Announcing the 2012-2013 Book/Film Discussion Series –
Cine of the Month Club

Our leader is Carol Bell. You know her from The Thistle and as one of Cody’s cultural gurus!

Books & movies are available for checkout now.

If you’re interested in participating in the discussions, we’d love to get your names, emails, and phone numbers to easily contact you. Just come in, sign a sheet at the front circulation desk at the Cody Library, grab a bookmark, and check out a book or movie!

The series’ discussions will be held September, October, November, and January.

Movies will be shown at 1:00 p.m. the second Thursdays of the month in Grizzly Hall at the library. The discussions will be held at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursdays of the month at the same place.

The themes of the books/films could signify four of the deadly sins: pride, lust, envy, greed.

SEPTEMBER – PRIDE — Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
1957 movie, 2 discs, (title is a little different — Bridge on the River Kwai) stars Alec Guinness, William Holden.
Summary: British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
Movie, 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 13
Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, September 20

OCTOBER – LUST — Lolita by Vladimir Navokov
(1961 movie) directed by Stanley Kubrick, stars James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers
Summary: Humbert, a divorced British professor, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte, whom he marries in order that he might pursue her 14-year-old daughter, Lolita.
Movie, 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 11
Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, October 18

NOVEMBER – ENVY — The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
(1999 movie) stars Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
Summary: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He’s hired to go to Italy to bring back the playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Movie: 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 8
Discussion: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, November 15

JANUARY – GREED — All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
(1949 movie) All the king’s men / stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, and Mercedes McCambridge.
Summary: A political demagogue governor of a Southern State believes that every man has his price and that the end justifies the means. Based on the life of Huey Pierce Long, governor of Louisiana and senator.
Movie: 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 10
Discussion: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, January 17

If you wish to place a hold on one of the items you may do so by going to the Cine of the Month record in WYLDCat. You will need your library card number and PIN. Take note of the copy number that’s not checked out. Click on the green Place Hold button and then be sure to click in the box next to the copy you want.

Or you may call 527-1880 for assistance or email us.

For more information about the series, please email Rosemary Lowther, Lora Jolley, Pat Stuart, or Edie Phillips.

Want to have your own book club? We have Book Club Kits for you. We have multiple titles of several books. Check out a bag of books for your club. Click on the Book Club Kits link above. Click on Place a Hold, login with your library card number and PIN, check the box next to the title you want.

Or, give us a call, 527-1880. You may also email ephillips@parkcountylibrary.org

Titles include:
Coffee Trader by David Liss – 9 books
Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst – 10 books
Emma by Jane Austen – 9 books
Fools Crow by James Welch - 10 books
Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers – 9 books
History of Love by Nicole Kraus – 11 books
Known World by Edward P. Jones – 10 books
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve – 8 books
Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols – 10 books
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahira – 7 books
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith – 9 books
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – 9 books
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood – 6 books
Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell – 6 books
Starry Night (poetry) by Marjorie Agosin – 9 books
Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield – 10 books
Timbuktu by Paul Aster – 10 books
Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg – 8 books
What you See in Clear Water by Geoffrey O’Gara – 10 books
Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker – 9 books
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks – 8 books
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson — 10 adult books, 2 books on CD, 1 large print; 8 Young Reader editions; 2 Listen to the Wind picture books.