Last night Dan and I saw 3:10 to Yuma in Amman's newest 10-screen multiplex. It was terrific and we highly recommend it. We still don't understand which movies make it to Jordan and when. The multiplex had 8 English language films - a few of which like Good Shepherd we saw back home; another "No Reservations" was on Dan's flight to Morocco and a few of which are quite new.
This week is also the European Film Festival at the city's cultural center. Tomorrow night we are planning on seeing German's One Day in Europe which I swear I have seen a preview for somewhere (and which certainly wasn't in Amman). Maybe we saw a preview when we saw Lives of Others this spring (which remains my favorite movie of the year.) A guy from the Goethe Institut (Germany's cultural center) promised me that the movie was subtitled in English AND not just Arabic.
We also continue to subscribe to Netflix although we have had to increase our subscription to have the 5-16 days it takes for mail to travel each way. A paltry selection of movies, mostly action films are also available at the embassy store. Jordan works on a different DVD system than the US - so the many DVDs available for $1.50 in downtown won't work on our sytems AND are clearly violating lots of intellectual property laws.
Dan has lots of pictures from Morocco but we are having Internet problems at home and so while the pictures are out of the camera and on the computer we haven't yet gotten them online. Our Internet problems also mean our Vonage isn't working.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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call sabrina.
Or just e-mail her. It's worth it. :-)
Great to hear from you! You impress me with all of you movie information! I hope you get your pictures working on your computer soon. I am glad to keep in touch with you two. I read about you going to the dance by yourself. Dan sounds like he missed a fun time!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Dan & Duffy! We're thinking of you!
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