Oscar nominees

CineMark, which is the two Century theaters in Sioux Falls, has announced marathons of Oscar-nominated films.

Here’s the list and information about times and the chance to get one of 50 free lanyards “while quantities last” (I include that because it amuses me. If you say you’re giving away 50, can’t you order enough “quantities” to make all 50 people happy?).

The movie I most want to see? Amour. The movie time I already have a commitment for? That’s right: Amour.

On Fridays, customers can see ten Academy Award nominated Short films in the Live Action and Animated categories for $10. Then on Saturdays, Cinemark will present five Best Picture nominees on February 16 and the remaining four on February 23rd. The cost per Saturday for all films is $30, or a Marathon pass for both Saturdays is available for $50 for all nine movies. All films will be presented consecutively in one auditorium. A full list of participating theatres and advanced tickets are available now at www.cinemark.com.

 

The order and start times of the 2013 OSCAR MARATHON are:

Friday, February 15th and 22nd:   Animated and Live Action Shorts – 12:00 noon, 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm

 

The Nominated shorts in order of presentation are:

 

Short Film (Live Action):

Death of a Shadow (Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele)

Henry (Yan England)

Curfew (Shawn Christensen)

Buzkashi Boys (Sam French and Ariel Nasr)

Asad (Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura)

 

Short Film (Animated):

Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)

Adam and Dog (Minkyu Lee)

Fresh Guacamole (PES)

Head over Heels (Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly)

Paperman (John Kahrs)

 

 

The Best Picture Nominees will be shown as follows:

               

Saturday, February 16th:

12:00 noon           Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers) PG-13    

1:55 pm                                 Amour (TBD, Producer) PG-13

4:15 pm                 Life of Pi (Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers) PG

6:35 pm                 Les Misérables (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers)                                   PG-13

9:30 pm                 Lincoln (Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers) PG-13

 

Saturday, February 23rd:

1:00 pm                                 Argo (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers) R

3:20 pm                 Silver Linings Playbook (Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers) R

5:30 pm                 Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers) R

8:20 pm                 Django Unchained (Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers) R

 

As a special keepsake, the first 50 customers in line for the 2013 OSCAR MARATHON on either Saturday, the day that showcases the Best Picture nominees, will receive a commemorative lanyard,  while supplies last.  In addition, a downloadable Cinemark Award Guide is available online at www.cinemark.com for movie-lovers to print off and keep track of all the winners at the 85th Annual Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, February 24th in Los Angeles.