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123456 DECEMBER7,2004TUESDAYMWSECTION2CHICAGO TRIBUNE 5 TEMPO IMAX: POLAR EXPRESS 3D (G) DIG 1000 1215 230 445 700 915 CLOSER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1130 1200 205 240 440 515) 715 750 955 1025 I AM DAVID (PG) DIG (1125 200 435) 705 930 ALEXANDER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1230 415) 730 800 925 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) DIG (1050 1115 1220 120 150 305 405 445 555) 630 700 850 920 FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) DIG (1040 130 420) 650 950 KINSEY (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (105 410) 740 1030 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) DIG (1100 145 450) 710 745 940 1000 1030 SIDEWAYS (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1250 350) 655 1005 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) DIG (1120 1205 210 235 500) 720 945 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG-13) DIG 725 1015 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1135 220 455) 735 1010 POLAR EXPRESS (G) DIG (1020 1155 1235 215 250 425 510) 725 935 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) DIG (1040 1110 1145 125 155 225 415 440 520) 700 805 RAY (PG-13) DIG (1245 355) 710 1020 I AM DAVID (PG) DIG (100 440) 705 955 ALEXANDER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1200 400) 800 915 945 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) DIG (1145 1230 115 250 355 425 510) 645 720 750 920 1010 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1210 230 505) 740 1020 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) DIG (1220 1255 320 430) 635 700 730 930 1000 1025 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) DIG (1155 1245 235 305 445 515) 655 735 925 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG-13) DIG (1240 300 525) 745 1005 POLAR EXPRESS (G) DIG (1205 1235 105 245 315 345 500 530) 640 715 935 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) DIG (1150 1225 110 240 350 435) 650 725 1005 SAW (R) - ID REQ'D DIG 950 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (PG-13) DIG 940 PM THE GRUDGE (PG-13) DIG 755 1015 SHALL WE DANCE (PG-13) DIG (1215 255 520) 745 1030 I AM DAVID (PG) DIG (1215 245 525) 755 1015 ALEXANDER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1200 410) 745 ALEXANDER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG 915 PM CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) DIG (1210 110 230 330 450 520 550) 710 740 810 930 1005 1030 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1205 240 510) 750 1020 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) DIG (1230 120 325 405 415) 630 700 730 925 955 1025 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) DIG (1200 1250 205 305 425 525) 740 950 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG-13) DIG (1205 225 500) 720 940 POLAR EXPRESS (G) DIG (1225 1240 200 300 355 435) 650 725 945 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) DIG (1245 155 400 440) 655 735 1000 1020 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) DIG (105) PM THE GRUDGE (PG-13) DIG 715 935 BLADE: TRINITY (R) - ID REQ'D DIG 1201 I AM DAVID (PG) DIG (1110 130 415) 720 955 ALEXANDER (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1200 400) 800 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) DIG (1120 1150 200 230 440 510) 725 750 1010 1035 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (130 415) 740 1020 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) DIG (1230 145 345 445) 710 755 1015 1045 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) DIG (1130 200 430) 705 945 POLAR EXPRESS (G) DIG (1115 1145 150 225 435 505) 715 745 1025 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) DIG (1100 115 145 400) 700 730 1000 THE GRUDGE (PG-13) DIG 950 SHALL WE DANCE (PG-13) DIG (430) 1030 ©2004Times For 12/7/04 SOUTH BARRINGTON 30 I-90 and North Barrington Rd. 847-765-7AMC CANTERA 30 I-88 Winfield Rd. 847-765-7AMC FORD CITY 14 Cicero Ave. and 76th Sreet 773-582-1839 Fine Dining ◆ Cocktails ◆ Reservations High-back Leather Seats ◆ Specific Seating No Persons Under 21 Admitted SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW BLADE: TRINITY(R) ✓ 12:01AM I AM DAVID(PG) 2:10, 4:40, 7:00, 9:30 ALEXANDER(R) 1:50, 5:35, 9:15 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:05, 9:20 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 7:45, 10:00 SEED OF CHUCKY(R) 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 9:55 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 1:30, 2:30, 4:20, 5:20, 7:10, 8:10, 9:55 RAY(PG13) 1:45, 5:00, 8:15 SAW(R) 2:05, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 THE GRUDGE(PG13) 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 CITY NORTH 14 Exit 47A off of 90-94 on Western Ave. 773-394-1601 ALEXANDER(R) 2:00, 3:00, 4:15, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 9:15 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:15 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 2:15, 3:15, 4:00, 5:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 9:00, 9:45 RAY(PG13) 2:15, 5:15, 8:30 THE GRUDGE(PG13) 2:45, 5:15, 7:30, 10:00 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS(PG13) 4:30, 9:45 YORKTOWN 18 Highland Ave. and Butterfield Rd. 630-495-0010 CLOSER(R) ✓ 2:00, 2:30, 4:40, 5:20, 7:00, 8:15, 9:20 CLOSER (RWC) (R) ✓ 2:00, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 REARWINDOWCAPTION (www.mopix.org) I AM DAVID(PG) 2:55, 5:00, 7:50, 10:00 ALEXANDER(R) 3:30, 7:15, 8:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 2:10, 2:50, 4:25, 5:10, 6:50, 7:30, 9:15 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 2:15, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 2:45, 6:45, 9:40 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 2:05, 2:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 7:45, 9:55 KINSEY(R) 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 2:20, 2:50, 4:30, 5:05, 6:40, 8:55 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 2:00, 2:30, 4:35, 5:15, 7:20, 9:50 RAY(PG13) 4:40, 7:45 SAW(R) 9:45PM SIDEWAYS(R) 2:25, 5:10, 7:50 CLOSER(R) ✓ 1:00, 2:15, 3:30, 5:00, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45, 10:00 I AM DAVID(PG) 1:45, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 ALEXANDER(R) 1:15, 3:45, 5:15, 7:30, 9:15 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 1:30, 2:20, 2:50, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:30, 7:20, 8:15, 9:10, 10:15 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 1:45, 3:00, 4:15, 5:45, 7:00, 8:15, 9:30 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 1:10, 2:15, 3:30, 4:40, 5:45, 6:50, 8:00, 10:15 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 KINSEY(R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 VEER- ZAARA(NR–NOTRATED) 1:00, 4:50, 8:45 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:10, 7:45, 8:40, 9:40, 10:15 ALFIE(R) 9:10PM THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 1:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30, 9:50 RAY(PG13) 1:15, 4:50, 8:10 SAW(R) 3:20, 5:50, 8:20 THE GRUDGE(PG13) 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:20 SIDEWAYS(R) 2:10, 5:10, 8:10 SHALL WE DANCE?(PG13) 1:40, 4:40 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS(PG13) 7:10, 9:50 HULCHUL(NR–NOTRATED) 1:10, 4:30, 7:50 NORTHBROOK 14 South Side of Northbrook Court Mall 847-562-1522 CLOSER(R) ✓ 1:05, 1:45, 3:45, 4:25, 6:25, 7:05 I AM DAVID(PG) ✓ 3:05, 5:35, 8:05 ALEXANDER(R) 1:00, 4:40, 8:20 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:35 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 2:05, 4:50, 7:25 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 2:35, 5:10, 7:55 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 1:25, 2:10, 4:35, 5:15, 7:40, 8:15 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 2:35, 5:00, 7:15 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 7:20 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 1:40, 4:40, 7:35 RAY(PG13) 3:25, 7:00 CLOSER(R) ✓ 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 6:15, 7:45, 8:45, 10:15 I AM DAVID(PG) 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 ALEXANDER(R) 1:00, 3:45, 4:45, 7:30, 8:30 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 1:15, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 6:45, 8:15, 9:15 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 1:00, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15 KINSEY(R) 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 10:30 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 1:15, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8:45, 9:45 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 RAY(PG13) 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 SAW(R) 1:15, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 THE GRUDGE(PG13) 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 SIDEWAYS(R) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 SHALL WE DANCE?