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The Pursuit of Happiness
EPPC Summer Movie Series
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
5:30 PM
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
5:30 PM
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The Hudson Institute
1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
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Follow the evolution of the pursuit of happiness in the movies from My Man Godfrey to The Pursuit of Happyness. 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 his fourth annual summer movie series. The series will take place on successive Tuesday evenings between June 22, 2010 and August 3, 2010 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m at the Hudson Institute. Pizza, popcorn, candy, and drinks will be provided for free. 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. [EPPC's past summer movie series are archived online: "Crime and Punishment" (2009), "Isn't it Romantic" (2008) and "The American Movie Hero" (2007).]
MOVIE SERIES SCHEDULE: - June 22: My Man Godfrey (1936)
directed by Gregory La Cava, starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer, Gail Patrick and Eugene Pallette
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text]
- June 29: Christmas in July (1940)
directed by Preston Sturges, starring Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Ernest Truex and Franklin Pangborn
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text]
- July 6: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane and Alphonso Bedoya
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: audio | text]
- July 13: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
directed by H.C. Potter, starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Louise Beavers and Jason Robards Sr.
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: text]
- July 27: About Schmidt (2002)
directed by Alexander Payne, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Howard Hesseman and Len Cariou
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: text]
- August 3: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Will Smith, Thandie Newton and Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
[James Bowman's introductory remarks: text]
Note: Some movies may not be appropriate for children and younger teens.
More Information
Schuyler Smith
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-682-1200
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: ssmith@eppc.org
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Give the Gift of Ideas
Gift subscriptions to EPPC's journal 'The New Atlantis' now available
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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