Special Events
Friday Movie Nights
Friends are warmly invited to enjoy a movie twice each month, at the meetinghouse, on the second & fourth Friday evenings of each month. We take turns choosing the movie. We gather at 7:00PM in Friendship Hall (downstairs)to chat and get our refreshments, then start the movie at 7:30 sharp. Snacks and friends and movie ideas are welcome.
Friday, July 9: Intimate Strangers “Confidences trop intimes” (sponsored by Barb Williamson). “Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved by the young woman and fascinated to hear the secrets that no man ever heard…” — by Aline at www.imdb.com. 2004, 104 min.
Friday, July 23: Invictus (sponsored by John Knox). “Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.” — www.imdb.com. 2009, 134 min.
Friday, August 13: Steal a Pencil for Me (sponsored by Alyce Barry). “1943: Holland is under total Nazi occupation. In Amsterdam, Jack, an unassuming accountant, first meets Ina at a birthday party – a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy diamond manufacturing family who instantly steals his heart. But Jack’s pursuit of love will be complicated; he is poor and married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial spouse. When the Jews are being deported, the husband, the wife and the lover find themselves at the same concentration camp; actually living in the same barracks. When Jack’s wife objects to the “girlfriend” in spite of their unhappy marriage, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret love letters, which sustain them throughout the horrible circumstances of the war. Jack: “I’m a very special Holocaust survivor. I was in the camps with my wife and my girlfriend; and believe me, it wasn’t easy.” ” — www.imdb.com. 2007, 94 min.
Friday, August 27: The Cove (sponsored by David Sommerhays). The Cove won a 2010 Oscar for best documentary feature film, plus 24 other awards and 5 nominations. “Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.” “…In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation “Flipper.” One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures must never be subjected to human captivity again.” — by D-Man2010 at www.imdb.com. 2009, 92 min.