Free Pre-Screenings of 82nd Academy Award(R) Nominees at the National Archives

Highlighting Four Categories March 3-7, 2010

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Archives will host free screenings of the 82nd Academy Award® nominees in four categories - Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film - in its William G. McGowan Theater from Wednesday, March 3, through Sunday, March 7, 2010.  This year marks the sixth consecutive year these screenings have been hosted by the National Archives. 

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The screenings are the first in a series of three programs presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives, and the Foundation for the National Archives.  

This year, the Documentary Feature nominee screenings will be hosted by film critic Willie Waffle.  Mr. Waffle appears regularly on DC50-TV and on over 30 radio stations across the country, including WMZQ-FM.  He is the author of Back Shelf Beauties: Movies You Should Rent When the New Stuff is Gone, and, along with fellow critics Tim Gordon and Nell Minow, established the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association in 2002.

Seating for all screenings will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservations will be accepted. Free tickets will be distributed at the National Archives Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue beginning 60 minutes prior to the start time. You must be present to receive a ticket. Theater doors will open 30 minutes prior to start time. The saving of seats is strictly prohibited.

The William G. McGowan Theater is located in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Metro accessible on Yellow or Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station.  The public should use the Special Event entrance on Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW. To verify the date and times of the programs, call the National Archives Public Programs Line at: (202) 357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events on the web at: www.archives.gov/calendar.  

Screening Schedule (Subject to print availability)

Documentary Feature Nominees, March 3-7

Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.  

Food, Inc.

Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein

(94 minutes, rated PG-13)

Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m.  

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith

(92 minutes, unrated)

Friday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.  

The Cove

Nominees to be determined

(92 minutes, rated PG-13)

Saturday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.  

Burma VJ

Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller

(84 minutes, unrated)

Sunday, March 7, 4:30 p.m.  

Which Way Home

Rebecca Cammisa

(90 minutes, unrated)

Live Action Short Film Nominees, Saturday, March 6, noon.  

The Door

Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

Instead of Abracadabra

Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom

Kavi

Gregg Helvey

Miracle Fish

Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

The New Tenants

Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Total Running time: 95 minutes.

Animated Short Film Nominees, Saturday, March 6, 3:30 p.m.  

French Roast

Fabrice O. Joubert

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

Javier Recio Gracia

Logorama

Nicolas Schmerkin

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Nick Park

Total Running Time: 68 minutes.

Documentary Short Subject Nominees, Sunday, March 7, noon

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

Music by Prudence

Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Rabbit a la Berlin

Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Total Running Time: 199 minutes (with a brief intermission).

Note:  Screenings on Sunday, March 7, will conclude prior to 8 p.m. to allow attendees to return home to view the 82nd Academy Awards live broadcast on the ABC Television Network.

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