Book & Movie Club to Begin

RFH 2010

Wed, Dec 29, 2010

The Colgate Bookstore and Hamilton Theater announce the Winter 2011 season of the Hamilton Book & Movie Club, beginning on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m.

The theme of the season is “Pulitzer Prize Winners” – classic American novels that have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, adapted for the screen, and in one case used as the basis for a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. For more information about this season’s selections or to join the club, please visit www.colgatebookstore.com/bookmovie

The selected books/movies for the Winter 2011 (January-March) season are as follows:

Jan. 27 – To Kill a Mockingbird – Novel by Harper Lee; 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Duvall.
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and, in 1962, became an Academy Award-winning film.

Feb. 24 – The Color Purple – Novel by Alice Walker; 1985 film starring Whoopi Goldberg & Oprah Winfrey.
This novel is the story of two sisters -- one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South -- who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. It received the Pulitzer Prize in 1983.

Book Club members will have the opportunity to see the nationally-touring Broadway musical of “The Color Purple” as a group at the Stanley Theater in Utica on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

March 31 – A Thousand Acres – Novel by Jane Smiley; 1997 film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange.
An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear cast upon an Iowa farming community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous terrain of family, love, and loyalty. It received the Pulitzer Prize in 1992.

Members are encouraged to read the book in advance and then meet on the selected date at the Hamilton Theater to view the film based on that book. Club members have the opportunity to discuss the book and the movie at a dinner in the Colgate Bookstore immediately following the film screening.

The Book & Movie Club offers two subscription plans. Full Members will receive their own copy of all three books for the season, free admission to the screening of all three films, and dinner during the three after-movie discussions, for a one-time fee of $48/season. Basic Members receive free admission to the film screenings, and dinner during the after-movie discussion, for a one-time fee of $24/season.

For more information about these options or to join the club, visit www.colgatebookstore.com/bookmovie or call the Bookstore at 228-7480.