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 Twenty-four of the 42 area theaters that will be showing "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" will sell advance tickets by phone beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The movie opens May 19. Five theaters will also sell tickets online at www.moviefone.com – Cineplex Odeon Uptown and Rio 14 and Loews Centerpark 8, Germantown 6 and Wheaton Plaza 11. The service charge is $1.25 per ticket. All the theaters, of course, will also sell tickets at the box office. Ticket sales will be limited at most locations to 12 tickets per person or transaction. Showtimes at the single-screen Uptown – Washington's premier movie theater – will be 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The 1 a.m. show will be dropped Sunday through Thursday. Many theaters will begin showing the film at 12:01 a.m. May 19. The Cineplex Loews and United Artists theaters use MovieFone, which sells tickets in 18 cities, for their advance phone sales. The service charge is $1.25. Seven American Multi-Cinema theaters and three Hoyts theaters will sell advance tickets by phone and at the box office. The surcharge for phone orders is $1. The Hoyts theaters will limit phone sales to nine tickets per transaction. The four Multiplex Cinemas owned by National Amusements in Northern Virginia sell tickets by phone. Steve Bochan, a district manager for National Amusements, said the theaters will retain a policy that does not allow a theater to sell out by phone. The Regal Countryside Cinema 14 in Sterling accepts phone orders, but the service is not automated. Employees take down the order at no extra charge. However, the theater recommends that people come to the box office. MovieFone will allow a maximum of 12 tickets to be purchased during a one-week period. Only six tickets can be bought per transaction. Once you purchase seven tickets, you can not make another transaction. Thus, buyers wishing 12 tickets must buy six tickets during each transaction. Only calls made at 3 p.m. and after on May 12 will have the information for "The Phantom Menace." Here is a list of area theaters that will show "Phantom Menace" and phone numbers for advance tickets.
Washington  AMC Union Station (703/998-4262 and box office) Cineplex Odeon Uptown (202/333-3456 #799, box office and Internet)
Maryland AMC Academy 8 (703/998-4262 and box office) AMC City Place 10 (703/998-4262 and box office) AMC Rivertowne 12 (703/998-4262 and box office) Carrollton 6 (box office) Cineplex Odeon Marlow 6 (box office) Cineplex Odeon Montgomery Mall 3 (box office) Cineplex Odeon Rio 14 (202/333-3456 #780, box office and Internet) Cineplex Odeon St. Charles Towne Center 9 (box office) Crown Theatres Annapolis Harbour 9 (box office) Hoyts Bowie 14 (phone 301/262-7433 and box office) Hoyts Frederick Towne Mall 10 (box office) Hoyts Laurel Lakes 12 (box office) Hoyts West Nursery 14 (410/850-8999 and box office) Indian Head Cinema 5 (box office 11 a.m. May 19) Loews Centerpark 8 (202/333-3456, box office and Internet) Loews Columbia Palace 9 (box office) Loews Germantown 6 (202/333-3456, box office and Internet) Loews Wheaton Plaza 11 (202/333-3456, box office and Internet) Olney 9 Cinemas (box office) Regal Rockville Town Center 13 (box office) United Artists Bethesda (202/333-3456 #753 and box office) United Artists Marley Station (410/444-3456 #779 and box office) United Artists Snowden Square (410/444-3456 #781 and box office)
Virginia AMC Courthouse 8 ( 703/998-4262 and box office) AMC Potomac Mills 15 (703/998-4262 and box office) AMC Skyline 12 (703/998-4262 and box office) Cineplex Odeon Fair City 6 (box office on May 19) Cineplex Odeon Tackett's Mill 4 (box office on May 19) Cineplex Odeon Tysons Fairfax Square (box office) Hoyts Cinemas at Manassas (box office) Hoyts Potomac Yard 16 (703/739-4040 and box office) Loews Worldgate 9 (box office) Multiplex Cinema Centreville (703/502-4060 and box office) Multiplex Cinema Lee Highway (703/502-4060 and box office) Multiplex Cinema Mount Vernon (703/502-4060 and box office) Multiplex Cinema Reston (703/502-4060 and box office) Regal Countryside 14 (703/404-8603 and box office) Regal Tally Ho 2 (box office) Springfield Mall GCC (box office) United Artists Fairfax Towne Center 10 (202/333-3456 #830 and box office)
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