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This weekend, New York International Film Festival 2010 Grand Prize winner Toys in the Attic is back, in a brand new English language version!
Legendary Czech stop-motion animation master Jiri Barta's first feature in over 20 years is described as four parts Toy Story and one part David Lynch, as a group of abandoned toys stage an ambitious rescue of their kidnapped friend.
From NYAFF's description:
Set behind the doors of a dusty attic, the adorable doll Buttercup plays mom to a motley family of castaways: the station master Teddy Bear, clay-animated Schubert, and the Quixotic marionette knight Sir Handsome. In this enchanted world every day is a birthday, until a mysterious black cat kidnaps the beloved Buttercup and takes her to the Land of Evil ruled by the villainous Head of State, who commands an army of mechanical, mustachioed insects and an all seeing spying eye. Both a wonderfully spooky children's fairy tale and Soviet-era allegory, Toys in the Attic marks a career highpoint for Barta, who was among the first to raise stop-motion animation to an art form and paved the the way for modern hits like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New English language dub features the voices of Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack and Cary Elwes.
The movie plays this weekend at this Saturday-Sunday, August 25-26, 11:00am at New York's IFC Center.
It's fall tour includes:
| STARTS: SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 | |
| New York City | Regal Union Square |
| Los Angeles Metro | Sundance Cinema |
| Los Angeles Metro | Laemmle's North Hollywood |
| Los Angeles Metro | Laemmle's Pasadena |
| Los Angeles Metro | Hollywood-Westside (pending) |
| Los Angeles Metro | Regal Alhambra Renaissance |
| Los Angeles Metro | Regal Long Beach 6 |
| Los Angeles Metro | Promenade Rolling Hills |
| Los Angeles Metro | Anaheim Hills 14 |
| Los Angeles Metro | Garden Grove Stadium 16 |
| Chicago | AMC South Barrington |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth | Regal Galaxy |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth | Regal Grand Prairie |
| Washington, D.C. | Regal Majestic Silver Spring |
| Washington, D.C. | Regal Kingstown Alexandria |
| Washington, D.C. | Regal Gallery Place |
| Memphis | Malco Wolfchase Cinema |
| N.W. Arkansas | Malco Razorback |
| N.W. Arkansas | Malco Towne Center |
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STARTS: SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 | |
| Atlanta Metro | Mall of Georgian (NE) |
| Atlanta Metro | Town Center Kennesaw (NW) |
| Atlanta Metro | Hollywood 24 (Central) |
| Atlanta Metro | Arbor Place (West) |
| Philadelphia Metro | Regal Riverview Plaza 17 |
| Philadelphia Metro | Regal Burlington Stadium |
| Philadelphia Metro | Regal King of Prussia |
| Philadelphia Metro | Regal Warrington Crossing |
| Little Rock, AR | McCain Mall |
| Thomaston, GA | Ritz Theatre |
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STARTS SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 | |
| Boston Metro | Locations not yet set |
| Seattle-Tacoma | Locations not yet set |
| San Francisco Area | Locations not yet set |
| Houston Metro | Locations not yet set |
| Portland | Locations not yet set |
| San Diego | Locations not yet set |
| San Antonio | Locations not yet set |
| Bismarck, ND | Grand Theatre |
| Jacksonville, IL | The Illinois |
| Shelbyville, IN | Studio 10 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | Movie Palace |
| Portsmouth, OH | The Portsmouth 8 |
| Niles, MI | Wonderland 6 |
| Ostego, MI | The M89 Theatre |
| Detroit, MI | Bel Air 10 |
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STARTS OCTOBER 5, 2012 | |
| Phoenix | Locations not yet set |
| Denver | Locations not yet set |
| Detroit | Locations not yet set |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | Locations not yet set |
| Indianapolis | Locations not yet set |
| Cleveland | Locations not yet set |
| Cincinnatti | Locations not yet set |
| Pittsburgh | Locations not yet set |
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STARTS OCTOBER 12, 2012 | |
| Charlotte | Locations not yet set |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | Locations not yet set |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg | Locations not yet set |
| Pensacola | Locations not yet set |
| Jacksonville | Locations not yet set |
| Mobile, AL | Locations not yet set |
| Birmingham, AL | Locations not yet set |
| Nashville, TN | Locations not yet set |
| Louisville | Locations not yet set |
| St. Louis | Locations not yet set |
| Kansas City | Locations not yet set |
| Wichita, KS | Locations not yet set |
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STARTS OCTOBER 19, 2012 | |
| Columbus, OH | Gateway Film Cente |
