Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out | Deep Space Homer | Wall-E | Apollo 13 | Alien
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Forbidden Planet (1956)
Tuesday, Jan. 5 | 6 p.m. | watch the movie trailer
Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this film features great special effects. When the spaceship lands on a forbidden planet, the crew is threatened by a sinister invisible force. Forbidden Planet is one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made. Its space explorers are the models for the crew of Star Trek's Enterprise, and the film's robot is clearly the prototype for Robby in Lost in Space.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Tuesday, Jan. 19 | 6 p.m. | visit the movie website
This film is considered by many as one of the greatest films ever made. 2001: A Space Odyssey earned four Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar for “Best Visual Effects.” In 1991, the film was deemed ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’ by the U.S. Library of Congress to be select for preservation in The National Film Registry.
For All Mankind (1989)
Tuesday, Feb. 2 | 6 p.m. | watch video clips
The 1990 Oscar-nominated documentary uses footage shot by the Apollo astronauts and talks to them about their experiences. The film won the Grand Prize at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival. By splicing together scenes for various missions, the filmmaker creates a single odyssey narrated by the astronauts themselves.
Triple Family Feature Saturday, Feb. 6...
Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1990) | 1 p.m.
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Wallace and his furry pal Gromit find themselves desperate for "a nice bit of Gorgonzola", but their refrigerator's empty and the local cheese shop is closed for a holiday! Undeterred, Wallace comes up with an extreme solution to the cheese shortage: since the moon is made of cheese, he decides to build a rocket ship and blast off for a cheesy lunar picnic! Nominated for an Academy Award in 1990, this 24-minute comedy was created by clay animator Nick Park over a six-year period.
Deep Space Homer (1994) | 1 p.m.
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In what is considered one of “The Simpsons” greatest episodes, Homer is recruited to be an NASA astronaut, so the organization will be more appealing to the common man. NASA loved the episode, and astronaut Edward Lu asked for a copy of it to be sent on a supply ship to the International Space Station. The DVD remains there for astronauts to view.
Wall-E (2008) | 3 p.m.
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As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E is one small robot who holds the future of earth and mankind in the palm of his metal hand. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot made so touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Underneath the slapstick comedy and love story is a poignant message about the folly of greed and its potential effects on earth and the human race.
Apollo 13 (1995)
Tuesday, Feb. 16 | 6 p.m. | watch the movie trailer
NASA's worst nightmare turned into one of the space agency's most heroic moments in 1970, when the Apollo 13 crew was forced to hobble home in a disabled capsule after an explosion seriously damaged the moon-bound spacecraft. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton star in director Ron Howard's intense, painstakingly authentic docudrama. Apollo 13 was nominated for nine Academy Award Nominations.
Alien (1979)
Tuesday, March 2 | 6 p.m. | watch the movie trailer
A landmark of science fiction and horror, Alien arrived in 1979 an instant classic, offering richly detailed sets, ominous atmosphere, relentless suspense, and a flawless ensemble cast as the crew of the space freighter, who fall prey to a vicious creature. Impeccably directed by Ridley Scott, Alien is one of the cinema's most unforgettable nightmares.