(PG13) 1:45, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS(PG13) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW!?(NR–NOTRATED) 8:10, 10:30 RANDHURST 16 Euclid and Elmhurst 847-590-9788 I AM DAVID(PG) 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 8:05 ALEXANDER(R) 1:00, 4:30, 8:10 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 1:05, 2:10, 3:20, 4:55, 5:45, 7:25, 8:15 FINDING NEVERLAND(PG) 2:30, 5:20, 8:00 BRIDGET JONES 2(R) 2:05, 4:50, 7:55 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 1:30, 4:20, 7:30 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 1:10, 2:00, 3:15, 4:10, 5:30, 7:50 AFTER THE SUNSET(PG13) 7:10 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 1:15, 1:50, 3:40, 4:35, 6:30, 7:20 THE INCREDIBLES(PG) 1:00, 1:40, 3:35, 4:15, 6:20, 7:00 RAY(PG13) 1:05, 4:00, 7:15 SIDEWAYS(R) 1:25, 4:25, 7:40 SHALL WE DANCE?(PG13) 2:20, 5:05, 7:35 P RESENTED I N D IGIT AL P ROJECTION NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 CLOSER(R) ✓ 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45 I AM DAVID(PG) ✓ 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) 2:10, 3:10, 4:05, 4:55, 5:30, 7:30, 8:10, 10:00 NATIONAL TREASURE(PG) 3:00, 4:45, 6:15, 7:45, 9:10 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS(PG) 2:40, 3:30, 4:10, 5:00, 5:50, 6:30, 8:05, 8:50, 10:10 KINSEY(R) 3:40, 4:50, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45 THE POLAR EXPRESS(G) 2:15, 3:10, 5:00, 5:40, 7:20, 8:00, 9:50 SAW(R) 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40 THE GRUDGE(PG13) 10:15PM BEING JULIA(R) 2:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 SHALL WE DANCE?(PG13) 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS(PG13) 7:10, 10:15 I HEART HUCKABEES(R) 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 RIVER EAST 21 Illinois & Columbus847-765-7AMC Validated Reduced Parking at River East Center. Parking Garage, up to 4 hrs. Daily. ✓ -SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT –No passes or discount coupons please. Matinee price for all shows until 6 pm. Advanced Ticketing available at MovieWatcher.com. R-Rating requires ID. Times for Tuesday, December 7, 2004 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS(PG) ✓ 7:30 Yorktown Premium Cinema HIGHLAND AVE. AND BUTTERFIELD RD. 630-495-0048 Chicagoland Marcus Theatres Feature STADIUMSEATING & DIGITAL Sound for ALL Movies Closer (R) ✔ ✘ 1:15, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 Closer (R) ✔ ✘ 6:30, 9:00 I am David (PG) ✔ 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:20 Spongebob (PG)12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:15 National Treasure (PG)12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Sideways (R)12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 12:30, 4:15, 8:00 Christmas with Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 1:30, 4:00, 7:10, 9:30 Finding Neverland (PG) ✔ 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 9:10 Bridget Jones 2 (R)2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 After the Sunset (PG13)1:40, 4:00, 6:40 Polar Express (G) 1:30, 4:00 Polar Express (G) 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Incredibles (PG) 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Incredibles (PG) 12:50, 3:30 Ray (PG13)8:40 Shall We Dance (PG13)6:20, 9:00 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 1:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Showtimes for Today ONLY ADVANCETICKETS - Available at the Theatre Box-Office and Online at www.marcustheatres.com *print-at-home unavailable