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Welcome to The Director's Cut! Beyond being a voracious reader, Library Director Kiera Parrott is also an avid film aficionado. She particularly loves Technicolor-soaked musicals, richly designed historical pieces, smart drama… and she can’t resist a thrilling work of sci-fi horror. For the first Monday of January through April, Kiera has selected a personal favorite film to share—the “Director’s Cut”—ranging from the romantic to the spine-tingling.
This week we are showing “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
“This remake of the classic horror film is set in San Francisco. Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) assumes that when a friend (Brooke Adams) complains of her husband's strange mood, it's a marital issue. However, he begins to worry as more people report similar observations. His concern is confirmed when writer Jack Bellicec (Jeff Goldblum) and his wife (Veronica Cartwright) discover a mutated corpse. Besieged by an invisible enemy, Bennell must work quickly before the city is consumed.” – Rotten Tomatoes
Director: Philip Kaufman
Year: 1978
Starring: Donald Sutherland as Matthew Bennell, Brooke Adams as Elizabeth Driscoll, Jeff Goldblum as Jack Bellicec, Veronica Cartwright as Nancy Bellicec, Leonard Nimoy as Dr. David Kibner, Art Hindle as Dr. Geoffrey Howell, and Lelia Goldoni as Katherine Hendley.
This movie is 1 hour and 55 minutes and is rated PG (for moderate frightening/intense scenes, some violence, and mild profanity).
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