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Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n 4\/4: Dakota Pruemer (videographer, Gies College of Business, UIUC, Urbana, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n MFHQ MEMO | From This is<\/em> the leanest Calendar<\/strong>, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 20 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Friday, March 31, 2000:<\/em> The independent feature LOVE 101<\/strong> opens at the Goodrich Quality Theaters<\/strong> multiplex in Savoy, Illinois<\/strong>. Filmed on location at Northern Illinois University<\/strong> in DeKalb<\/strong> during the fall semester of 1997 by the Los Angeles<\/strong>-based company Poya Pictures<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, LOVE 101<\/strong> is playing 12 consecutive one-week runs in 12 cities in the hopes of attracting an avid younger audience that will be receptive to its non-Hollywood<\/strong> depiction of college life and relationships. Chicago<\/strong> stage talents Michael Muhney, Mary Kay Cook<\/strong>, and Jon Collins<\/strong> lead the cast as students who find themselves in an awkward love triangle amidst the bustle of academia, a scenario loosely based on the personal experiences of writer and director Adrian Fulle<\/strong>. In support of the Savoy booking, he and LOVE 101<\/strong> actor Will Carpenter<\/strong> visited nearby Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> earlier this week in a rented Chevrolet RV so they could promote the movie to media outlets and the public, handing out greetings and posters as they went. The \u201cLove Tour\u201d wraps once the duo finishes their trek across several hundred miles and five states. Fulle and his Poya partner David J. Miller<\/strong>, who met while enrolled in the film program at Columbia College<\/strong> in Chicago, will then attempt to find distributors in the theatrical and home video markets for their labor of love. RETURN TO ME<\/strong>, the MGM<\/strong> romantic drama that is directed by Chicago comedienne Bonnie Hunt<\/strong> and stars David Duchovny<\/strong> and Minnie Driver<\/strong>, opens at Savoy the day after the final showing of LOVE 101<\/strong> on Thursday, April 6<\/strong>, a rare case of Illinois<\/strong>-made productions appearing back-to-back in a local cinema.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Goodrich Savoy 16, Savoy, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional \u201cNow Playing\u201d and \u201cComing Soon\u201d listings appear after the jump!<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL<\/strong> @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL<\/strong> @ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong> @ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong> @ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL<\/strong>
\n4\/4: Kamelya Alexan (director\/producer, BEFORE THE FALL, Alexan Production, LLC, Chicago, IL)
\n4\/4: Sara Benson (adjunct assistant professor, School of Information Sciences, UIUC, Champaign, IL)
\n4\/9: Nick Alonzo (director\/writer, DA BIG ZIP, Cluck Films, Chicago, IL)<\/p>\nChambana<\/del> Mendota with Love<\/del> Resignation<\/strong><\/p>\n
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