2012 Film Screening Schedule
- Reservations at the theater are strongly encouraged.
- Get directions to the Packard Campus Theater.
Please Note: The Packard Campus Theater will be closed the weekend before Presidents Day. Short subjects will be presented before select programs. Titles are subject to change without notice.
In case of inclement weather, check the reservation line (540) 827-1079 x79994 (or) (202) 707-9994 no sooner than three hours before show time to see if the movie has been cancelled. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov
JANUARY
Thursday, January 26 (7:30 p.m.)
FUNNY GIRL (Columbia, 1968)
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Lower East Side of New York to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her romance with gambler Nick Arnstein.
Directed by William Wyler. With Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif & Walter Pidgeon.
Musical comedy, drama. Color, 151 min.
Friday, January 27 (7:30 p.m.)
FOLLOW THE BOYS (Universal, 1944)
A former vaudeville performer turned movie actor organizes U.S.O. shows, enlisting the aid of Universal Studios players in a series of songs and skits.
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, With George Raft, The Andrews Sisters, Sophie Tucker and Arthur Rubenstein.
Musical comedy romance. Black & white, 122 min.
Saturday, January 28 (7:30 p.m.)
KING: A FILMED RECORD ... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (Marion Films, 1970)
A documentary film biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr. King, framed by celebrity narrators. King’s 1963 speech “I Have a Dream” was added to the National Recording Registry in 2002.
Directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Black & white, 185 min. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1999.
FEBRUARY
Thursday, February 2 (7:30 p.m.)
ROOTS: Parts 1 & 2 (ABC TV, 1977)
The eight part television miniseries based on Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family will be shown in its entirety on Thursday evenings in February. The story chronicles Haley’s family history from his ancestors in tribal Africa to their emancipation in the post-Civil War South. Parts 1 & 2 follow Kunta Kinte from the years 1750-1767.
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene and Gilbert Moses. With LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson and Edward Asner.
Historical drama, color, each episode 90 min.
Friday, February 3 (7:30 p.m.)
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (RKO, 1939)
Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel about a deformed bell ringer who rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Directed by William Dieterle. With Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara and Cedric Hardwicke.
Historical drama. Black & white, 117 min.
Saturday, February 4 (2:00 p.m.)
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (Disney, 1960)
A Swiss family en route to a new life in New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted island where they face dangers and learn to adapt their environment.
Directed by Ken Annakin. With John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
and Sessue Hayakawa.
Family adventure. Color, 126 min.
Thursday, February 9 (7:30 p.m.)
ROOTS: Parts 3, 4 & 5 (ABC TV, 1977)
The award-winning mini series continues with Kunta Kinte, now called Toby, with his life on a Virginia plantation, his escape attempts, his marriage to Belle, and their daughter Kizzy.
With LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene and Madge Sinclair.
Historical drama. color, each episode 45 min.
Friday, February 10 (7:30 p.m.)
REPULSION (Compton Films, 1965)
Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, an introverted young woman suffers horrifying hallucinations and dreams.
Directed by Roman Polanski. With Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry and John Fraser.
Disturbing psychological drama. Suggested MPAA rating: R. Black & white, 105 min.
Saturday, February 11 (7:30 p.m.)
SCI-FI DOUBLE FEATURE
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1981)
A hardened criminal is offered a pardon if he rescues the president from convicts in the prison city of Manhattan.
Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef and Donald Pleasence.
Science fiction, action, crime drama. Rated R. Color, 99 min.
THE THING (Universal, 1982)
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that has been buried for more than 100,000 years.
Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Richard Dysart and Richard Masur.
Science fiction, horror. Rated R. Color, 109 min.
Thursday, February 16 (7:30 p.m.)
ROOTS: Parts 6 & 7 (ABC TV, 1977)
The story of Kizzy and her son Chicken George are covered in the years 1824-1865.
With John Amos, Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Jr., Thayer David and Ben Vereen.
Historical drama, color, each episode 90 min.
Thursday, February 23 (7:30 p.m.)
ROOTS: Part 8 (ABC TV, 1977)
In the final episode that brings us to 1870, Chicken George’s son Tom and his family have been freed as slaves by the Civil War, but continue to find hardship as sharecroppers.
With Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, Chuck Connors and Scatman Crothers.
Historical drama, color, 90 min.
Also: ROOTS Extras, to be announced. Approximately 45 minutes.
Friday, February 24 (7:30 p.m.)
THOMAS INCE SILENT FILM PROGRAM:
One a Minute (Thomas H. Ince Corp., Paramount, 1921)
A young go-getter inherits his father's drug store, only to loose customers to a newly-opened chain store.
Produced by Thomas Ince and directed by Jack Nelson. With Douglas MacLean and Marian De Beck.
Silent comedy, black & white, 50 minutes.
Also: Selected silent short subjects by Thomas Ince. Musical accompaniment by Ben Model. Introduced by Library of Congress Moving Image Section Librarian Brian Taves, author of “Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer” (University Press of Kentucky, 2011). Thomas H. Ince (1882-1924) turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer.
Saturday, February 25 (7:30 p.m.)
CITIZEN KANE (RKO, 1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Dorothy Comingore.
Black & white, 119 min. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1989.
Last Updated: 01/27/2012
