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Past Film/Video | Classics
Double Feature | New Restoration
ADMISSION $7 members and seniors $9 general public $5 students
DOUBLE FEATURES One ticket to our double features admits you to either film (or both). Feel free to join us just for the second film at the time listed.
FREE GALLERY ADMISSION Don’t forget: gallery admission is free with a ticket to any same-day Wexner Center event. Simply show your ticket at our Patron Services Desk.
Catch actor and former President Ronald Reagan at two critical moments in this double bill inspired by J. Hoberman’s Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan (2019).
“A Time for Choosing,” a filmed speech by Reagan on behalf of ultraconservative Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, didn’t help Goldwater beat Lyndon B. Johnson, but it did cast Reagan into the national spotlight as a potential political figure. (29:30 mins., video)
An adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s short story of the same name, hardboiled crime thriller The Killers stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, and mob boss Ronald Reagan as three corners of a twisted love triangle at the center of a high-stakes robbery scheme. Reagan was so concerned about being portrayed as a sleazy criminal that he asked to stop the film from being released. (95 mins., 4K DCP) Both sides of the Reagan coin in one night!
The Killers, image courtesy of Universal
"A Time for Choosing," image public domain
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Past Film/Video
“A Time for Choosing” | The Killers
