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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 8\/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer\/director, ESSENCE, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n The Report<\/strong> is on hiatus until August or September. Thank you for your readership, CUvians and Agents!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n IMAGERY DU C-U | Picturing Our Scene on the Screen<\/strong><\/p>\n So, Ye Ed<\/strong> got lost in the rabbit hole that is the UIUC Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in the last week and spent too much time uncovering little \u201coohs\u201d and \u201caahs\u201d from a local movie climate that preceded his time living in Champaign<\/strong>. One of his self-inflicted challenges was to figure out where and when the Pontiac<\/strong>-filmed GRANDVIEW U.S.A.<\/strong> played after it opened nationwide 40 years ago on August 3, 1984<\/strong>, and as far as he could find, it was never<\/em> shown first run in the C-U. Granted, using the Daily Illini<\/span><\/strong> as his guide, the caveat is the traditional gaps in printing schedule during the summer months for a student-assembled newspaper, which took place during the first and last weeks of that August. Still, GRANDVIEW<\/strong> could or should have been lingering in places like Market Place Cinemas<\/strong> once the student body returned for school and, of course, the other wide releases, THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT<\/strong> and THE JOY OF SEX<\/strong>, did<\/em> open in town on that date. The mind then boggles as to the shift in screening amenities here; more venues operated in 1984 than today, but today we have more total screens between the multiplexes and the Virginia Theatre<\/strong> than in 1984. Frustratingly, why does it feel like we have less and less choice, then? Today\u2019s Image<\/strong> is a product shot of the GRANDVIEW<\/strong> Blu-ray<\/a><\/span> released earlier in the spring by Via Vision Entertainment<\/strong> of Australia<\/strong> and, in part, the film is about one young man\u2019s choices as to whether leaving his small town or making due with what is there is his best bet. Hm. Hrm<\/em>.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 40 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 Friday, August 3, 1984:<\/em> The colorful comedy-drama GRANDVIEW, U.S.A.<\/strong>, set in a fantasy composite of an American small town but filmed last year in the real-life small town of Pontiac, IL<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, opens on more than 1,000 screens in North America<\/strong> through Warner Bros.<\/strong> It and the two other wide-release pictures new to theaters, JOY OF SEX<\/strong> and THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT<\/strong>, would be clumped together in the eighth, ninth, and tenth spots on the box office charts come Monday, August 6<\/strong>, proving to be no match as alternatives to the season\u2019s heavyweights like GHOSTBUSTERS, GREMLINS<\/strong>, and PURPLE RAIN<\/strong>. Not really fitting into the mold of the decade\u2019s teen comedies and failing to capitalize on the success of FOOTLOOSE<\/strong> in the spring or director Randal Kleiser<\/strong>\u2019s previous smash hit, GREASE<\/strong>, GRANDVIEW, U.S.A.<\/strong> collapsed into obscurity with less than $5 million in earnings. Box Office Mojo<\/span><\/a> [R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong> @ Main Quad, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, 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 @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ Clintonia Eagle Theater, Clinton, IL<\/strong> @ Crescent Cinemas, Pontiac, IL<\/strong> @ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX, Bloomington, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong> @ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL<\/strong>
\n8\/3: Laura Richter (production manager, FIELDS OF GOLD, Spencer Films, Springfield, IL)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nTHE FIRING SQUAD* (faith film), HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, KNEECAP, A PLACE CALLED SILENCE (in Mandarin with English sub), SUCCESSOR (in Mandarin with English sub), TRAP, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), THE FABULOUS FOUR*, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS, TWISTERS (8\/2 on), BORN PINK (Blackpink concert film) (8\/3-8\/4, 12 p.m., in Korean & English with English sub), Studio Ghibli Fest: PONYO (anim\u00e9) (8\/3, 3 p.m., 8\/5, 8\/7, 3 & 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 8\/4, 8\/6, 3 & 7 p.m., English dub), BORDERLANDS, CUCKOO, IT ENDS WITH US (8\/8 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nHAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, TRAP, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), THE FABULOUS FOUR, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, TWISTERS (8\/8 on), Studio Ghibli Fest: PONYO (anim\u00e9) (8\/3, 3 p.m., 8\/5, 8\/7, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 8\/4, 8\/6, 7 p.m., English dub), HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS \u2013 PART 2 (8\/4, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/7, 7 p.m.), The Metropolitan Opera \u201csummer encore\u201d: Turnadot<\/span> (8\/7, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), \u2018RiffTrax Live!\u2019 feat. POINT BREAK (1991) (8\/7, 7 p.m., simulcast), BORDERLANDS, IT ENDS WITH US (8\/8 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cSummer Films on the Quad\u201d feat. IF (8\/8, 9 p.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nNo movies this week!<\/p>\n
\nDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, TWISTERS (8\/1-8\/4)<\/p>\n
\nHAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, TRAP, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), TWISTERS (8\/8 on), SHREK 2 (animation) (8\/6-8\/7, 10 a.m., free)<\/p>\n
\nDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, TWISTERS (8\/2 on), THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 (animation) (8\/6, 8\/8, 1:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\nHOME (animation) (8\/4, 2 p.m., free), Danville Public Library presents THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) (8\/7, 11 a.m.)<\/p>\n
\nTWISTERS (Screen 1), DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Screen 2) (8\/2 on)<\/p>\n
\nTHE FIRING SQUAD (faith film), HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, TRAP, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, DESPICABLE ME 4 (animation), THE FABULOUS FOUR, INSIDE OUT 2 (animation), LONGLEGS, TWISTERS, (8\/2 on), Indian cinema: AURON MEIN KAHAN DUM THA* (8\/2-8\/3, 8\/5-8\/6 in Hindi with English sub), BOAT* (8\/2-8\/3, 8\/5-8\/6 in Tamil with English sub), SHIVAM BHAJE* (8\/2-8\/3, 8\/5, 8\/7, in Tamil with English sub), ULAJH* (8\/2-8\/3, 8\/5-8\/6 in Hindi with English sub), and ALANAATI RAMACHANDRUDU* (8\/3, 8\/5-8\/7, in Telugu with English sub), BORN PINK (Blackpink concert film) (8\/2, 6 p.m., 8\/3-8\/4, 12 p.m., in Korean & English with English sub), SHREK (animation) (8\/3-8\/8, 10 a.m.), Studio Ghibli Fest: PONYO (anim\u00e9) (8\/3, 3 p.m., 8\/5, 8\/7, 7 p.m., in Japanese with English sub; 8\/4, 8\/6, 7 p.m., English dub), AMERICAN PSYCHO (8\/4, 8:50 p.m.; 8\/6, 7:20 & 10 p.m.), BORDERLANDS, CUCKOO, IT ENDS WITH US (8\/8 on) *single screenings daily<\/p>\n
\nTHE SANDLOT (8\/2-8\/4), THE NATURAL (8\/3-8\/4), TOY STORY (animation) (8\/5, 8\/7), OCTOPUSSY (8\/8)<\/p>\n
\nTWISTERS (8\/2-8\/4)<\/p>\n
\nHORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA \u2013 CHAPTER 1 (8\/2-8\/4)<\/p>\n
\nDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, LONGLEGS (Screen 1), TWISTERS, THE FALL GUY (Screen 2) (8\/2-8\/4, 8\/7-8\/8)<\/p>\n