for Chicago Height location. SUPERSAVER TM Matinees - All shows before 5:30 YOUNGATHEART SPECIAL - Seniors 60 + $3.50 until 5:30 PM every Friday Excluding select movies R-RATEDMOVIEPOLICY - ID Required and Children Under 6 Not Allowed SHOWTIMES - Include pre-feature content ✔ NO PASSES ✘ NO MOVIE FUN TICKETS NO BACKPACKS or CARRY-INs ADDISON Just off I-355 at Lake & 53 630-932-0864 I am David (PG) ✔ ✘ 5:25, 7:35, 9:50 Christmas with Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 4:30, 8:15 Sideways (R)4:35, 7:15, 9:55 National Treasure (PG)4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Bridget Jones 2 (R)4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Spongebob (PG)5:15, 7:20, 9:25 Spongebob (PG)4:15 Seed of Chucky (R)7:25, 9:30 After the Sunset (PG13)4:40, 7:45, 9:50 Polar Express (G)5:20, 7:30, 9:45 Polar Express (G)4:25 Incredibles (PG)4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Incredibles (PG)5:20, 8:00 Ray (PG13)5:00, 8:10 The Grudge (PG13)7:50, 10:00 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 6:25, 9:00 CHICAGO HEIGHTS US 30 at Western 708-747-0800 Closer (R) ✔ 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Closer (R) ✔ 6:15, 8:45 I am David (PG) ✔ 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 National Treasure (PG) ✔ 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 National Treasure (PG) ✔ 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Spongebob (PG) ✔ 4:45 Spongebob (PG) ✔ 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45 Christmas with Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Christmas with Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 3:20, 5:45, 8:10 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 4:25, 8:00 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 5:15, 9:00 Sideways (R) ✔ ✘ 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 FInding Neverland (PG) ✔ 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Kinsey (R) ✔ ✘ 3:55, 6:45, 9:25 Polar Express (G)4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Polar Express (G)4:00 Bridget Jones 2 (R)4:00, 6:50, 9:25 After the Sunset (PG13)5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Incredibles (PG)3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Incredibles (PG)4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Incredibles (PG)5:00 Saw (R)7:35, 9:50 The Grudge (PG13)7:00, 9:10 ShallWe Dance (PG13)5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 5:00, 7:40 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 3:00, 6:00, 8:45 GURNEE I-94 & Grand Ave. West 847-855-9940 The Marcus Entertainment Gift Card NOW On Sale Closer (R) ✔ ✘ 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Closer (R) ✔ ✘ 6:00, 8:30 I am David (PG) ✔ 11:50, 2:10, 4:20, 6:50, 9:05 Christmas With Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 11:35, 1:45, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15 Christmas With Kranks (PG) ✔ ✘ 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 12:00, 3:35, 7:10 Alexander (R) ✔ ✘ 1:30, 5:05, 8:40 Finding Neverland (PG) ✔ 11:35, 1:45, 4:00, 7:00, 9:10 Sideways (R) ✔ ✘ 1:05, 4:05, 7:20, 9:55 Kinsey (R) ✔ 12:45, 3:25, 6:00, 8:35 National Treasure (PG)11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00 National Treasure (PG)1:00, 3:45, 6:50 Spongebob (PG)11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 Spongebob (PG)12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Bridget Jones 2 (R)11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 After the Sunset (PG13)11:50, 2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:20 Seed of Chucky (R)7:30, 9:40 Polar Express (G)11:40, 2:00, 4:20 Polar Express (G)1:15, 3:35, 6:05, 8:25 Incredibles (PG)11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Incredibles (PG)12:40, 3:20 Ray (PG13)9:35 Saw (R)7:40, 10:00 The Grudge (PG13)2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Shall We Dance (PG13)12:30 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 12:25, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10 Blade Trinity (R) ✔ Starts Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 ORLAND PARK 16350 LaGrange Rd. 708-873-1900 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) 