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ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA www.roadmovie.com.au For bookings phone 0421 915 346 ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA AUGUST 2012 G-PG RATED TITLES August 2012 Releases DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX Animation/Family, Rated G, 94 Minutes Including Voices Of: Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Ed Helms To impress Audrey the girl of his dreams, 12 year old Ted goes in search of a tree – a real tree, since in their home of Thneedville no real trees exist. Nor real flowers it’s all manmade, and ruled by bottled air tycoon Mr O’Hare. Leaving Thneedville on his quest, he finds the ageing Once-ler, who confesses to having been the one who caused the felling of all the trees in his pursuit of profits from the Thneeds he could make of the orange leaves. But it’s Lorax the fluffy orange guardian of trees who helps Ted understand the importance of trees – so when Once-ler remorsefully urges Ted to do something about it, Ted takes on Mr O’Hare’s empire to give people back the trees. Available now – Outdoor screenings from October 2012 (TBC) SALT OF LIFE, THE Foreign/Comedy, Rated PG, 89 Minutes Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata *** In Italian with English subtitles *** Although he was forced to retire early, Giovanni is kept pretty busy – mostly with family matters. Always the perfect gentleman, Giovanni goes on errands for his wife, walks the dog for his lovely neighbour and is at the beck and call of his demanding elderly mother who lives alone in a plush home with a glamorous carer. It is his lawyer friend Alfonso who suggests to Giovanni he finds a young girl to seduce. Available now – Outdoor screenings from 9 October 2012 (TBC) JOYFUL NOISE Comedy/Music, Rated PG, 118 Minutes Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G. s rebellious grandson, Randy. Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose’s beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia, and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more heat between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can overcome their differences and find a common voice, they and their choir may make the most joyful noise of all. Available now – Outdoor from October 2012 (TBC) PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS Family/Animation, Rated G, 86mins. Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. From the people who brought you “Chicken Run” and Wallace & Gromit” One of the BEST animated films of 2012! Available now – Outdoor from October 2012 (TBC) July 2012 Releases BIG YEAR, THE Comedy, Rated PG, 100 Minutes Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin As bird watchers travel across North America in a competition to spot and record the highest number of species in 1998, three in particular -- a corporate executive, a lonely code writer, and the aggressive reigning king of the competition -- find themselves sacrificing their personal relationships to be the top birder of the year. Available now – Outdoor from 25 September (TBC)

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Page 1: August 2012 Releases DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX

ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA www.roadmovie.com.au For bookings phone 0421 915 346

ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA AUGUST 2012 G-PG RATED TITLES

August 2012 Releases DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX Animation/Family, Rated G, 94 Minutes Including Voices Of: Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Ed Helms To impress Audrey the girl of his dreams, 12 year old Ted goes in search of a tree – a real tree, since in their home of Thneedville no real trees exist. Nor real flowers 0 it’s all manmade, and ruled by bottled air tycoon Mr O’Hare. Leaving Thneedville on his quest, he finds the ageing Once-ler, who confesses to having been the one who caused the felling of all the trees in his pursuit of profits from the Thneeds he could make of the orange leaves. But it’s Lorax the fluffy orange guardian of trees who helps Ted understand the importance of trees – so when Once-ler remorsefully urges Ted to do something about it, Ted takes on Mr O’Hare’s empire to give people back the trees. Available now – Outdoor screenings from October 2012 (TBC)

SALT OF LIFE, THE Foreign/Comedy, Rated PG, 89 Minutes Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata *** In Italian with English subtitles *** Although he was forced to retire early, Giovanni is kept pretty busy – mostly with family matters. Always the perfect gentleman, Giovanni goes on errands for his wife, walks the dog for his lovely neighbour and is at the beck and call of his demanding elderly mother who lives alone in a plush home with a glamorous carer. It is his lawyer friend Alfonso who suggests to Giovanni he finds a young girl to seduce. Available now – Outdoor screenings from 9 October 2012 (TBC)

JOYFUL NOISE Comedy/Music, Rated PG, 118 Minutes Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G. s rebellious grandson, Randy. Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose’s beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia, and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more heat between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can overcome their differences and find a common voice, they and their choir may make the most joyful noise of all. Available now – Outdoor from October 2012 (TBC)

PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS Family/Animation, Rated G, 86mins. Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. From the people who brought you “Chicken Run” and Wallace & Gromit” One of the BEST animated films of 2012! Available now – Outdoor from October 2012 (TBC)

July 2012 Releases BIG YEAR, THE Comedy, Rated PG, 100 Minutes Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin As bird watchers travel across North America in a competition to spot and record the highest number of species in 1998, three in particular -- a corporate executive, a lonely code writer, and the aggressive reigning king of the competition -- find themselves sacrificing their personal relationships to be the top birder of the year. Available now – Outdoor from 25 September (TBC)

