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Crime and Punishment
EPPC Summer Movie Series
Start:  Tuesday, June 16, 2009  5:30 PM
End:  Tuesday, August 4, 2009  5:30 PM
Location:   Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

Follow the evolution of crime in the movies from James Cagney to Fargo. EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman, film and cultural critic of the American Spectator and author of the books Honor: A History and Media Madness, will host a summer movie series with commentary by Leon Kass (of the American Enterprise Institute and the University of Chicago) and Amy Kass (of the Hudson Institute and the University of Chicago).

The series will take place on successive Tuesday evenings between June 16, 2009 and August 4, 2009 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Snacks and beverages will be provided.

TO REGISTER:

E-mail your name and phone number, along with a list of the dates you would like to attend, to events@eppc.org or call 202-715-3515.

Attendance is limited. Preference will be given to those who plan to attend all eight weeks.

[EPPC's past summer movie series are archived online: "Isn't it Romantic" (2008) and "The American Movie Hero" (2007).]


MOVIE SERIES SCHEDULE:

  • June 16: The Public Enemy (1931)
    directed by William Wellman, starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • June 23: Double Indemnity (1944)
    directed by Billy Wilder, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • June 30: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
    directed by Tay Garnett, starring John Garfield and Lana Turner
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • July 7: A Place in the Sun (1951)
    directed by George Stevens, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • July 14: A Touch of Evil (1958)
    directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • July 21: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
    directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • July 28: Body Heat (1981)
    directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

  • August 4: Fargo (1996)
    directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi
    [James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text ]

Note: Some movies may not be appropriate for children and younger teens.



More Information
Schuyler Smith
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Phone: 202-682-1200
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E-mail: ssmith@eppc.org
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