Summer Film Weekends Continue with Zany Comedies

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Kristen Gleason
Director of Marketing
The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434.979.1922 ext. 103
kristen@theparamount.net

For Immediate Release

July 6, 2007

As the mercury rises, Charlottesville’s Paramount Theater is keeping it cool and providing some good laughs with the 2007 Summer Film Series.  Continuing this month with a “Zany Comedies” weekend on July 20 and 21, the films Young Frankenstein and The Pink Panther will be shown on The Paramount’s 24’ by 50’ movie screen, the largest in Central Virginia. 

Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein parodies horror films through the tale of young neurosurgeon Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), who has spent his life trying to disassociate himself from his infamous grandfather, Dr. Victor von Frankenstein – even changing the pronunciation of his name.  

On inheriting his family’s estate, he takes a leave of absence to inspect the Transylvanian castle, where he encounters a ridiculous cast of characters – hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman), pretty lab assistant Inga (Teri Garr), and old housekeeper Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman).  Reading his grandfather's private journals, Frederick is inspired to resume his experiments in re-animating the dead – with hilarious results. 

Written by Brooks and Wilder, the movie also stars Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman.    

The title character in Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther (1963) is a pink diamond -- the largest in the world, which has an unusual panther-shaped flaw.  Given to Princess Dala by her father when she was a child, by the time she is a young woman rebels have taken over her country and are demanding its return. 

Dala takes a holiday at an exclusive ski resort, where another guest is British playboy Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) -- secretly the infamous jewel thief "The Phantom."   As Lytton has his eyes on the Pink Panther, Peter Sellers plays the bumbling and completely incompetent French Inspector Clouseau, pursuing him. 

Clouseau is clueless not only to the fact that “The Phantom” is right under his nose, but also that his own wife is an accomplice in a separate plot led by Lytton’s nephew George (Robert Wagner) to steal the very same gem! 

Young Frankenstein will show at 6:30 and 9 pm on Friday, July 20.  The Pink Panther will be screened on Saturday, July 21 at 3 and 7 pm. 

The Paramount will also offer a “Family Flicks” weekend on August 17 and 18.  Admission for all movies is $6, with a Youth/Child price of $4 applying to those 12 and younger.  Tickets are available in advance for most showings.  Titles and dates are subject to change. 

Tthe latest information on movies at The Paramount is available online or by calling the Box Office at 434.979.1333.