined, and he loses his friends, his girls, and is almost thrown off his Gymnastics squad. Thus begins a journey of discovery for Dan that will shatter every preconceived notion he has about academics, athletics, and achievement. Guided by Socrates, Dan will consider a whole new ideology-one that values consciousness over intelligence, strength in spirit over strength in body. But in order to succeed, Dan must somehow let go of all of his expectations - and simply live in the now... Based on The Way of Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman's best- selling spiritual memoir, PEACEFUL WARRIOR explores the highly competitive world of men's gymnastics, while introducing an astonishing philosophy that awakens the human spirit. A celebration of the achievements made possible by an open mind, PEACEFUL WARRIOR is a sports movie not about imagined perfection or victory - but about heart.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
DIRECTED BY: Davis Guggenheim RUNTIME: 10O MIN RATED PG
STARRING: Al Gore

>From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man’s commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his “traveling global warming show ,” Gore is funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our “planetary emergency” out to ordinary citizens before it’s too late. With 2005, the worst storm season ever experienced in America just behind us, it seems we have reached a tipping point – and Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation. With wit, smarts and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore’s persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue – rather, it is simply one of the biggest moral challenges facing every person in our times.

COMING SOON
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY
STRANGERS WITH CANDY

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