Syracuse University students will be able to see ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and other films sponsored by the University Union Cinemas board free of charge this semester.

UU Cinema features one film each weekend, airing it twice Friday and Saturday nights, as well as Sunday afternoon. Movies are always shown at Watson and Gifford Auditoriums.

Shows begin this Friday with ‘The Da Vinci Code.’

‘Last semester the previous cinemas board made them free because they had done well in the fall,’ said Don Desawade, UU Cinemas co-director. ‘More people showed and people were more aware. Now they will continue to come to the movies.’

The UU movies are free, shown on campus and closer than the movie theater at Carousel Mall, he said.

UU Cinema stopped charging at cinema showings at the end of last semester because they had made enough profit, UU Director Clarence Cross III said.

‘Getting more students is a better use of the student activity fee and a more efficient use of (profit),’ Cross said.

Students will also be able to see Al Gore’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ on Sept. 13, the night before his presentation at the Landmark Theatre. UU cinemas will be showing the film that weekend as well.

Other movies airing this semester include ‘Click,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,’ ‘You, Me and Dupree,’ ‘Accepted’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ Cross said.

‘These movies made a lot of money this summer at the box office and got great reviews,’ Desawade said. ‘It’s good for people to see them if they didn’t over the summer.’

Published on September 5, 2006 at 12:00 pm