CALIFORNIA THEATRE WINTER MOVIE SERIES ANNOUNCED
Favorite holiday tradition will return this winter with classic titles

SAN JOSE, CA (November 19, 2009) – Team San Jose announced its Winter Movie Series titles for this coming holiday season at the California Theatre in Downtown San Jose. Mark your calendar to attend movies for affordable family fun at only $5 per person. The movie series will run Thursday through Sunday nights, December 17-27.

Partnering with the Stanford Theater Foundation, this season marks the 3rd year in a row the Winter Movie Series has called the California Theatre home. As an added bonus this year Christmas cartoons will run before each main movie feature and moviegoers receive free popcorn with each purchase of a beverage.

The Wizard of Oz
Thurs. 12/17 & Fri. 12/18
7:30 p.m.
Join Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin man, Cowardly Lion, the Wicked Witch of West and of course Toto too, and follow the yellow brick road and be swept away from the world of black and white to the magical, beautiful dangerous and Technicolor land of Oz in search for the Emerald City.

A Christmas Carol (1938)
Sat. 12/19 & Sun. 12/20
1 p.m. matinee
6 p.m.
Enjoy this classic Dickens' story about the old merchant, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is warned by Marley's ghost on Christmas Eve that he must change his miserly ways or else. He is told that he can expect visitations from 3 ghosts, to which Scrooge "humbugs." When the ghosts do come, he is shown his past, the present that he has made and the future.

It’s a Wonderful Life
Thurs. 12/24
9 p.m. *special start time
Experience this holiday classic: George Bailey as the picture perfect life: a loving wife, four young children, and his own business. However, on Christmas Eve, George encounters severe business difficulties leading George to face a life crisis. He's saved at the last moment by the appearance of his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence shows George how much his life means by showing him how the world would be without him.

A Christmas Story
Fri. 12/25
7:30 p.m.
Sit back and relax for this Christmas classic: It's Christmas time and there's only one thing on Ralphie Parker's Christmas list this year: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle, but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream. Join Ralphie in his pursuit and how Ralphie tries to overcome the obstacles in obtaining this gift, mainly in the form of adults who bleat "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!"

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sat. 12/26 & Sun. 12/27
1 p.m. matinee
6 p.m.
Based on the well-known English legend, Robin of Locksley is a noble who is forced to become an outlaw when Prince John tries to take the throne from his absent brother. He flees to Sherwood forest where he gathers together his Merry Men and is called Robin Hood. He begins to rob the rich and give back to the poor, the townsfolk that are heavily-taxed by the Sherriff. Meanwhile he still has to defend the throne, and woo Maid Marian.

Movies at the California Theater have quickly become a bi-annual favorite tradition in Downtown San Jose as an affordable night out. A total of more than 3,200 patrons came to beat the heat this summer with a movie at the classic theater Downtown. The final weekend’s showing of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ proved to be by far the summer’s most popular viewing, with over 600 guests for both the Friday and Saturday showing.

Don’t miss this unique theatre experience. Movie titles are subject to change. The California Theater is located at 345 South First Street in Downtown San Jose.

Located in the heart of Downtown San Jose and originally built in 1927, the 1,119-seat movie palace has been transformed into a major performing arts center by adding state-of-the-art audio and video technology to the original structure during renovation and its reopening in 2004. For more information on San Jose and its happenings, visit www.sanjose.org.

About Team San Jose (TSJ)
Team San Jose, Inc. is a management company for the San Jose Convention Center and multiple theaters in Downtown San Jose including the San Jose Civic, Parkside Hall, Center for the Performing Arts, California Theatre and Montgomery Theater. Team San Jose is a unique customer service model where the company acts as the San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau and works in partnership with local hoteliers, organized labor, local arts leadership and business community to provide a one team approach to all event planning needs.