December 31, 2025
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s greatest thrills, master of disaster Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) charts its course as a sea-set New Year’s party gone horribly awry, with an all-star ensemble on a survival quest in a capsized cruise ship. Starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley,...
November 7, 2025
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien and Warren Oates, THE WILD BUNCH (1969) was included on the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films of all time – both the original and 10th anniversary editions – as well as among the art form’s greatest thrills and...
September 7, 2024
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by John Sturges from a story by Howard Breslin that originally appeared in The American Magazine, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) features Spencer Tracy as a laconic, one-armed stranger who comes to the isolated town of Black Rock seeking the father of a Japanese man with whom he’d served in combat – but...
March 13, 2024
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965) – AFI Movie Club
A rousing adventure directed by Robert Aldrich, THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX features an all-star ensemble that includes AFI Life Achievement Award honoree James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX. Have Get The Picture delivered...
May 10, 2022
MARTY (1955) – AFI Movie Club
A tender drama about a lonely Bronx butcher looking for love, MARTY (1955) stars Ernest Borgnine in the title role and Betsy Blair as the schoolteacher with whom he forms an emotional connection – against the advisement of his family and friends. This gentle romance earned a place on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 PASSIONS, the American...
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