Friday night at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Darien Library presents “Sully,” the 2016 movie starring Tom Hanks. In this portrait of airline pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, which depicts his successful emergency landing of an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River in January 2009. In the aftermath of this unprecedented and heroic feat, the traumatized pilot must endure second-guessing by investigators, the weight of sudden fame, and his own doubts about his actions that fateful day. Anna Gunn, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart co-star. Rated PG-13; 96 minutes; Presented with captions for the hearing impaired.
“A Hologram for the King” (2015) is the Aug. 12 Friday Night Feature at Darien Library, playing at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Starring Tom Hanks, David Menkin, Tom Skerritt, Sarita Choudhury, Tracey Fairaway, Alexander Black Rated R; 97 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. Director Tom Tykwer adapts Dave Eggers’ best-selling novel, in which an American businessman (Tom Hanks) travels to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to sell a holographic telecommunications system to the country’s king. Desperate to make the deal in order to stay afloat in a failing economy, he learns to navigate this unfamiliar culture with the help of a taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a local doctor (Sarita Choudhury). _________
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(2015) Starring Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Emerald Fennell; Rated R; 120 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. After standing in as a female model for a painting by his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), Danish artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) becomes enamored with his feminine identity and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Although their marriage becomes strained, Gerda stands by Lili as she explores her true self and eventually undergoes one of the world’s first gender-reassignment surgeries in the 1930s. This touching biopic was adapted from David Ebershoff’s book of the same name, and helmed by director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s)
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“The Tragic True Story Behind the Danish Girl” Daily Telegraph, Feb.
Friday, May 27th at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.
The Finest Hours (2016) Starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, Josh Stewart, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger; Rated P-13; 117 minutes; presented with captions for the hearing impaired. This docudrama depicts the incredible true story of a daring Coast Guard rescue operation off of Cape Cod during a ferocious storm in the winter of 1952. When an oil tanker splits in half, trapping its crew aboard the sinking vessel, four brave guardsmen set out to save them. For more information, please watch the film’s trailer, below. Check out what else we’re screening. Official website
Wikipedia article
Internet Movie Database
Rotten Tomatoes (63 percent positive from critics; 70 percent positive from audiences)
MetaCritic (critics score of 58 [mixed or average review]; user score of 6.9 [generally positive])
History vs.
A young girl learns to believe in herself and value her intelligence in this critically-acclaimed, family-friendly drama.
In this galvanizing feminist drama, a working-class laundress (Carey Mulligan) in 19th century London becomes radicalized when she meets a brave cadre of women organizing to obtain the vote.
