The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library Presents

FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES

Friday Night at the Thomaston Academy - 6:30 p.m.

New winter hours.

OCTOBER 2014 films that are out of this world

October 3 War of the Worlds

1953 NR 85 minutes

Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Ann Robinson, narrated by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Vivid , Frightening adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel about a Martian invasion, transplanted from 19th-century England to contemporary USA. Dramatically sound and filled with dazzling, Oscar-winning special effects; superior sci-fi, produced by George Pal.

October 10 Fahrenheit 451

1966 NR 112 minutes

All printed materials are destroyed and banned, and the firemen actually start fires in this adaptation of author Ray Bradbury's cautionary near-future parable of an oppressive society in which free thought is verboten. Directed by Francois Truffaut; starring Julie Christie and Oskar Werner.

October 17 Powder

1995 PG-13 111 minutes

After an isolated childhood, a 16-year-old albino boy nicknamed "Powder" is introduced into a small town, where a pair of teachers learn that he can control electricity and has an IQ that's off the charts. Suddenly, he's thrust into dealing with people and prejudices for the first time in his life. Sean Patrick Flanery is "Powder". Also stars Mary Steensburgen and Jeff Goldblum.

October 24 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 NR 80 minutes

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, and Carolyn Jones. Classic, influential, and still very scary science-fiction (with Joseph McCarthy-era subtext) about small-town residents who are being replaced by duplicates hatched from alien "pods." Tense script by Daniel Mainwaring from Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers.

October 31 Diabolique

1954 NR 116 minutes

The ailing spouse (Véra Clouzot) and manhandled mistress (Simone Signoret) of a sadistic boarding school headmaster (Paul Meurisse) plan and execute the man's murder — but their plan goes haywire when the corpse vanishes. Henri-Georges Clouzot directs his real-life wife in this icy, black-and-white masterwork of homicide and Grand Guignol suspense.

Friday Night Films are open to the public and free of charge, but donations are gratefully accepted.

The Thomaston Academy Building is handicapped accessible from the rear entrance and light refreshments will be served.

For more information call the library at 354-2453.