October 1, 2008

The 2008-2009 Toyota Family Friendly Film Series kicks off on Sunday, October 12 at 1:30 pm with the Claymation favorite, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit. Kids 12 and under will be admitted free - and the same goes for subsequent films in the series.
 
It's hard to know who's more hapless - Wallace, a member of the supposedly superior Homo sapiens species, or his faithful dog, Gromit. Steve Box, Nick Park and Bob Baker - director, writer-director and writer, respectively - have once more spun a tale of village life that extends far beyond the village limits in its DreamWorks scope.
 
Menaced by garden-chomping rabbits, our heroes go to work, work being their pest-control business, Anti-Pesto. Events - and malevolent humans - conspire to derail their efforts. In the end, Good triumphs over Weasel and everyone will go home from the theater feeling groovy. Unless they eat too many treats from the concession stand - but that just isn’t possible.
 
For more of that great kids-12-and-under-free action, please come to the next film in our Toyota Family Friendly Film Series on Friday, Nov. 28 - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
 
Admission for family members older than 12 years is $9.00, $7.00 for students, seniors and US veterans, $6.50 for Michigan Theater members. All shows take place at the historic Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street, across from Borders Books and Music in downtown Ann Arbor
 
Please visit the Michigan Theater web site for more information and a complete schedule with show times: http://michtheater.org.