November 2010
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Brooklyn Center Cinema
in association with
The Brooklyn College Alumni Association
The Brooklyn College Institute for Retirees in Pursuit of Education (IRPE)
and by special arrangement with
Sarnoff and Associates Productions
present
This is a Digitally Projected Presentation
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 4pm Matinee Only
Walt Whitman Theatre
General Admission is $5
IRPE Members: $2.50
Brooklyn College Alums $2.50
The world is changing. Older people are running marathons, hooking up on match.com, flying planes and safely ditching them in the Hudson River. THE ROMEOWS, Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays tackles the big, murky questions of current-day American life. The film follows a group of friends who graduated from Brooklyn College together in 1959, as they meet for dinner every Wednesday. Five decades later, these monumental “everymen” view the world with humor, melancholy, and hope. Take a seat at the table where this band of Brooklyn buddies discusses everything from healthcare to the demise of The Mets.
THE ROMEOWS is a testament to the life-changing, life-giving power of friendship, no matter your age. Theirs has carried them through fifty years of trials and victories. In an attempt to locate these Brooklyn-accented septuagenarians in the annuls of film, Mr. Sarnoff says their generational take on life “connects with No Country For Old Men and Gran Torino, while repelling notions of Grumpy Old Men and Bucket List. And as one of THE ROMEOWS says, “You finish seven decades of life on this planet, it’s nice to see everyone alive, healthy and here. It’s reassuring, it’s like telling the grim reaper, “Ya know what, I’m stronger than you right now, and when I got my buddies, we’ll take you on at half-court, or full court, and we’ll kick your ass! See ya Wednesday.”
This film is not yet rated
There will be a Q&A after the screening with the Director and the Romeows.
Join us for a lively discussion.
About Robert Sarnoff
Mr. Sarnoff’s socially relevant movies have been lauded at multiple film festivals, including the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Tulsa Oklahoma, where No Rooms Lobby received The Best Docudrama Award. The Irish Ropes aired on television many times. His films are in the archives of The Coalition for the Homeless, in The Queens Cinema Collection, and have been screened at The South Street Seaport Museum, The Queens Museum Biennial, and The Brooklyn Historical Society. Mr. Sarnoff and The ROMEOWS’ interview at StoryCorps is in The Library of Congress archive.
THE ROMEOWS images ©
2009 Sarnoff and Associates Production. All rights reserved.
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