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Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend

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WEB JUNKIE screenings are sponsored by Unplug  — limited number of free two-week passes given away at the Saturday-Monday evening screenings.  Also, we will do a Web Junkie Movie poster giveaway Sunday night. 

Dr. Elisha Goldstein will host a Q&A after Sunday night’s 7:30pm screening – psychologist, speaker and author whose work includes the bestselling books The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Dr. Goldstein will discuss ways to harness our relationship with technology (see his recent blog http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2014/09/the-horse-is-technology-but-the-rider-is-on-auto-pilot/

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Sundance documentary Web Junkie screens in LA ONE WEEK ONLY
Oct. 3-9  Laemmle Music Hall Theater   Watch the trailer:  http://webjunkiedoc.com/
“Electronic heroin” and “web addiction”: that’s how Chinese authorities refer to internet activity of more than six hours a day, not related to work or studying. WEB JUNKIE takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and follows three teenagers as they endure boot-camp style rehab over three months. 

Many of the boys were tricked, drugged or physically coerced by their desperate parents, and deny they overuse the internet — although one claims to have gamed for 300 hours straight, and we hear that some wear diapers, to prevent bathroom breaks that would lower gaming scores.  China was a world leader in classifying internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and there are over 400 intensive treatment centers for web & gaming addiction.

Is internet addiction real? Professor Rao, the center head, claims a 70% ‘cure rate.’ In following these teens, Web Junkie explores the loneliness, social disconnection, depression, and family pressure to achieve that drive these kids to use the ‘net more than 10 hours a day.  While the film takes place in China, it explores the universal 24/7 lure of the internet, technology, and our devices.
We’ll be posting updates on the boys through the theatrical run, Oct. 3-9.
New Yorker Article:
Daily Beast: The film China Doesn’t Want You to See:

Opening Next Week: ONE CHANCE, the Winning New British Bio-Pic

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Next week we’ll be opening the winning new British bio-pic ONE CHANCE. From the director of The Devil Wears Prada, the movie’s the marvelous true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the show and the hearts of millions. Writing in the L.A. Times, Annlee Ellingson called it “a sweet, funny, heartfelt film, and while we may know all along how it all turns out, Paul’s signature performance still gives us chills.” It was a Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Song and we are very pleased to show the film at our Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center 5 theaters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wtq5hN2eOE

Opening Next Week: ONE CHANCE, the Winning New British Bio-Pic

SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Music Hall

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Tom Hayes, filmmaker of the fascinating new documentary SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE: ESQUIRE IN THE SIXTIES, will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall after the 7:30 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, and after the 4:50 PM screening on Sunday, September 28.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-DMm-ha4OI

SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE Q&A's Opening Weekend at the Music Hall

 

Q&A’s with the CHRISTMAS RIDE Filmmaker September 19 and 20 + Special Pricing

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CHRISTMAS RIDE filmmaker Karen Francis will participate in Q&A’s after the 7 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, September 19 and 20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av3E6UQSwqg&feature=youtu.be
For the premiere theatrical run of CHRISTMAS RIDE at the Music Hall, the ticket prices
offer some wonderful opportunities for extra savings, almost like the ticket prices of the nineties, the era that this new film is set in, for this first week  only September 19 – 25.
TICKET PRICES FOR CHRISTMAS RIDE

General Admission at the Music Hall      $11.
Seniors 62 & Over                                         8. 
Children 11 & Under                                      8.
Matinee Pricing
           Sat &Sun before 2pm:                          8.
            Mon-Fri   before 6pm:             Adults   6.
                                                           Seniors  4.50
Group Rate Friday and Saturday           $8 per person IN A GROUP
                   Sunday-Thursday               $6 per person IN A GROUP

We ask that one person purchase tickets for the group and distribute.

FOR THIS RUN OF CHRISTMAS RIDE, GROUP RATE Applies To Groups of TEN.
       (Great for college kids, fraternities, sororities, churches.  Get your group on!) 
NEW! Special for CHRISTMAS RIDE FIRST RUN 
Professional Discounts:                                 $7 per person
Rates Apply Monday-Thursday Only for People in these Professions when requested at Box Office only:
Artists
Actors
American Veterans
Active Military
Police Officers
Highway Patrol Officers
Truckers
Handicapped

And for New or Soon-to-be New Drivers, ages 14 – 18, only $5.00 
Q&A's with the CHRISTMAS RIDE Filmmaker September 19 and 20 + Special Pricing
CHRISTMAS RIDE filmmaker Karen Francis

FAITH CONNECTIONS Q&A’s this Weekend at the Music Hall

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The documentary FAITH CONNECTIONS takes the audience to the Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s most extraordinary religious events, and introduces us to remarkable men of mind and meditation, some facing an inextricable dilemma: to embrace the world or to renounce it. The film explores several diverse and deeply moving stories of attendees. We are planning two Q&A’s after the 7 PM screenings this Friday and Saturday at the Music Hall:

Friday, 9/12 with Phil Goldberg, author of American Veda.
Saturday, 9/13 with Felicia Tomasko, editor of L.A. Yoga Magazine.

http://vimeo.com/66136711#at=0
FAITH CONNECTIONS Q&A's this Weekend at the Music Hall
A scene from FAITH CONNECTIONS, courtesy of Kino Lorber Films.