REEL TIME: A Political Potpourri

Leigh and David Fisher
(Returning in person after 2 1/2 years for the 12th season of movies)
 
 
Four Classes
1:30 – 4:00
Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14
 
 
Presentations before. Discussions after.
 
10/24  ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward trying to understand what was happening as the Watergate mess unfolds in dark garages and darker minds.
 
10/31  THE FRONT
Woody Allen and Zero Mostel depicting one of America’s most disturbing memories: the “witch hunts” of the 1950’s.
 
11/7  THE WAY WE WERE
Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford falling in and out of love against the backdrop of American life during war, prosperity, McCarthy and the Bomb.
 
11/14  CASABLANCA
One of the great movies of all time, with a fabulous story, wonderful music, and glorious acting by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and a background of political intrigue and treachery during World War II, how could it miss!