FILM SCREENING: Despicable Me 2

(Two Screening Dates Below)

Members and one adult guest only are invited to TWO limited seating, preview screenings of Despicable Me 2. Produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures.

This invitation is non-transferable and you must receive an email response to attend!

RSVP by email only to Phyllis Bishop at pbscreenings@gmail.com. You must include your name, NY NATAS member number and if you are bringing a guest. You must receive and answer an email response to attend.

Screening Date: Wednesday, June 26th

Screening Location: AMC Orpheum 7 (1538 Third Avenue at E. 86th Street)

Screening Arrival Time: 6:00PM

Screening Start Time: 7:00PM

Screening Date: Thursday, June 27th

Screening Location: AMC Kips Bay (570 Second Avenue at E. 32nd Street)

Screening Arrival Time: 6:00PM

Screening Start Time: 7:00PM

Please join the line outside the cinema.  Check in at the screening desk for your name.  No recording devices will be allowed in the theatre and no admittance after the film has begun.  Please be advised that all bags and/or purses are subject to search.  Theater will be subject to security surveillance.

NOTE:  By attending this screening you agreed to hold all print, online, radio and television reviews until the film’s release date.  This includes posting reactions/reviews to Twitter, Facebook and blog postings.

Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Written by: Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio

Stars: Steve Carell, Steve Coogan, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove

Genre:  this film is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film sequel to the 2010 animated film and is suitable for viewing by a family audience

Runtime: 1 hr. 38 mins

Rated: PG

Synopsis: Steve Carell, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove reprise their roles. Kristen Wiig, who played Miss Hattie in the first film, voices agent Lucy Wilde. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, head of the Anti-Villain League.  Gru, formerly a super-villain, is now no longer a villain after having saved his three adopted daughters Margo, Edith, and Agnes from rival super-villain Vector in the first film Despicable Me . Gru is having a birthday party for Agnes, the youngest child, in which he impersonates a Fairy Princess to save her from disappointment when the performer cannot attend.  A spin-off film Minions, focusing mainly on Gru's yellow henchmen before they have met, is set to be released on December 19, 2014

Despicable Me 2 will be released Wednesday, July 3rd.