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Submitted by Rick on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 5:43pm.

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It is time for the 23nd Annual Olympia Film Festival. Check out the schedule here.
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Peter Pan was fabulous!

Took my 4-year old to see the 1924 version (same year the Capitol Theatre was built) of Peter Pan!  It was a silent film but was accompanied by three musicians playing a score.  There was a cellist, a keyboardist (who happened to be the current owner of the theatre) and a electronic musician.

It was really long (almost 2 hours) and my 4-year old girl was engrossed!  I had to narrate the entire film (I heard a cacaphony of others narrating to their kids, so I didn't feel like I was bothering others) which didn't seem too bad considering you kinda needed to understand things, I wanted her to understand things.  She was familiar with the Peter Pan story, so was able to follow along better.

The point in the film where Tinker Bell is dying from drinking poison was really amazing - Peter Pan turns to the audience and implores them that the only way to save Tinker Bell is for all the children of the world reinstate their belief in fairies and to applaud.  The theatre of course erupted into shouts and applause including myself and Zoe!  What a wonderful experience!

Weird/funny things: person in dogsuit playing Nana (who ever heard of the dog giving the kids a bath??); sexual tension between Wendy and Peter, especially since they were both women (woman played Peter, short-hair, made to look like a young boy); dude in crocodile suit; Captain Hook; final title screen about children being innocent and heartless????
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