The Grand Presents the Best Recent Movies With Its “CineGrand” Film Series in May!

ELLSWORTH, Maine – The Grand’s Weekly CineGrand series– a series of the best of the recent films, many of which are recent Oscar or Golden Globe winners and nominees- concludes its Spring season beginning on Tuesday 5/14 at its regular time of 7:30 pm (and special 1 pm afternoon matinee closed-captioned encore screenings beginning on Wednesday 5/15) Tickets for all CineGrand screenings are General Admission and are priced as follows: $8 for Adults, $7 for Seniors/Students (15 and under) and $6 for Grand Members (as well as Matinee screenings). See these great films the way the directors made them to be seen- through a state-of-the-art digital projection system- on the Coastal Eye Care giant screen.  See it any other way... and it wouldn't be Grand! The May CineGrand titles are as follows...

-"Vice"- (Tuesday, May 14th at 7:30 pm and a special matinee closed-captioned encore screening on Wednesday, May 15th at 1 pm) From the Oscar-nominated director of “The Big Short” comes the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. Featuring Oscar-nominated performances from Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Sam Rockwell with support from Steve Carell, Tyler Perry, Lily Rabe and Allison Pill. (2018. US. 2hrs, 12min. Directed by Adam McKay. R.)

-"On the Basis of Sex"- (Tuesday, May 21st at 7:30 pm and a special matinee closed-captioned encore screening on Wednesday, May 22nd at 1 pm) The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. With Armie Hammer, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux and Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (2018. US. 2hrs. Directed by Mimi Leder. PG-13.)

- "Green Book"- (Tuesday, May 28th at 7:30 pm and a special matinee closed-captioned encore screening on Wednesday, May 29th at 1 pm) This year’s Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of when Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger-as well as unexpected humanity and humor-they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime. With Linda Cardellini. (2018. US. 2hrs, 10 min. Directed by Peter Farrelly. PG-13.)

For more information on this or other Grand events, including on Thursday, May 16th at 7 pm, a live, projected, high-definition production of Shakespeare’s classic magical story “The Tempest” from the acclaimed Stratford Festival– please call the box office at 207-667-9500 or visit The Grand website at www.grandonline.org or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheGrand1938/