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Algonquin Arts in Manasquan will be featuring the critically acclaimed movie, Greetings From The Shore, which was filmed in Lavallette, NJ. This independent film has been featured at sixty-five film festivals and has won forty-five awards so far, including Best Screenplay at The 2008 Fargo Film Festival and the Audience Award at The 2008 Garden State Film Festival. The film stars Kim Shaw as Jenny Chambers and Paul Sorvino playing Catch Turner.

The story involves a young women�s coming of age as she deals with the death of her father and spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before going away to college. This film unravels into a tale of unexpected love, mysterious Russian sailors, and high-stakes gambling. Greetings From The Shore has a running time of one hour and fifty-eight minutes and is rated �R� for language by The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). More information about this movie can be found at www.greetingsfromtheshore.com.

Greetings From The Shore will begin playing at Algonquin Arts on Friday, September 12, 2008. The show times and dates are as follows:

9/12 - 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm
9/14-9/19 - 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm
9/21-9/23 - 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm
9/24 - 7:30 pm
9/25 - 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm

Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Tickets for films are sold at the theatre prior to each movie show time. To find out more information about upcoming movies and show times at Algonquin Arts, please call (732) 528-5445 or go online at www.algonquinarts.org. Algonquin Arts is conveniently located at 173 Main Street in downtown Manasquan, NJ.

Algonquin Arts was founded in 1992 as a nonprofit corporation to provide cultural enrichment and educational enhancement of the highest quality for the residents of New Jersey�s central region. Programming of Algonquin Arts is made possible as a result of the continued philanthropic support of private citizens and organizations such as New Jersey State Council on the Arts, OceanFirst Foundation, New Jersey Cultural Trust, Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, PNC Foundation, Manasquan Savings Bank, Woman�s Club of Brielle, Bank of America, Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, Investors Savings Bank Charitable Fund, Verizon Foundation, Plangere Foundation, as well as many generous individuals and local businesses.