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KFS presents "The Passenger" starring Jack Nicholson

Jan. 23, 2006

KALAMAZOO--Kalamazoo Film Society presents the re-release of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 masterpiece, "The Passenger," starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 3-5, in the Little Theatre at Western Michigan University.

Little Theatre showtimes for "The Passenger" are 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3; 4:30, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4; and 2:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5. Admission is $5 and $3 for students. The film is rated PG.

Filmed on location in Spain, England, Germany and Algeria, the story follows Nicholson as David Locke, a man both in search of, and running from life. Gorgeous, haunting and unsettling, the film mixes traditional Hollywood storytelling with an existential twist and has one of the most memorable closing scenes in movie history. The cast also includes Jenny Runacre.

The Little Theatre is located at the corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Street on Western Michigan University's East Campus. There is free off-street parking behind the theatre. For more information, call the movie line at (269) 387-8221, visit KFS at www.kalfilmsociety.net,

Media contact: Thom Myers, (269) 387-8400, thom.myers@wmich.edu

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