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Summer Movie Preview
The District of Columbia is a silent star! Several upcoming summer film releases feature the District as a backdrop. The city is gaining momentum in the feature film business by anyone’s standards. We invite you to discover the chills, thrills, excitement and drama that these DC summer flicks have to offer!
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Evan Almighty
• Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman and Wanda Sykes
Releasing: Friday, June 22 (Shot in the District in May and June 2006)
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• This hilarious new film picks up where the hit comedy “Bruce Almighty” left off. Newly elected to Washington DC as a congressman, Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) has left Buffalo, New York in pursuit of a greater calling. But that calling isn't serving in the illustrious ranks of America's politics, but being summoned by the Almighty himself (Morgan Freeman), who has handed Evan the task of building a new ark.
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Live Free or Die Hard
• Starring: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, and Jeffery Wright
• Releasing: Wednesday, June 27 (Shot in the District in September and October 2006)
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• This upcoming entry is the latest film in the hugely successful “Die Hard” series. When a criminal plot in Washington, DC is discovered to take down the entire computer and technological structure that supports the economy of the United States it's up to a supposedly “retired” detective John McClane (Willis), to take down the conspiracy.
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Transformers
• Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, and Jon Voight
• Releasing: Wednesday, July 4 (Shot in the District in September 2006)
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• It's a special day in any young man's life when he gets his first car. The day gets all the more special when it turns out it's not a car at all, but a robot in disguise. Luckily for Sam Witwicky, his new ride is one of the robots out to defend Earth, the Autobots, and not destroy it, the Decepticons. This blockbuster-to-be is produced by Steven Spielberg and based on the popular Hasbro toys.
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Talk to Me
Starring: Don Cheadle, Keith Sweat, and Cedric the Entertainer
• Releasing: Friday, July 13 (Shot in the District in July 2006)
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• The new film from acclaimed director Kasi Lemmons tells of the real-life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene (Don Cheadle), an outspoken ex-con who talked his way into becoming an iconic radio personality in the 1960s, in Washington, DC.
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The Bourne Ultimatum
• Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, and Joan Allen
• Releasing: Friday, August 3 (Shot in the District in April 2007)
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The lastest chapter in the thrilling “Bourne” saga. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) still suffers from bouts of amnesia. The one thing he does remember is that there are people who want him dead. So when a reporter offers to help him put some pieces together, Bourne comes out of hiding to find those who have taken away his loved ones and his memory.
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The Invasion
• Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Jeffery Wright
• Releasing: Friday, August 17 (Shot in the District in October and November 2005)
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• A mysterious epidemic is sweeping the world, but it takes one Washington, DC psychiatrist to discover that the disease is extraterrestrial in origin. When her son becomes infected, she and a colleague must work together to find a cure, before the entire world is lost. This spine-chilling thriller is based on the classic novel “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
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• We look forward to seeing you at the movies! |
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