Yeah Patrick, "Where the Red Fern Grows". ;) Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:

For those who may not know, the U of U's Utah Museum of Natural History has a program called Science Movie Night wherein monthly they screen a "sciency" movie at the main SLC library after which they have and have a guest speaker speak, and interact with the audience, about the movie. Admission is free.

I've been asked to do another, probably sometime early next year so now I need to come up with a movie.

Being an "astro-geek" I usually do something with an astronomy and/or space exploration theme.

Any suggestions?

Note that the movie need not be (and I prefer it not be _hard_ science). I tend to lean towards entertaining documentaries, movies loosely based on true events (we've done October Skies a couple of times) or even science fiction (I've been giving some thought to The Day the Earth Stood Still which could lead to some political discussions in the Q&A after).

Suggestions?

Clear skies!

patrick

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Carl Sagan's Contact starring Jodie Foster (just watching Jodie is enough for me) --- On Wed, 10/1/08, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Seeking Science Movie Night suggestions To: "utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 8:53 PM For those who may not know, the U of U's Utah Museum of Natural History has a program called Science Movie Night wherein monthly they screen a "sciency" movie at the main SLC library after which they have and have a guest speaker speak, and interact with the audience, about the movie. Admission is free. I've been asked to do another, probably sometime early next year so now I need to come up with a movie. Being an "astro-geek" I usually do something with an astronomy and/or space exploration theme. Any suggestions? Note that the movie need not be (and I prefer it not be _hard_ science). I tend to lean towards entertaining documentaries, movies loosely based on true events (we've done October Skies a couple of times) or even science fiction (I've been giving some thought to The Day the Earth Stood Still which could lead to some political discussions in the Q&A after). Suggestions? Clear skies! patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

It might be interesting to do Capricorn I, the film with Elliott Gould about NASA faking a Mars landing. On first glance you might find this an odd choice, but it is quite entertaining and could stimulate discussion about why one really could not fake that kind of thing (both the scale of the deception and the technical aspects of the broadcasts, etc.), along with issues of the what the pressures of funding, or lack of, can push people to do. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:53 PM To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Seeking Science Movie Night suggestions For those who may not know, the U of U's Utah Museum of Natural History has a program called Science Movie Night wherein monthly they screen a "sciency" movie at the main SLC library after which they have and have a guest speaker speak, and interact with the audience, about the movie. Admission is free. I've been asked to do another, probably sometime early next year so now I need to come up with a movie. Being an "astro-geek" I usually do something with an astronomy and/or space exploration theme. Any suggestions? Note that the movie need not be (and I prefer it not be _hard_ science). I tend to lean towards entertaining documentaries, movies loosely based on true events (we've done October Skies a couple of times) or even science fiction (I've been giving some thought to The Day the Earth Stood Still which could lead to some political discussions in the Q&A after). Suggestions? Clear skies! patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com