September 20th at 6:00 PM

Community Room, 3rd floor

Join us once a month for a more grown up, sophisticated film selection than the more general super-hero fare eating us all alive this past decade! Or maybe just something wild and fun!

This month’s screening: Network (1976, 121 minutes, rated R)

“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

One of the classics of the New American Cinema of the 70s, Sidney Lumet’s searing satire has lost none of its bite in the decades that followed. The film follows a television network that experiences record ratings after one of their anchors suffers a nervous breakdown on air and begins ranting and raving. Seeing an opportunity, the executives exploit him and keep him on air. From there the story gets difficult to summarize, but rest assured that you’ll get fantastic performances from a stellar cast (Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Ned Beatty in perhaps the most powerful single scene performance in any film) and a hugely entertaining (and vicious) script from Paddy Chayefsky. Funny, disturbing, and all too real, Network is a classic for a reason.

This is an after-hours program for adults.

Bring your own food and drink (no alcohol) and/or enjoy some of our provided refreshments and snacks.

The library doors lock at 7 PM so we are required to stay on the third floor after closing time. If you need to leave early, approach Joe and he will escort you downstairs to the exit.

See you at the movies!