4:15 6:20 7:05 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) No Passes 4:10 5:00 7:05 THE POLAR EXPRESS (G) 4:30 5:55 7:00 RAY (PG13) 4:25 7:50 SEED OF CHUCKY (R) 5:45 7:55 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) 4:05 5:35 7:10 7:50 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG13) 12:10 5:10 10:10 ALEXANDER (R) No Passes 2:35 6:30 10:15 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) No Passes 12:15 2:45 5:15 7:50 10:30 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) 1:10 4:15 7:20 10:25 RAY (PG13) 1:05 6:55 SAW (R) 2:40 7:40 SEED OF CHUCKY (R) 7:45 9:55 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) No Passes 12:00 2:20 4:45 7:10 9:35 THE GRUDGE (PG13) 4:25 10:20 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) 1:00 1:30 4:00 4:30 7:00 7:30 9:45 10:35 THE POLAR EXPRESS (G) 12:05 12:25 2:30 2:55 5:00 5:25 7:35 10:00 I AM DAVID (PG) No Passes 5:35 7:45 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG13) 7:35PM ALEXANDER (R) No Passes 4:45 5:45 BRIDGET JONES: EDGE OF REASON (R) 4:10 7:15 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) No Passes 4:30 5:30 7:00 7:45 THE GRUDGE (PG13) 5:30PM THE INCREDIBLES (PG) 4:15 6:20 7:05 SANTA VS. THE SNOWMAN (G) 6:30PM THE POLAR EXPRESS 3D (G) 1:30PM 4:00PM 7:50PM 10:20PM *No Passes *I AM DAVID (PG) 12:20 2:45 5:05 7:25 9:55 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG13) 7:40 10:05 *ALEXANDER (R) 12:00 12:30 3:35 4:15 7:10 8:00 10:45 BRIDGET JONES 2 (R) 12:30 3:00 5:25 7:55 10:25 *CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) 12:10 12:40 2:30 3:00 4:45 5:20 7:05 7:50 9:35 10:10 *FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) 12:05 2:35 5:00 7:20 9:50 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) 1:15 1:45 4:10 4:50 7:20 7:45 10:20 10:40 POLAR EXPRESS (G) 12:15 12:35 2:35 2:55 4:55 5:15 7:15 9:40 SHALL WE DANCE (PG13) 7:35 10:00 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (PG) 12:25 12:50 2:40 3:05 4:45 5:10 7:10 9:30 THE GRUDGE (PG13) 8:00 10:30 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) 12:15 1:05 1:30 2:50 3:45 4:20 5:25 7:00 7:30 9:45 10:15 The Cinemark Gift Card, The Perfect Gift This Holiday Season. W E D O B IRTHDAY P ARTIES! GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE 600 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago Entrance at the Corner of Ohio & Rush St. (312) 255-9340 Validated reduced parking at R.O.W. Self-Park and the Garage at Ontario Place. CLASSIC FILM SERIES - Thursday, December 9 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION at 7:00 PM ALEXANDER (R)Digitally Projected Screening at ◆ (2:20) 6:10 10:00 ALEXANDER (R)(12:30 3:20 4:20) 7:20 ◆ 8:30 10:45 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG–13)(1:45 ◆ 4:10) 7:10 9:45 ALFIE (R)(1:15 4:45) 7:30 10:30 ◆ THE INCREDIBLES (PG) ◆ on 3 Screens: (1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 5:45) 7:00 8:00 8:45 10:15 RAY (PG–13)(3:10) 10:10 ◆ REEL MOMS, Tuesday, December 7 Feature Presentation of FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) at 11:00 AM 58 East Oak St., Chicago (312) 280-0101 Convenient parking - 1 E. State Street FINDING NEVERLAND (PG)on 2 Screens: (1:00 2:30 3:30 5:00) 6:10 7:30 8:30 10:00 11:00 BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (R) on 2 Screens: (2:00 3:00 4:30 5:30) 7:00 8:00 9:30 10:30 SIDEWAYS (R)on 2 Screens: (1:15 3:15 4:15) 6:15 7:15 9:15 10:15 1608 N. 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McCormick (773) 604-4747 ALEXANDER (R) (3:00) 6:30 10:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) (5:10) 7:30 9:50 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (PG) (4:50) 7:10 9:20 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) (4:15) 7:15 10:10 THE POLAR EXPRESS (G) (4:40) 6:50 9:00 THE INCREDIBLES (PG) (4:30) 7:05 9:40 Golf Rd. & Skokie, Skokie (847) 673-4105 ★ CLOSER (1:00 2:40 ◆ (R)on 2 Screens: 3:40 5:10) 6:10 7:45 8:45 10:30 ALEXANDER (3:00) 6:30 10:00 ◆ (R) THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE ◆ (PG) (2:50 4:50) 7:00 9:45 NATIONAL TREASURE ◆ (PG)on 2 Screens: (1:10 2:30 4:15 5:20) 7:15 8:15 10:20 REEL MOMS, Tuesday, December 7 Feature Presentation of FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) at 11:00 AM ★ I AM DAVID (1:00 3:15 5:30) 7:50 10:40 ◆ (PG) CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS ◆ (PG)on 2 Screens: (1:50 2:50 4:30 5:10) 7:30 10:00 FINDING NEVERLAND (3:00 5:20) 7:40 10:20 ◆ (PG) THE INCREDIBLES (1:40 4:20) 7:00 9:50 ◆ (PG) BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON ◆ (R) (2:20 5:00) 8:00 10:30 THE POLAR EXPRESS (2:00 4:40) 7:10 9:40 ◆ (G) AFTER THE SUNSET 7:20 10:10 ◆ (PG–13) 4520 N. 