National Archives to Feature Tucker Film in May

[Tuckerfan1053]

It sounds like a really neat evening.

In May, the National Archives celebrates its new exhibition "BIG! Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives," with free public programs including film screenings, author lectures, and a music discussion. All programs will be held at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, which is fully accessible. Attendees should use the Special Events entrance on the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.

Illustrated Lecture and Film Screening - The BIG Picture: The Evolution of the Wide Screen Film - Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m., William G. McGowan Theater

The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives, presents an illustrated lecture by Rob "Dr. Format" Hummel, tracing the history of motion picture formats from the silent era to the 21st century. Hummel is a member of the Academy's Science and Technology Council. Following the lecture, we will present the 1988 feature film, Tucker: The Man and His Dream (110 minutes.) Featuring outstanding wide screen cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, this stylish film tells the true story of Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges), who in the late 1940s challenged the Big Three automakers with his innovative designs and safety features. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. We will be screening a 35mm print courtesy of AMPAS.

[Tuckeroo]

Once again, they'll be screening the film right in my area, and once again I'll have to miss it

[bootsykowan]

What's amazing about all this is I'm a volunteer at the National Archives, College Park, MD and it didn't mean anything at all to me to see all about a film there. Just randomly selected an unknown film "Tucker, The Man and His Dreams" from Netflix and it came in a week ago and I just looked at it today. It was breathtaking. So "NOW". I had to pause the film to read about it all in the Wikipedia to makes sure it was faithful. That's how I found y'all by googling additionally. Always putting the DVD on pause. Also discovered that it was part of the BIG exhibit. That jury speech at the trial, I wonder if it exists and really was legally recorded. I'd love to download it. I invested in a Prius myself last year for the same reason even though it now, a year later, has less than 3000 miles on it. It is my last Hurrah since I'll be 80 this summer. Seems so strange now that Chicago is local to the metro DC area since the beginning of this year. Not to mention "McGowan Theater" and what it means to us all as far as PC is concerned. He's responsible for me being able to put jacks anywhere in my home by going to Radio Shack and buying one. Before that, it was the AT&T police. Did Tucker really establish a low price and the Big 3 said he couldn't do it? I was living in public housing and poor. I remember trying to sight Studebakers (strange car that one couldn't tell if it was traveling backward or not), and the sleek Buick, after the war. All this just happened to me since noon. I feel like it's back to the future for me. Still another documentation that being the paranoid I am is healthy mental exercise.
Funny in googling some more I came right back here, someone else already dealt with the speech on the Forum:)