WALL\u00b7E<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2014 the newest sensation in waste allocation \u2014 showing at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on the big screen Friday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\u201cWALL\u00b7E\u201d (G, 2008) features the notable voice talents of Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt, who has worked on many Pixar and Star Trek movies and all the Star Wars movies. He is credited for creating Chewbacca\u2019s voice and sounds as well as the voice of Yoda, E.T. and of course WALL\u00b7E. Jeff Garlin, who plays dad Murray on TV\u2019s \u201cThe Goldbergs,\u201d voices the Captain of the Axiom spaceship, where much of the movie takes place. While the ship\u2019s computer is voiced by Sigourney Weaver, whose wide-ranging whole-body roles include that of Ripley in \u201cAlien\u201d (1979), Dana Barrett in \u201cGhostbusters\u201d (1984), and more recently Dr. Grace Augustine in \u201cAvatar\u201d (2009). The movie also features a short list of sweet songs ranging from Louis Armstrong\u2019s \u201cLa Vie en Rose\u201d to Peter Gabriel\u2019s \u201cDown to Earth,\u201d plus Michael Crawford singing \u201cIt Only Takes a Moment\u201d from the \u201cHello, Dolly!\u201d soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Prior to the movie, beginning at 5:30 p.m., check out movie-themed science stations. Plus, special guest Alan Rich, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Solar System Ambassador, will help separate the facts from the fiction following the screening.<\/p>\n
Finally Friday movie nights feature the A\/V Geeks\u2019 Skip Elsheimer guiding a fun night of trivia and tongue-in-cheek commentary on popular science-themed movies as well as samples from his vault of 24,000+ short films. Movies are also complemented by experts and hands-on science stations related to each night\u2019s theme. Dinner (such as sliders or tacos), drinks (including NC beer and wine) and popcorn will be available for purchase before the show. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; movies and presentations begin at 7 p.m. Admission: $5\/person. For information or tickets, visit naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/finally-friday\/.<\/p>\n
\nThe North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences<\/strong> in downtown Raleigh (11 and 121 W. Jones St.) is an active research institution that engages visitors of every age and stage of learning in the wonders of science and the natural world. Hours: Monday\u2013Saturday, 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m., and Sunday, noon\u20135 p.m. General admission is free. Jason Cryan, PhD, Interim Director. For more information, visit naturalsciences.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36014,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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