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Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut
Awards: Osacr - Best Cinematography, Best Director (nom), Best Visual Effects (nom)
Join us Friday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. for an out-of-this-world addition to our Classics & Cocktails series as we present a screening of Steven Spielberg’s magnificent sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind!
The featured cocktail: “Ecto Sour” = Seven Brothers Gin, Midori, simple syrup, lemon, and pineapple
Plus, we’ll have a great selection of Jackie O’s beer, West End CiderHouse ciders, wine, and more! We’ll also have trivia and prizes.
Admission $8
About the film
The year is 1977, and French scientists are investigating the strange reappearance of aircraft and ships that had vanished in previous decades. Meanwhile, blue-collar utility work Roy Neary is sent out on an emergency call to restore power to his rural Indiana territory and has a life-changing encounter with a UFO that leaves a mark both on his psyche and half his face. Afterwards, Roy’s behavior grows more erratic, with an increasing obsession with UFO-logy and unshakable visions of a mysterious shape, until his wife leaves with the kids in exasperation. Eventually, Roy discovers that the shape is actually a terrestrial object – The Devil’s Tower in Wyoming – and he becomes convinced that this geographical location holds the key to the bizarre events that he has been witness to. Joining up with a mother whose child has vanished, the two travel to the natural monument and have a once-in-a-lifetime encounter in one of the most spectacular moments in cinema history.
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135 MIN
Since 2018, Dr. Drogula has held the honor of being the Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Professor of Classics at Ohio University. Having earned a PhD from the University of Virginia, he has published numerous articles examining the history, culture, and religion of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. Additionally, he is the author of two recently published books: Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and Early Empire (Chapel Hill Press, 2015) and Cato: A Life at the Collapse of the Roman Republic (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Directed by Martin Ritt (Hud, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold), and starring Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, and Pat Hingle, this film was nominated for four Oscars – including Best Picture – upon its release in 1979. The story is largely based on the life Crystal Lee Sutton who was fired from her textile factory job for insubordination as a result of her attempts to organize a union among the factory’s workers.
Dr. Rachel Terman is Eric A. Wagner Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University and affiliate faculty with the Appalachian Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies programs. She will introduce the film by discussing the connections among Appalachia, gender, and labor in a historical and current context.
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Dr. Natalie Kruse is a Professor and Director of the Environmental Studies Program in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University in Athens, OH. Her research focus is on water quality impairment from legacy mining and oil and gas operations, the impact of climate induced hydrologic change on water quality, watershed scale characterization and management, and data-rich approaches to environmental problem solving. She is the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and scholarship and is a member of the Manasseh Cutler Scholars Program Internal Steering Committee and a frequent chair of Cutler Scholars Interview Committees. Dr. Kruse serves as the director of the District 12 Science Day and the Southeast Ohio Regional Science Fair. She sits on the Ohio Academy of Science Junior Academy Council.
