New Thursday Night Film Series at Rockland Public Library

Rockland, Maine - Rockland Public Library kicks off a new movie lineup with a pair of cold-war thrillers this month.  The films, hand-picked and hosted by local film enthusiast Erica Pfander, will start at 6:00 pm the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

In January Erica's film selections revisit the cold war era.  50 years ago, tensions between the US & Russia ran high and the prospect of mutually assured destruction was real – which side was going to strike first?  These two films were released in 1964, after the Washington-Moscow direct hotline was installed.  The movies:

Thursday, January 9, at 6:00 pm.  Seven Days in May (1964).  US military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack,  Starring Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas, directed by John Frankenheimer.

Thursday, January 23, at 6:00 pm.  Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).  An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically
try to stop.  This black comedy stars Peter Sellers in multiple roles, including the US President (“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here!  This is the War Room!”), and George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson.

Note the new start time - the library is transitioning to an earlier, 6:00 pm starting time for Thursday night library events.  This is one in a continuing Thursday series of literary, film and cultural offerings sponsored by Rockland Public Library and the Friends of the Rockland Public Library.  The Friends Community Room is located in the lower level of the library.  Admission is free.  Views expressed in public programs at the library do not necessarily reflect the views of the Rockland Public Library or its staff.  Special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made with 48 hours’ notice.  For more information, please call the library at 594-0310.