The Annapolis Movie Club

One of the most beloved and enduring genres in filmmaking is the road movie. It can be romantic, adventurous, exhilarating or contemplative. It allows for chance encounters, inspiring landscapes and for characters to travel to new places outside of themselves and within.
Each of the four films we’ll be watching in April will be introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q & A session.
For our spring series,"A Salute to the American Road Movie," we’ll view four of the best films in that much-loved genre.
Each movie is introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q&A session.

**It Happened One Night (1934) Monday, April 7, 5pm
Often cited as the first rom com ever made, this pre-Code Frank Capra masterpiece is a mad cap comedy about a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) running from her domineering father, with the help of newspaper reporter (Clark Gable). One of only three films in history to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay Oscars
1 hr. 45 mins. Not rated.

One of the most beloved and enduring genres in filmmaking is the road movie. It can be romantic, adventurous, exhilarating or contemplative. It allows for chance encounters, inspiring landscapes and for characters to travel to new places outside of themselves and within.
Each of the four films we’ll be watching in April will be introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q & A session.
For our spring series,"A Salute to the American Road Movie," we’ll view four of the best films in that much-loved genre.
Each movie is introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q&A session.

**The Trip To Bountiful (1985) Monday, April 14, 5pm
This beautifully written, elegiac road film, with screenplay by playwright Horton Foote, tells the story of a spirited, elderly woman living with her distracted son and difficult daughter-in-law and her efforts to visit, one last time, the small Texas village of her youth.
1 hr. 48 mins. Rated PG.

One of the most beloved and enduring genres in filmmaking is the road movie. It can be romantic, adventurous, exhilarating or contemplative. It allows for chance encounters, inspiring landscapes and for characters to travel to new places outside of themselves and within.
Each of the four films we’ll be watching in April will be introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q & A session.
For our spring series,"A Salute to the American Road Movie," we’ll view four of the best films in that much-loved genre.
Each movie is introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q&A session.

**Stagecoach (1939) Monday, April 21, 5pm
Considered to be the first adult western, John Ford’s great film created the template for road movies that showed a group of disparate people thrown together on a difficult and dangerous journey. A much-copied masterpiece, it made a star out of a little-known Poverty Row actor who’d been toiling in “oaters” for a decade named John Wayne.
1 hr. 36 mins. Not rated.

One of the most beloved and enduring genres in filmmaking is the road movie. It can be romantic, adventurous, exhilarating or contemplative. It allows for chance encounters, inspiring landscapes and for characters to travel to new places outside of themselves and within.
Each of the four films we’ll be watching in April will be introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q & A session.
For our spring series,"A Salute to the American Road Movie," we’ll view four of the best films in that much-loved genre.
Each movie is introduced by area cinephile Ann Glenn with info about the film’s production, director, actors and followed by a Q&A session.

**The World's Fastest Indian (2005) Monday, April 28, 5pm
Tells the true story of eccentric New Zealander Burt Munro and his highly modified 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle. Munro dreams of racing on Utah’s Bonneville Speedway but getting to the US from a small village in New Zealand, in 1967, is a daunting task made riskier by the 66-year-old Burt’s heart condition. 2 hrs. 7 mins. Rated PG-13.