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| May 29, 2014 |
Time:
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany
to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could
these guys—seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1—possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1,000
years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. From director George Clooney, the film stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett.
This film screening is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is encouraged via the museum's website,
as auditorium seating is limited. This course and concluding movie screening are a joint partnership between the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University (OLLI at Auburn) and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
The Museum Cafe is open from 5:00 to 8:00 pm for tapas, beer, wine and signature cocktail menus. Stick around following the program for live jazz from our house band from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Galleries
are open until 8:00 pm.
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is a charitable, nonprofit organization that enhances life-long learning and community enrichment. Activities, like this program, are supported through membership
and other forms of support.
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