Third Thursday Fall 2019

 

Third Thursday Fall Film Series Poster

 

Third Thursday Film Series

On Board the Historic Red Oak Victory
Fall 2019

Please Note, some of the movies are longer than two hours. Please refer to times.

And the Oscar Goes to.....

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

September 19: (2:14) (Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon)
The winner of six Academy Awards, this is a moving story from the English WWII Home Front. Winston Churchill famously said, “this film has done more for the war effort than a flotilla of destroyers.”

From Here to Eternity (1953)

October 17: (1:58) (Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed )
The winner of eight Academy Awards, this movie tells the stories of interconnected individuals, living in Hawaii in the days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Bridge Over the River Kwai (1957)

November 21: (2:47) (Alec Guinness and William Holden)
The winner of seven academy awards, this story is based on actual events and tells the story maintaining dignity and finding purpose in the most difficult of circumstances.

The English Patient (1996)

December 21: (2:42) (Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas )
The winner of three Academy Awards, this film tells the story of a nurse treating a badly-burned man near the end of WWII where she learns his story and learns to heal her own scars as she helps her patient.

Location: Shipyard 3, 1337 Canal Blvd., Berth 5, Richmond, CA
Boarding: at 6:30 p.m.
For Info: 510-237-2933

Canal Blvd. exit off I-580 West. Left on Canal Blvd. Drive south to Shipyard 3, Berth 5 (Port of Richmond). Parking is in front of the ship.

Gangplank entry to ship (40 feet of stairs with railings) and steep steps once aboard.