- February 21, 2009 at 7 PM at Crabby Dick’s “Far and Away” (1993)
In this romantic epic film two young Irish immigrants, one from a wealthy land-owning family and the other the son of a poor tenant farmer, come to America for the promise of free land and participate in the Great Oklahoma Land Race of 1893. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. (PG-13)
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- February 28, 2009 at 7 PM at Crabby Dick’s “Pleasantville” (1998)
Two teenagers from the 1990s are transported into the perfect television world of a 1950s sitcom called Pleasantville (modeled after the likes of Leave It to Beaver, Father Knows Best and The Andy Griffith Show). As they challenge and breach the social barriers of this fictionalized representation of the American Dream, they discover that the ideal world of 1950s suburbia is based on a culture of sameness, social regimentation and exclusion. Directed By Gary Ross. Starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels and Don Knotts. (PG-13) |
- March 7, 2009 at 7 PM at Crabby Dick’s “Touch of Evil” (1958)
This classic film noir directed by and starring Orson Welles dramatizes the criminalization of race, cultural stereotypes, and border paranoia in the American imagination in this tale of murder and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Starring Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and Marlene Dietrich. (Not rated)
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- March 14, 2009 at 7 PM at Crabby Dick’s “The Truman Show” (1998)
In this contemporary satire of American suburbia and reality television, Truman Burbank lives his entire life in the public eye, until he discovers that the idealized world of SeaHaven has been fabricated on the largest soundstage ever built. (Some portions of this film were shot on location at Seaside, a modern suburban development featured in the "Between Fences" exhibit.) Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Jim Carrey. (PG)
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