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Silver Dollar Cinema - December 7 TERMINAL (PG-13) at 11:00 AM Only $1.00 ★ CLOSER (R)(1:05 2:30 ◆ on 2 Screens: 3:30 4:50 5:50) 7:15 8:15 9:45 10:40 ★ I AM DAVID (PG)(3:20 5:35) 7:50 10:15 ◆ ALEXANDER (R)(3:40) 6:10 7:10 9:40 ◆ on 2 Screens: CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) ◆ on 2 Screens: (2:05 3:05 4:30 5:30) 6:45 7:45 9:10 FINDING NEVERLAND (PG)(3:25 ◆ 5:40) 8:05 10:25 KINSEY (R)(1:30 4:15) 7:05 9:35 ◆ NATIONAL TREASURE (PG)Digitally ◆ Projected Screening at(3:00 6:00) 9:00 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) ◆ on 2 Screens: (1:00 2:00 4:00 5:00) 7:00 8:00 10:00 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ◆ MOVIE (PG)(1:15 2:40 3:15 5:15) 7:20 9:20 BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (R) ◆ (2:50 5:25) 8:10 10:35 AFTER THE SUNSET (PG–13)(2:55 5:20) 7:40 ◆ THE POLAR EXPRESS (G)(2:45 5:05) 7:25 9:50 ◆ THE INCREDIBLES (PG) ◆ on 3 Screens: (1:10 2:10 3:10 3:45 4:45 5:45) 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:15 SIDEWAYS (R)(1:50 4:40) 7:35 10:30 ◆ RAY (PG–13)10:05 ◆ SAW (R)10:20 ◆ THE GRUDGE (PG–13)10:10 ◆ ★ BLADE: TRINITY (R)12:01 Midnight ◆ REEL MOMS, Tuesday, December 7 Feature Presentation of FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) at 11:00 AM 10000 Woodward Ave., WoodRidge (630) 972-0800 All Stadium Seating! All Digital Sound! Silver Dollar Cinema - December 8 TERMINAL (PG-13) at 11:00 AM Only $1.00 ★ I AM DAVID (2:35 4:55) 7:20 9:45 ◆ (PG) ALEXANDER (12:30 ◆ (R)on 3 Screens: 3:05 4:20 5:35) 7:00 8:15 9:30 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS ◆ (PG)on 3 Screens: (12:45 1:30 2:30 3:15 4:00 5:00 5:45) 6:30 7:30 8:20 9:00 10:00 FINDING NEVERLAND (2:15 4:35) 7:05 9:35 ◆ (PG) THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE ◆ (PG) on 2 Screens: (12:35 2:00 3:00 4:30 5:30) 6:45 7:45 9:05 NATIONAL TREASURE ◆ (PG)on 2 Screens: (1:15 2:45 4:15) 6:15 7:15 9:15 10:15 BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON ◆ (R) (2:25 5:05) 7:50 10:35 AFTER THE SUNSET (2:50 5:25) 7:55 10:30 ◆ (PG–13) THE POLAR EXPRESS (1:35 4:05) 6:50 9:20 ◆ (G) THE INCREDIBLES ◆ (PG)on 3 Screens: (12:40 1:25 2:10 3:40 4:25 5:10) 6:40 7:25 8:10 9:40 10:25 RAY 10:05 ◆ (PG–13) SAW 10:45 ◆ (R) SHALL WE DANCE? (2:40) ◆ (PG–13) REEL MOMS, Saturday, December 11 Feature Presentation of OCEAN'S 12 (PG-13) at 10:00 AM 7501 W. Cermak, N. Riverside (708) 447-1178 ALEXANDER (R) (3:00) 6:30 10:10 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG) (5:00) 7:30 9:40 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (PG) on 2 Screens: (3:10 4:00 5:10) 6:10 7:10 8:10 9:10 10:00 NATIONAL TREASURE (PG) (4:20) 7:20 10:20 SEED OF CHUCKY (R) (3:45 5:45) 7:45 9:50 9201 W. 63rd St. Hodgkins (708) 352-0767 All Stadium Seating! 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All Digital Sound! ★ I AM DAVID (2:35 5:30) 7:55 10:30 ◆ (PG) ALEXANDER (2:20 ◆ (R)on 2 Screens: 3:20) 6:05 7:05 9:45 CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS ◆ (PG)on 2 Screens: (1:30 2:40 4:20) 6:45 9:10 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE ◆ (PG) on 2 Screens: (1:40 2:45 3:50 4:50 5:55) 7:00 8:05 9:05 10:20 NATIONAL TREASURE ◆ (PG)on 3 Screens: (1:10 2:10 3:10 4:10 5:10) 6:10 7:10 8:10 9:20 10:10 BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON ◆ (R) (2:30 5:20) 7:50 10:25 AFTER THE SUNSET (5:00) 7:20 9:50 ◆ (PG–13) SEED OF CHUCKY (3:15 5:25) 7:40 9:55 ◆ (R) THE POLAR EXPRESS (1:50 4:30) 6:55 9:30 ◆ (G) THE INCREDIBLES ◆ (PG)on 2 Screens: (2:00 3:00 4:45 5:45) 7:30 8:30 10:15 RAY (2:50) 6:30 10:00 ◆ (PG–13) 159th & Torrence Ave., (708) 868-3400 ★ I AM DAVID (PG) (4:50) 7:15 9:30 ALEXANDER (R) 6:30 9:20 10:15 