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MARSHALL
Date: Wednesday, O ctober 4th, 2017
Arrival Time: \;6: 00 p.m. Sharp to wait at the desk for seating to begin (At 6:30 All Confir med Seating Is Not Guaranteed, as other groups need to be seated.)
Start: Time: 7:00 p.m. NO admittance at film start time.< /p>
Location: \;AMC EMPIRE 25 Public Cinema
Lobby Check In: \;With Phyllis Bishop at Street Leve l Screening Desk. (Do Not Go On the Line Outside The Cinema) \; \ ; \;
Physical Address: 234 W 42nd St
Nearest Subway: #C or A to W 42nd \;St stop
MapQuest: AMC Empire 25 234 W 42nd St New York, NY Movie ... - MapQuest
Syn opsis: This is the story of a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice and one of his defining cases. A se nsational criminal case that rocked Greenwich and southern Connecticut is now being filmed for the big screen. The original drama played out in 1941 , a rape trial that pitted a Greenwich socialite and a black chauffeur aga inst each other on the witness stand in a Bridgeport courtroom. \; Rep resenting the driver was a crusading young lawyer named \;Thurg ood Marshall, who later became a \;Supreme Court justice an d a monumental figure in the civil rights movement. There was chaos surrou nding this case resulting in upheaval in a great many lives.
< p>Stars: Chadwick Boseman, \;Josh Gad, \;Kate Hudson. Th is will be the fourth biographical figure played by Chadwick Boseman. He h as also starred as James Brown, Jackie Robinson and Floyd Little.< strong>Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writers: Jacob Koskoff, \;Michael Koskoff
This lawyer- turned-screenwriter is no stranger to complexity, ambiguity and alternativ e narratives. Koskoff, assisted in the defense of a 1970 trial of \;Black Panthers \;militants in New Haven, and he later filed suit to promote job opportunities for black cops, firefighter s and civil servants in Connecticut cities. &ldquo\;I consider myself a li felong member of the civil rights movement,&rdquo\; he said. \; Koskof f, who trained as an actor as a young man, tried his hand at writing scree nplays when he was 60. A son and a daughter are in the entertainment field . A lawyer friend of his, \;Jack Zeldes, who die d in 2013, told him about the Marshall case and suggested he write about i t for the screen. Koskoff wrote several early drafts and eventually persua ded his son to team up with him on the project, which then led to the inte rest of producer \;Paula Wagner \;and then director Reginald Hudlin. The black director came close to naming his son Thurgood.
Genre: \; Biography, Drama.
< strong>Runtime: \;1 hr. 58 mins.
Rated: MPAA Rated: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexuality, violenc e and some strong language
Release: 13th October
NOTES:
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Review Embargo: \;Please Do NOT post any social media reactions/reviews to Twitter or Facebook or, Blog postings, prior to the Film&rsquo\;s Wide Release Date.
A Social Media Card and Hashtag may be on the screen and you may b e directed ONLY to advise your friends to see the movie, if you liked it.< /p>
Anti-Film Piracy Policy: \;Please Leave All No n Essential Electronics behind. YOU MUST TURN OFF ALL PHONES AND ELECTRONI CS PRIOR TO THE MOVIE START. The Distributor provides security guards for anti-film piracy. Absolutely no recording devices will be allowed into the theatre. All bags, maybe subject to physical and flashlight search. Secur ity may use night vision during the screening to detect unauthorized captu re of the film.
Event Produced By: Phyllis M.G. Bi shop