[Midway-news] Playing AUGUST 22-28 at Midway Drive In Theatre

[john1 at midwaydrivein.com]

PLEASE NOTE START TIMES ..as it is getting dark earlier the Movies
will begin earlier earlier each week.....Beginning September 5th Showtime
will be 8:00 PM for the remainder of the season, with the exception of a
Children's Picture which may be earlier...

                ...SHOW TIME IS 8:30 THIS WEEKEND....



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 The Midway Drive was selected as the featured Minetto site for a
special Hand Cancellation has been authorized by the USPO..with Hand
Cancellings taking place on August 8th at the celebration..and available
at Minetto Post Office for an additional 30 Days...These are
very collectible for Stamp Collectors..would make a great gift (FREE) if
know Collectors...bring an envelope.

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 our annual DUSK TO DAWN SHOW  is next weekend- both Saturday & Sunday
Nights-- 4 or 5 Movies and maybe some "shorts" this year.

  We will again allow overnight camping on the perimeter of the grounds. 
Make your plans to be here...NO Open fires....NO Alcohol..NO Dumping
waste
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We will behaving our Annual OPEN CAPTIONED  Triple Feature on September
26-27-28 in recognition of DEAF & HARD OF HEARING WEEK .  All (3) Movies
presented in OPEN CAPTION as well as regular sound track

Please visit www.MidwayDriveInOC.com for more information
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                LAST FULL WEEK FOR THE SEASON August 22-28

                   We do expect to be open well into OCTOBER
                     ..WEEKENDS ONLY beginning Labor Day...

Week days are less crowed than Fridays & Saturdays, plenty of parking
and much shorter lines and intermissions ...a more relaxed atmosphere
            ... A nice quiet alternative to the Stae Fair


Showtimes are approximate they may very depending upon cloud cover and
the size of crowd and resulting lines for the rest rooms and concession.

Our contract with Film Company required us to Hold our Features over
              Both features well worth seeing again

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       TRIPLE FEATURE ON FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY-  August 22-23-24
            (3) THREE Movies for just $6.00 per adult

     DOUBLE FEATURE ON MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY August 25-26-27-28
             (2) Movies for one Money
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STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) Animated HELD OVER 2nd Big Week
                                from George Lucas..

As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights
struggle to maintain order and restore peace..

Rated PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and
momentary smoking.

Length: 98 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
Starring Voices of: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, Samuel L. Jackson,
Christopher Lee

Starting Times
Friday      8:30 pm
Saturday    8:30 pm
Sunday      8:30 pm
Monday      8:30 pm
Tuesday     8:30 pm
Wednesday   8:30 pm
Thursday    8:30 pm


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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG)

Same Planet. Different World. ....On a quest to find out what happened to
his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide
discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth

Rated PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments.

Length: 92 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers

More info in the Internet Movie Database

Starting Times
Friday      10:20 pm
Saturday    10:20 pm
Sunday      1:00 am
Monday      Not Showing
Tuesday     Not Showing
Wednesday   10:20 pm
Thursday    10:20 pm
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DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) BATMAN--Held over

Why So Serious?.......Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's
new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber
known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's
crimes grow more and more deadly

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.

Length: 152 minutes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

Starting Times
Friday      Midnight
Saturday    Midnight
Sunday      10:30 pm
Monday      10:30 pm
Tuesday     10:30 pm........FINAL NIGHT!!
Wednesday   Does Not Play
Thursday    Does Not Play

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ANNUAL DUSK TO DAWN SHOW NEXT WEEKEND (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) ON BOTH SATURDAY
& SUNDAY.

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1

      Tentative Schedule......please check webite next week

TRIPLE FEATURE ON FRIDAY & MONDAY

DUSK TO DAWN WITH A QUADRUPLE FEATURE SATURDAY & SUNDAY Plus SOME "SHORTS"

(We had 5 movies booked but I then discovered the hours of darkness were
not long enough to get them all on the screen)

Friday:
         THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
         MAMMA AMIA
         WANTED
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Saturday  MAMMA AMIA
&         THE MUMMY
Sunday    HELL BOY 2
          WANTED
plus "shorts"
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Monday    THE MUMMY
          HELL BOY 2
          WANTED
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COMING SOON  Films Like:

...HANCOCK..THE HAPPENING..YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE JOHAN....STEP BROTHERS..
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS..TROPIC THUNDER....AND MANY MANY MORE
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 LIMITED EDITION 60th ANNIVERSARY MIDWAY DRIVE IN  THEATRE COIN ( 2 inch
diameter) available by request in the Ticket Booth at a cost of $9.00
each, while supplies last.  Please ask to see one if you haven't they are
a quality item.

The coin will have a redemption value of $10.00 in the concession on sales
of $10.00 or more, during the year 2008 ...effectively giving you a 10%
discount.   Our hope of course is that you'll decide to keep it as a
collectible or give it to some one to be used like a Gift Certificate.
Coins will lose their $10.00 cash value at the end of the 2008 season. All
profits recognized from the sale of these coins will be dedicated to the
Maintance and upgrades of the Theatre.

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ADMISSION ages 12 and up $6.00 per person covers all 3 Movies
children 7-11 $2.00
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children 6 and under FREE- if in a NYS approved safety restraint seat
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Located in MINETTO midway between Fulton & Oswego on NYS Route 48
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phone 315-343-0211  or 315-593-0699  Movie Line  or 315-342-9585 Live
voice when Theatre is open



WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE MIDWAY

JOHN & THE  GANG