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (PG) on 2 Screens: (4:10 5:15) 6:20 7:25 8:20 10:25 THE POLAR EXPRESS (G) (4:20) 7:00 9:40 RAY (PG–13) 6:40 9:50 THE INCREDIBLES (PG)on 2 Screens: (4:30 5:30) 7:15 8:15 10:00 NATIONAL TREASURE (4:00) 7:00 10:00 ◆ (PG) SEED OF CHUCKY (5:15) 7:30 9:45 ◆ (R) THESE TIMES FOR 12/7/04 ONLY www.en j o y theshow.com © 2004 “Even if you’re finding a reference from 1886 to ‘Windy City,’ you have to think, when did it become the name that everybody knew?” Larson says. “It’s not just when something first became a name that people heard, but when it became a name that stuck.” Donald Miller, author of the landmark “City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America” (Simon & Schuster, 1996), says he deliberately avoided getting tangled up in the nickname debate. “I stayed away from this business because I could find no proof for the Dana story,” he says. “I checked it out and found nothing I could go with as a reliable source.” In response to a Tribune inquiry, the librarians at the Chicago Public Library compiled Tribune articles, letters and editorials that mention Dana and the Windy City nickname. Several Tribune news clippings from the 1890s discuss Dana’s bellyaching about Chicago’s bid to host the fair. But the first direct link they could find between Dana and the nickname is a June 11, 1933,article in the Tribune titled “Chicago Dubbed ‘Windy’ In Fight For Fair of ’93.” The article says Dana “fixed on us” the label by writing “day in and day out in his New York Sun” about “‘the nonsensical claims of that windy city,’” but there is no specific text or date for the fabled Dana editorial coining the nickname. No one has found any example of Dana using that term for Chicago in the pages of his newspaper. There are, however, numerous Tribune responses in the 1890s to Dana’s regular disparagement of the city. Popularized term The Chicago Public Library stands by the assertion on its Web site that Dana popularized the term “Windy City,” even if he didn’t coin it. “A lot of these articles indicate that Dana was a ringleader in questioning Chicago’s ability to host the fair,” says Margaret Killackey,the library’s press secretary. “‘Windy City’ didn’t become a household name until after the Dana references. There had been isolated references to the Windy City, but a flurry of references in print show it was used repeatedly in many parts of the country around the time of the world’s fair.” Killackey adds, “Should something new be unearthed, we would look at that information. As of now, we feel confident that the phrase was popularized after the Dana editorial.” The Encyclopedia of Chicago, published in October, isn’t so sure Dana should get even that much credit. Its entry for “Windy City” was written by Jonathan Boyd, an independent historian and lifelong Chicagoan. “Chicago’s exposed location between the Great Plains and the Great Lakes — and the wind swirling amid the city’s early skyscrapers — lend credence to the literal application” of the nickname, even though the city “is not distinctively windy,” the entry reads. It goes on to say that the city’s bloviating boosters of the 19th Century have historically given “metaphorical . . . power” to the name “Windy City.” The encyclopedia includes a picture of a newspaper clipping from the Sept. 19, 1885, edition of the Cleveland Gazette, provided by the Ohio Historical Society, in which a roundup of news briefs from Chicago is introduced by the headline “From The Windy City.” Boyd says he was trying to capture the cultural significance of the term, rather than settle the nearly impossible question of who coined it and when. But he says the 1885 article was the earliest available example of its use when the encyclopedia went to press. The closest anyone has gotten to the truth about the “Windy City” nickname seems to be the research of etymologist Barry Popik. He says the earliest examples of the moniker for Chicago meant both wind and windbags, and Dana had nothing to do with it. And he’s sick of people who can’t get it straight. Popik, a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, spends his days working as a judge in New York City’s bureau of parking violations. He