Saturday Afternoon at the Movies
Saturday Afternoon at the Movies
Hosted by Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
All movies begin at 3 PM
All age levels are invited and encouraged to attend
All are invited to bring – and share – snack food and beverages
This is a charge-wide event designed for fellowship with each other,
to view a movie with a message, and to discuss the movie afterwards.
The pastor will help facilitate the discussion.
The movies will include both classic and modern films,
with all films containing a particular Christian or ethical message.
Whenever the film contains any kind of controversy,
a special effort will be made to advise the members of the church of that controversy.
Saturday, March 13th – To Kill A Mockingbird, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, Mary Badham as Scout, and a very young Robert Duvall as Boo Radley. It was Robert Duvall’s first-ever film performance.
To Kill A Mockingbird won three Academy Awards and was nominated in five other categories. It was named as one of the top twenty-five movies of all time. The character of Atticus Finch has been named as one of the great fictional heroes of the last century. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by Harper Lee; and it is a story loosely based on her own childhood.
Saturday, April 24th – Gentleman’s Agreement, starring Gregory Peck, this time as a journalist for a New York magazine who goes undercover as a Jew in order to expose anti-Semitism. The film was produced in 1947 and won the Academy Award for best picture, best director (Elia Kazan) and best supporting actress (Celeste Holm). It was nominated for five other awards. The film is based is on a novel by Laura Z. Hobson, who first published the book as a series in the magazine Cosmopolitan. It quickly became a national best seller, translated into thirteen different languages and selling nearly two million copies.
Saturday, May 29th – The Caine Mutiny, starring Humphey Bogart in his unforgettable role of Lt. Commander Queeg. The film was produced and released in 1954 and co-starred Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, and Jose Ferrer, as the attorney assigned to defend the men charged with mutiny. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize novel and Broadway play by Herman Wouk. One of the final scenes of the film – the famous “strawberries” scene is considered one of the classic moments in cinema.
Saturday, August 1st – The Apostle, starring Robert Duvall, Farrah Faucett Majors, and Billy Bob Thornton. It was also produced, written, and directed by Duvall, who financed much of the costs of the movie on his own in the amount of four million dollars. Released in 1997, it is a loving and yet uncompromising look at the trials and triumphs of a traveling evangelist named Euliss “Sonny” Dewey. June Carter Cash plays Duvall’s mother in the film. Please be advised that this film contains a number of violent scenes.
