Ethan Hawke
September Shows in SoFlo theaters
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Search and Destroy
What: This dark comedy by Howard Korder, a writer on “Boardwalk Empire,” concerns the over-the-top adventures of a producer trying to secure the film rights to a self-help novel. The 1995 movie version of the 1992 stage play starred Griffin Dunne, Christopher Walken, Rosanna Arquette, Ethan Hawke and Dennis Hopper.
When: Sept. 19-21; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m....
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