spends his nights in libraries looking at old newspapers, microficheand digital databases, hunting for early examples of famous nicknames and slang. Then he embarks on vigorous letter-writing campaigns to let everyone know what he has found. In the mid-1990s, Popik set his sights on “Windy City,” and started scanning hundreds of editions of the New York Sun — a newspaper that was published from 1833 to 1950 — in the New York Public Library. He couldn’t find a single instance of Dana using the name “Windy City.” Then Popik started looking further back, and in other newspapers, traveling to the Library of Congress to search through them. He found a Louisville Courier-Journal reference to “Windy City” in 1886 — one year before the Oxford English Dic- tionary’s first citing. He found the 1885 article from the Cleveland Gazette. He came across several examples from the early 1880s in newspapers such as the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, the Indiana Progress and the Decatur Daily Republican. Cincinnati connection Finally, Popik isolated a single source. “Windy City,” he says, may have been coined by — drum roll, please — Cincinnati. Popik found numerous references to Chicago as the “Windy City” in the Cincinnati Enquirer in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The oldest instance Popik has found is in the May 9, 1876, edition of the Enquirer, in a report about a tornado that hit Chicago on May 6. The headline read, “That Windy City.” The Cincinnati Historical Society confirms his findings. Popik says the Enquirer headline had a double meaning in its era of civic name-calling, for Chicago, Cincinnatiand St. Louis all vociferously claimed the right to be called the greatest city of the Midwest. “The Cincinnati Enquirer’s use is clearly double-edged,” Popik says. “They used the term for windy speakers who were full of wind, and there was a wind-storm in Chicago. It’s both at once.” The May 6 tornado may have provided a physical reason to use a figurative analogy. In its first report about the tornado on May 8, the Enquirer tastelessly quipped that the twister failed to damage the buildings in Chicago that “were so heavily weighed down with mortgages that no whirlwind could affect them.” Popik says the Enquirer also printed several jokes that said Chicago women had big feet (if you don’t find that hilarious, maybe you had to be there). “The regional cities in the period leading up to the Civil War and afterward are constantly poking each other in the eye,” says Boyd of the Encyclopedia of Chicago. “They need to build themselves up and tear others down. Boosterism is the rhetorical mode of rivalry. It’s trash talk.” Popik’s findings have been available for years, posted at the American Dialect Society and his Web site (www.barrypo- pik.com),published in the journal Comments on Etymology, and reported by the “Straight Dope” column of the Chicago Reader. Yet, to Popik’s exasperation, the myth that Dana coined the name “Windy City” circa 1890 goes on and on. “These stories, you have to kill them,” he says. “Not only kill them, but put a stake in their heart. You have to go to each individual source and say, ‘That’s not true.’” Popik says if he were a history professor instead of a parking ticket judge, he would be taken more seriously, and this Windy City matter might have been settled by now. “He’s completely right. There’s no question about it,” says Jesse Sheidlower, North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. “Mr. Popik’s references solidly establish that ‘Windy City’ was a Chicago nickname that preceded Dana and the fight to secure the world’s fair,” says Samuelson, Chicago’s cultural historian. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the Dana quote does indeed exist,” he says, but adds, “Even if we had a specific reference to a Dana quotation, it’s questionable what kind of role it would have played in giving ‘popularity’ to the term, since it was already in circulation as a Chicago-related reference.” WINDYCITY: The stuff of legend or hot air? CONTINUEDFROMPAGE1 ‘We feel confident that the phrase was popularized after the Dana editorial.’ — Margaret Killackey,the Chicago Public Library press secretary