Friday Night Film Series

The Court Jester

January 11, 2013

6:30 P.M.

When the infant king of England is deposed by a wicked pretender, the man charged with tending to the baby monarch tries to set things right by wriggling his way into the castle and impersonating a court jester--with zany results. With Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick and Basil Rathbone. 
  

Friday night film series

My Mother's Castle

Friday, May 20

6:30 P.M.

Yves Robert directs this film based on the humorous best-selling memoirs of French novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, which highlights the alluring, magical country life of turn-of-the-century Provence. Young Marcel's mother longs for the tranquility of Bastide Neuve after spending a summer there and encourages her family to make the nine-mile trek on foot. They shorten the journey by cutting across a private estate, which lands them in trouble. Charming and suitable for the whole family.

Friday night film series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:

Monsieur Ibrahim
Friday, May 6th
6:30 PM
Room 208, Thomaston Academy

1960s Paris is the backdrop for Francois Dupeyron's heartwarming drama about Momo (Pierre Boulanger) , a teenage boy who lives in a working-class neighborhood and has very few friends--save for the kindly local prostitutes who adore him. Eventually, Momo finds a father figure in the older and wiser shopkeeper, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), who takes him on a journey of self-discovery that will change both of their lives. A beautiful testament to the power of love.

Admission is free. Donations gratefully accepted. The Library and the Book Store will be open prior to the start of the movie. Light refreshments will be served.

The Thomaston Academy building is handicapped-accessible from the parking lot entrance.

For more information call the Library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Moving the Mountain

Friday, March 18th

6:30 PM

Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

"Moving the mountain" chronicles the demonstrations of students in Tianamen Square on the fourth of June, 1989. The demonstration was crushed by the military and resulted in many deaths. The documentary is told from the point of view of the students, as seen through a forum held in the United States in 1995.

"Moving the Mountain" was filmed in 1994 and is not rated. Run time is 83 minutes. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is fre and donations are gratefully accepted. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

A Christmas Memory

Friday, December 10th

6:30 PM

Thomaston Academy Building, room 208

In this award-winning adaptation of an autobiographical story by Truman Capote, Eric Lloyd plays Buddy, who at age seven is dumped by his parents at the home of some elderly spinster relations. Luckily for Buddy, he becomes fast friends with one of them, embarking on a series of adventures in the Depression-era rural South. Patty Duke and Piper Laurie co-star in this charmingly nostalgic tale.

Friday night films are presented free of charge but donations are gratefully accepted. The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessable from the parking lot entrance. For more information call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:




City Lights
Friday, November 12th
6:30 PM
Thomaston Academy Building, room 208

Chaplin's moving, eloquent masterpiece! One of Chaplin's most highly acclaimed films, City Lights is both a classic and a personal statement in which the master of pantomime proves the eloquence of silence. Combining wonderful comedy and evocative drama, the little tramp falls in love with a beautiful, blind flower girl. By comic happenstance, she believes he is wealthy and he, in turn, sets out to raise the money for an eye operation.

Friday night films are presented free of charge but donations are always welcome. The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessable from the parking lot entrance, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, call thel ibrary at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:

Alfred Hitchcock's

Psycho

Friday, October 29th

6:30 PM

Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. no one knows that better than Janet Leigh, the ill-fated heroine who had a less than pleasant experience in the now notorious "shower scene". Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John Gavin, and John McIntire co-star in Hitchcock's most compelling and terrifying film. Bernard Herrmann provided the classic soundtrack.

During the screening of Psycho, no one will be admitted after the film has begun. Friday Night Films are presented free of charge and light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series

The Friends of the Thomaston Library present:



Broadway Danny Rose
Friday, July 16
6:30 PM
Room 208, Thomaston Academy Building

Woody Allen is a two-bit Manhattan theatrical agent with a client list only a freak show promoter could love. His ace in the hole, though, is sonorous crooner Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte). To assuage Lou's titanic ego (and keep him as a client), Woody must escort the singer's mistress, Tina (Mia Farrow), to Lou's club dates. One mishap follows another in this gem of a comedy.

Doors and bookstore open at 6 and admission, as always, is free. For more information, call the library at 354-2453.

Friday Night Film Series: Date Changed

The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present:


Hear My Song

Friday, March 26th
Thomaston Academy Building, Room 208
6:30 PM



British concert promoter Micky O'Neill (Adrian Dunbar) ends up in a jam when the man claiming to be tenor Josef Locke - who fled England 30 years ago to avoid a tax evasion rap - turns out to be an imposter. To redeem himself and his reputation, Micky must find the real Locke (Ned Beatty) and presuade him to perfrom in a Liverpool nightclub. But with Locke facing arrest the moment he sets foot in England, coaxing him to return won't be easy.



Free admission, doors and bookstore open at 6:00. Light refreshments will be served and donations are gratefully accepted. The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessible by the parking lot entrance. For more information, call the library at 354-2453.

Please note: "The Quiet Man" was originally advertised to be shown on this date. However, due to unanticipated shipping problems, a copy of "Hear My Song" was not available on the 19th, and "The Quiet Man" was shown in its stead. Regular showings will resume in April. The Library apologizes for any inconvenience.