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MAN ON WIRE

On August 7, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.

Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTC's security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 am, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan.

James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire brings Petit's extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as "the artistic crime of the century."

NATAS Members will receive an e-mail that will admit two.

We strongly recommend that you arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theater capacity and are first-come, first-served.

This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity.

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WALKING WITH DINOSAURS

NATAS Members receive a $10 off discount on all price levels for the August 7th, 8th, 12th shows of "Walking with Dinosaurs" at the United Center.

For more info, visit the show’s web site, www.dinosaurlive.com. When you go to purchase online at the Ticketmaster site, use the discount code DINO to receive the discount.

Ten species are represented from the entire 200-million-year reign of the dinosaurs. The show includes the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the terror of the ancient terrain, as well as the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the awesome Cretaceous. The largest of them, the Brachiosaurus, is 36 feet tall and 56 feet from nose to tail. It took a team of 50—including engineers, fabricators, skin makers, artists and painters, and animatronic experts—a year to build the original production.

The show depicts the dinosaurs' evolution, complete with the climatic and tectonic changes that took place, which led to the demise of many species. With almost cinematic realism, "Walking with Dinosaurs" has scenes of the interactions between dinosaurs, and the audience sees how carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to walk on two legs, and how the herbivores fended off their more agile predators.

The history of the world is played out with the splitting of the earth's continents, and the transition from the arid desert of the Triassic period is given over to the lush green prairies and forces of the later Jurassic. Oceans form, volcanoes erupt, a forest catches fire—all leading to the impact of the massive comet, which struck the earth, and forced the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Variety said, "The dinosaurs are stunning, life-size and faultlessly nimble. In act one, the beasts parade into the arena gnashing and cavorting as a safari-suited paleontologist describes their attributes....In the second half, the action cranks up, culminating in a spectacular clash as a T-Rex mom defends her baby from predators. Sonny Tilders' triumphant creature design ensures "Walking with Dinosaurs" is a truly spectacular spectacle. It is everything a dino-phile could want."

To see more about "Walking with Dinosaurs," please take a look at this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX3_tnLDUEk.

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MEET THE FILMMAKER(S) - Hush and Division 201

The high school kids in the IFP/Chicago film mentorship program have won National Student Television Awards of Excellence from the TV Academy and numerous other awards for the last two years in a row. IFP is extremely proud of these young people and they promise that you will be impressed by these two outstanding films.

Hush
Hush, is the inspiring story of how to handle teenage life problems and make the better of them. It will have you grabbing the edge of your seat. High school students living in a world of pain not knowing what's to come next. 4 teens - 4 problems. Step into the world of Kelly, Dee-Dee, Jordan and Shayne - a dose of reality. Watch as secrets unfold. Will they get help or keep it on the hush.

Division 201
What happens when a racially divided homeroom class is disrupted by the arrival of foreign exchange student? When it all boils down, who is right and will they change?

Members will receive an e-mail that will admit two.

We strongly recommend that you arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theater capacity and are first-come, first-served. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity.

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TOWELHEAD 

Academy-Award winning director Alan Ball ("American Beauty," "Six Feet Under") will lead Q&A after screening!

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Jasira wants something she can't define: attention, love, acceptance or a normal life. Unfortunately she doesn't know the right way to find it. When Jasira's mother exiles her to Houston to live with her
strict, quick-to-anger Lebanese father, she quickly learns what spects of herself to suppress in front of him. In private, however, she conducts her sexual awakening with all the false confidence that
pop culture and her neighbor's magazines have provided. The result is funny, dark, bold and harrowing look at the confusion and misguided exploration of youth in America's track houses, public schools and suburban wastelands.

Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Alicia Erian and written for the screen and directed by Alan Ball, "Towelhead" stars Aaron
Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, and newcomer Summer Bishil as Jasira.

Members will receive an e-mail that will admit two.

We strongly recommend that you arrive early! Seats are not guaranteed, are limited to theater capacity and are first-come, first-served. This theater is not responsible for seating over capacity.