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ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA www.roadmovie.com.au For bookings phone 0421 915 346

ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA AUGUST 2012 G-PG RATED TITLES

TREASURE BUDDIES Family, Rated G, 89 Minutes Starring: Loads of cute talking puppies! Disney’s irresistible talking puppies Budderball, BDawg, Rosebud, Buddha and Mudbud are back in an all new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a race against a devious cat, the Buddies and their new friends, Cammy and Babi, must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb all in search of the greatest treasure known to animal kind. Available now – Outdoor from 4 September (TBC)

EXTREMELY LOUD INCREDIBLY CLOSE Drama/Adventure, Rated PG, 129 Minutes Starring: Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow Unusually bright and sensitive nine year old Oskar Schell adores his father Thomas who encourages him to explore his world. Oskar's world falls apart when his father dies in the World Trade Centre terror attack on September 11, 2001. When he finds a key in a small envelope among his father's things, he sets out to discover what it's for, as a means of keeping his father's spirit close. But there are secrets he hasn't even told his mum, Linda as he teams up with a mysterious stranger renting a room from his grandma in an adjacent apartment block, in his frantic search. Available now.

June 2012 Releases ARTIST, THE Silent/Romance/Comedy, Rated PG, 100 Minutes Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin enjoys his fame, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young actress and dancer. George helps to give her a break with a reluctant Kinetone Studios boss, Al Zimmer. As his career dims with the arrival of talkies, her star rises. Available now.

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS Documentary/History, Rated G, 90 Minutes The interior of the Chauvet Cave in southern France houses the world's oldest cave paintings, hundreds in number, which were discovered in 1994. In this subterranean world of the 32,000-year-old artworks - created at a time when Neanderthals were roaming around as were cave bears - we come face to face with pristine and astonishingly realistic drawings of horses, rhinos, cattle and ice-age lions, which for the briefest second come alive in the torchlight as we learn more about Palaeolithic art and its creators. Available now – Outdoor from 7 Aug (TBC)

SEPARATION, A Drama, Rated PG, 118 Minutes Starring: Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini *** In Persian with English subtitles *** Married Iranian couple Nader and Simin are in conflict over the future. Simin wants to move abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, 11 year old Termeh. However, Nader insists on staying in Iran to look after his father, who suffers from Alzheimers. Simin is even prepared to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter, but things get complicated when their new part-time carer, Razieh leaves the frail old man and goes out. When Nader gets home with Termeh, his father is on the floor next to his bed. The ensuing confrontation with Razieh triggers a dramatic chain of events. Available now.

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ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA www.roadmovie.com.au For bookings phone 0421 915 346

ROAD MOVIE MOBILE CINEMA AUGUST 2012 G-PG RATED TITLES

JACK AND JILL Comedy, Rated PG, 97 Minutes Starring: Adam Sandler. Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave. Available Now

HUGO Family/Adventure, Rated PG, 127 Minutes Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen In 1930s Paris, the orphaned Hugo Cabret lives inside the walls of the tower clock of a busy train station, having learned how to keep the clocks running from his late father. When he discovers a mysterious automaton figure and meets a young girl Isabelle, his journey of discovery begins. But he has to navigate the irritable shopkeeper of strange knickknacks, Georges and the station inspector, who sends orphans to the orphanage - and sets his dog Maximillian on them. Hugo manages to fix the old automaton, and is in for a surprise when he and Isabelle discover what it is capable of doing.

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Animation/Family, Rated G, Running time (TBC) On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission. Coming Soon

May 2012 Releases ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED Animation, Rated G, 87 Minutes Starring: Jason Lee & Featuring voices of: Justin Long, Alyssa Milano Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard - and so do Dave and Ian; they all end up marooned on a tropical island - almost, but not quite, alone. When the island's volcano begins to rumble threatening an eruption, they have to find a way to escape. Available now

VOW, THE Romance, Rated PG, 100 Minutes Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum. Inspired by a true story, The Vow is the tale of a love that refuses to be forgotten. Leo (Channing Tatum, Dear John ) is devastated when a car accident plunges his wife Paige (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook ) into a deep coma. She miraculously recovers but the last five years of her memories have vanished. Suddenly, Leo finds himself married to a stranger who can’t remember anything about him. Naively, Paige falls back under the influence of her controlling parents (Sam Neill and Jessica Lange) and reconnects with her ex-fianc (Scott Speedman). Desperately, Leo tries to recreate the moments that shaped their romance. Can he rekindle the passion before he loses Paige forever? Available now