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Free Film Series Starts Oct. 8

Sun, Sep 25, 2011

The 2011-12 Alliance Bank Children’s Matinee Series kicks off at Hamilton Theater on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 12:30 p.m. with the animated family favorite Rio, sponsored in partnership with Mang Insurance Agency LLC. The Utica Zoomobile will visit with live animals before the movie.

Thanks to Alliance Bank, in partnership with individual film sponsors and campus partners, admission to all films in the series is free for children and adults. This marks the ninth year that Alliance Bank is sponsoring the children’s series.

“We are extremely grateful to Alliance Bank, and to our individual film sponsors, for making this series available to the community,” said Hamilton Theater’s Chuck Fox. He noted that more than 3,300 children and family members from Norwich to Brookfield to
Cazenovia to Oneida and all communities in between enjoyed the series last year.

Saturday children’s films feature a special highlight before each film to complement the movie. Greet animals from Heritage Farm before Kung Fu Panda 2 on October 22, meet McGruff the Crime Dog prior to Monsters vs. Aliens on October 29, thrill to live hawks
and owls from Talon! A Birds of Prey Experience before Fantastic Mr. Fox on November 19, meet Rudolph’s live reindeer friends before A Holiday Classic Double Feature on December 3.

The full fall schedule includes:

  • Oct. 8- Rio, Oct. 15- Hoodwinked, Too! Hood vs. Evil,
  • Oct. 22- Kung Fu Panda 2,
  • Oct. 29- Monsters vs. Aliens,
  • Nov. 5- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,
  • Nov. 12- Fantastic Mr. Fox,
  • Nov. 19- Mr. Popper’s Penguins,
  • Dec. 3- A Holiday Classic Double Feature with Rudolph and Frosty,
  • Dec. 10-Polar Express.
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