The State Theatre Blog

This is a blog dedicated to keeping you updated on all that is The State Theatre of downtown State College, PA. On this blog you will find info on the concerts, films, and other special events that are upcoming at The State. This site will be focused on bringing more info on the events than you can normally find at The State's regular homepage. We will be posting videos, reviews, and more overall info than you can find anywhere else.

We will also be getting our readers involved as well. We will be doing a different poll every week to see how you, the reader, think The State is doing with their programming schedule. Also within the polls we will be asking who and what you would like to see at The State. On top of the polling you will be able to comment on everything that is posted on the blog, which now gives you more input than ever before. We here at The State Theatre Blog are very interested in what you think, so we overwhelmingly encourage you to join in on the blogging fun.

With that being said, enjoy the blog and we cannot wait to hear what you have to say!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Starting Friday 1/16: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas


The film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas will start its run at The State tomorrow 1/16 at 7:00 PM. The film, based on the novel of the same nameby Irish novelist John Boyne, tells the story of an eight-year-old German boy named Bruno. Bruno is living a very comfortable existence in Berlin during World War Two. Bruno's father is a very high-ranking Nazi officer and when they are force to move to the father's new post things change drastically for their family. In his innocence, Bruno sees the nearby concentration camp as a ‘farm’ and wonders why its inhabitants are always wearing striped pajamas. Eventually Bruno becomes friends with a Jewish boy his own age that lives on the other side of the fence [imdb].

Roger Ebert of the Chicago-Sun Times hails, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not only about Germany during the war, although the story it tells is heartbreaking in more than one way. It is about a value system that survives like a virus [c-st]." The film stars Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis and Vera Farmiga. You can check out the trailer below:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is playing at The State starting tomorrow night 1/16 at 7:00 PM and then again at 9:30 PM. The film will be playing from 1/16-1/22 (with the exception of Sunday 1/18) at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM with additional 4:00 PM shows on 1/17 & 1/21. Tickets are available ONLINE and at The State Theatre Box Office.
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