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Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (September 25-27, 2014)

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Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke get noirish in Gattaca (Columbia, 1997)

Thursday, September 25 (7:30 p.m.)
Gattaca (Columbia, 1997)
Set in a future where the wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants, the genetically perfect “Valids” dominate the natural born “In-Valids.”  Vincent Freeman, who was conceived outside the eugenics program, struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to realize his dream of traveling into space. Andrew Niccol wrote and directed this science-fiction tale that stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles.

Friday, September 26 (7:30 p.m.)
Unbreakable (Buena Vista, 2000)
After a man survives a train crash unscathed that kills everyone else on board, he meets a mysterious stranger who suggests that he was one of the “unbreakable”–people who have extraordinary endurance and courage, a predisposition toward dangerous behavior, and feel invincible. They also are said to have strange premonitions of terrible events. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the suspense thriller stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Robin Wright.

A Princess and her droid. And a Wookiee. Return of the Jedi (20th Century-Fox, 1983)

Saturday, September 27 (7:30 p.m.)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (20th Century-Fox, 1983)
Set one year after The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi