Movie Night - Thursday, January 26th 7pm @ TAMUG

Film buffs, readers and the general public are invited to a free movie night at Texas A&M Galveston on Thursday, January 26th at 7:00pm. No reservation is required to attend this free movie screening which will be held at TAMUG in Room 126 of the Jack K. Williams Library, Building #3010, 200 Seawolf Parkway in Galveston. The film, Away From Her, is being shown in conjunction with 2012 Galveston Reads programming, sponsored by the Rosenberg Library, Kempner Fund, Sealy Center on Aging UTMB, UTMB Department of Family Medicine, Galveston College, Texas A&M Galveston, Inn at the Waterpark and Moody Gardens.

Galveston Reads 2012 “One City, One Book” title is Still Alice by Lisa Genova, a story told from the perspective of a fifty year-old Harvard University professor afflicted by early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. “This movie was selected to expand the community discussion of and insight into Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on individuals, relationships, families,” Poom Taylor, a librarian at the Rosenberg Library and a Galveston Reads committee member, said.

Away From Her chronicles the touching story of a retired couple, married nearly 50-years, coming to terms with their relationship and themselves in the aftermath of the wife’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The film features actress, Julie Christie, whose performance in this movie garnered her Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Screen Actors Guild awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Additional Academy Award nominations for this film, originally a short story by Alice Munroe, included Best Adapted Screenplay (Sarah Polley, Screenplay Author / Director). The film was on major film critics top ten lists as a Best Film of 2007 has received international acclaim from the British Academy of Film, was named Best Motion Picture in Canada, receiving an astonishing five Genie Awards – the highest accolades for Canadian films – including Best Actress (Christie), Best Actor (Gordon Pinset), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress (Kristen Thompson). Olympia Dukakis and Michael Murphy also deliver outstanding performances.

The Jack K. Williams Library is located near the center of the Texas A&M Galveston Campus, southeast of the clock tower and Student Center, and due west of the soccer fields. From Seawolf Parkway, visitors should turn right at the main entrance to the Texas A&M Galveston. The library is adjacent to the Student Center Parking lot. The movie will be shown in Room #126. For more complete directions to the campus and library, visit http://www.tamug.edu/library/libraryhours/directions.html.

In its 9th year, Galveston Reads encourages unity through literature, hosting discussions, events, films and bringing speakers and authors of national acclaim to Galveston. A diverse group of volunteers collaboratively identifies books of interest to the community with the general public voting to select one book annually.

For more information, please visit or call the Rosenberg Library 409-763-8854 ext. 115 or online at www.rosenberg-library.org and www.galvestonreads.org.