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Memorial Union movies to help fill gap left by Majestic’s closing

March 10, 1999 By Barbara Wolff
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Coming up this spring:
“Velvet Goldmine,” March 19-21
“Unmade Beds,” March 26-28
“Happiness,” April 9-11
“The Celebration,” April 16-18
“A Simple Plan,” April 23-25

The film committee also offers a variety of free films all semester long, and into the summer. For more information, contact WUD film director Jon Hertzberg, (608) 262-1143, jahertzb@students.wisc.edu, or advisor Rachel Tenyer-Broadhead, (608) 263-6825; rltenyerbroa@facstaff.wisc.edu. For movie times, call the hotline, (608) 262-6333; or check the WUD film web site.

Now that the Majestic Theatre in downtown Madison appears to be closing its doors, film buffs will be looking for other venues showing recently released independent and foreign films usually unavailable at the local multiplex.

One such option is Memorial Union Movies, which was created in 1940 to bring recent releases to the Wisconsin Union community.

Each semester, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee works to bring to campus up to 10 recent, diverse and provocative films straight from the arthouse.

Shown at the Frederic March Play Circle on the second floor of Memorial Union on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, MU Movies offers a comfortable atmosphere at reasonable prices in the heart of campus. Students, faculty, staff and Wisconsin Union members and guests pay $3.50; non-members pay $4. Union membership is open to all.

Coming up this spring: “Velvet Goldmine,” March 19-21; “Unmade Beds,” March 26-28; “Happiness,” April 9-11; “The Celebration,” April 16-18; and “A Simple Plan,” April 23-25.

The film committee also offers a variety of free films all semester long, and into the summer. For more information, contact WUD film director Jon Hertzberg, (608) 262-1143, jahertzb@students.wisc.edu, or advisor Rachel Tenyer-Broadhead, (608) 263-6825; rltenyerbroa@facstaff.wisc.edu.. For movie times, call the hotline, (608) 262-6333; or check the Web site: http://rso.union.wisc.edu/wud/web/film/mumovies.html.