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Now Playing Synopsis: A small-town teacher stands up to a pair of drilling representatives who are determined to exploit the local resources, and receives some unexpected support as the community rallies to drive away the persistent interlopers in this drama from director Gus Van Sant. Steve Butler (Matt Damon) is a corporate salesman with a reputation for getting results. When the company he works for draws up plans to drill for natural gas in an economically depressed farming community, Steve and his partner (Frances McDormand) attempt to convince the locals that they have an opportunity to profit from the project. At first the locals are welcoming, but when venerable teacher Frank Yates (Hal Holbrook) voices objection, concerned locals Dustin (John Krasinski) and Alice (Rosemarie DeWitt) help to launch an effective grassroots campaign against the drilling. In addition to co-producing and co-starring in Promised Land, Damon and Krasinski also collaborated on the screenplay for the film, adapted from a story by Dave Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are, Away We Go). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook Movie Details Play Trailer 
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I laughed harder during ``Fry Tales'' than any other Perseverance show this season. It's like watching a really good cartoon, but it's much better than television. It's active and interactive, and draws on all the things that make good theater immediate, live, funny and engaging.
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John Gibson has a simple solution to the Juneau blahs: buffalo.
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...A.R.E. (Aquatic World Awareness, Responsiblity and Education). Details: 790-4665 or 789-5115. Where the Wild Things Are, an afternoon of opera, musicals, Halloween fun and magic for kids presented by KTOO, 2-5 p.m., at...
``In the dead of winter, everything gets the same,'' Gibson said, explaining the weather link to the duck links. ``It rains every day. The sky just hangs over you like a pall. So we have this special because we can give people some fun - something different to talk about and look it.''
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