Announcing our first Movie Night 2/27/2021

The Set-Up has been chosen for several reasons: it is a superb boxing movie with a compelling story line, beautifully directed, filmed and edited, and acted.  Ryan provides a Dartmouth and boxing connection.  It is also short:  only 1 hour and 12 minutes.  Further, it is one of the few movies to observe the unity of time.  The movie opens on a street clock and ends on the same clock 72 minutes later.  (Another movie that follows a strict unity of time and a strict unities of place and action is Hitchcock’s Rope which was filmed so as to appear to be a single continuous shot.  High Noon with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly comes close to a unity of time.)  Finally, it is high quality film that most people are likely not to have seen.
 
The fine print:  We are using the Watch Party function (in Beta release) on Amazon Prime.  You must be a member of Amazon Prime to participate.  In order to join a Watch Party, you have to use a lap top or desk top computer.  No smart phones or smart TVs will work.  And Safari cannot be used as the browser.  International users cannot participate.  The creator of the Watch Party is given a link, which he or she sends to guests.  Each guest must then log on to Amazon Prime and will then be connected with the Watch Party.  Some movies are free but The Set-Up is not.  Each member will be charged $1.99 to rent or $5.99 to buy the movie.  The creator controls the progress of the movie: start, pause, fast forward, reverse.  Each guest controls his or her own volume and subtitles.  Please read the FAQs at the Watch Party site on Amazon Prime.  There is a chat function for commenting during and after the movie.
 
What to do now (through Friday, February 26):  If you want to join on us on Saturday, February 27 at 8 pm, please send an email RSVPing to Arthur (who will create the Watch Party) at arthur.fergenson@ansalaw.com before close of business on Friday, February 26.  About an hour or two before the movie begins, Arthur will send you a link.  Sign on and join.  At show time, the movie will begin.  Watch Party accommodates up to 100 guests, so don’t be shy.
 
Nanalee, Allen, Peter, and Arthur have already signed up.  BE THERE FOR THE CLASS AND FOR FELLOW ALUM ROBERT RYAN.