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Hi All, 

 

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I hope you will join us for the below events during the month of Augus! If
you would like to be added to the weekly reminder message list, send me a
message to let me know. 

 

Friday, August 1, 2025

No movie

 

Friday, August 8, 2025 Audio described movie at 8:00 PM Eastern

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 

Friday, August 15, 2025

No movie, we are having our SC State Convention

 

Friday, August 22, 2025 audio described movie at 8:00 PM Eastern

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 

 

Friday, August 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern

Trivia Night

 

SC Tech Talk takes place on Saturdays at 3:00 PM Eastern.

No  tech talk on Saturday, August16, 2025. 

 

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles.


 

The route taken by Del Griffith and Neal Page in the film

In New York City, two days before Thanksgiving, advertising executive Neal
Page is eager to return to his family in Chicago. After a prolonged business
meeting with an indecisive client, Neal struggles to secure a taxi during
rush hour. Although he bribes a man to give up a cab he has hailed, another
man swoops in and takes it instead.

 

Neal arrives at LaGuardia Airport to discover that his flight is delayed.
While waiting, he encounters Del Griffith, a chatty and affable shower
curtain ring salesman who unknowingly took his cab. Del's overly friendly
demeanor immediately clashes with Neal's uptight and repressed personality.
Adding to his frustration, Neal's first-class seat is reassigned to a
cramped coach seat-right next to Del-on the flight to O'Hare International
Airport.

 

A blizzard in Chicago forces the plane to divert to Wichita, Kansas, leaving
Neal and Del stranded overnight. At hotel check-in, they inadvertently swap
credit cards. With only one room available, the two are forced to share a
double bed. Frustrated by Del's irritating behavior, Neal loses his temper
and harshly criticizes him as unlikable. Hurt, Del admits his shortcomings
but asserts that he likes himself as he is, as does his wife. His response
humbles Neal. While they sleep, a thief breaks into their room and steals
their cash.

 

The next day, with air travel severely delayed, Neal purchases train tickets
to Chicago for himself and Del, opting for separate compartments. He bids
Del farewell, but their journey is interrupted when the locomotive breaks
down near Jefferson City, Missouri, leaving passengers stranded in a field.
Spotting Del struggling with his trunk, Neal decides to help, and the two
reunite before traveling by bus to St. Louis. During a meal, Neal upsets Del
by suggesting they continue their journey separately, leading to another
parting of ways.

 

At the St. Louis Airport, Neal attempts to rent a car but finds it missing
when he reaches the lot. Infuriated, he delivers an expletive-filled tirade
to a car rental employee and then attempts to book a taxi to Chicago. He
insults the dispatcher, who responds by punching him in the face. By chance,
Del arrives in a rental car and offers Neal a ride. That night, Del nearly
kills them when he inadvertently drives the wrong way on a freeway. After
narrowly avoiding disaster and pulling over, Del's carelessly discarded
cigarette ignites the car, setting it ablaze. Neal initially laughs,
believing that Del is liable for the damage. However, Del confesses that he
found Neal's credit card in his wallet, used it to rent the car, and then
returned it to Neal's wallet, which is in the vehicle.

 

With his credit cards destroyed, Neal barters his expensive watch for a
motel room but refuses to help Del. Unable to afford a room, Del attempts to
sleep outside in the frigid temperatures and snow. Reflecting aloud, Del
laments meeting someone whose company he genuinely enjoys, only to drive
them away with his overbearing behavior. Neal feels pity for Del and invites
him to share the room. The two bond over drinks, reminiscing about their
chaotic journey.

 

On Thanksgiving Day, the pair continues their journey in the burnt car until
the Illinois State Patrol impounds it for being unroadworthy. Del persuades
a truck driver to give them a ride to Chicago-albeit in the truck's
refrigerated trailer. At a Chicago "L" station, Neal thanks Del for helping
him get home, and the two part amicably. However, as Neal rides the commuter
train, he reflects on Del's peculiar comments and silences during their
journey. Troubled, Neal returns to the station and finds Del sitting alone.
Del confesses that he has no permanent home and has been living on the road
since his wife's death eight years earlier. Neal brings Del home with him
and introduces his family to his new friend.

 

Cast

Steve Martin as Neal Page, an advertising executive

John Candy as Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman

Laila Robins as Susan Page, Neal's wife

Michael McKean as a state trooper who impounds a fire-damaged car that Neal
and Del are driving

Dylan Baker as Owen Mooney, a man who lets Del and Neal ride in the bed of
his pickup truck

Lulie Newcomb as Owen's wife

Olivia Burnette as Marti Page, Neal and Susan's daughter

Larry Hankin as Doobby

Matthew Lawrence as Neal Page, Jr., Neal and Susan's son

Carol Bruce as Joy, Neal's mother

George O. Petrie as Martin, Neal's father

Richard Herd as Walt, Susan's father

Diana Dill as Peg, Susan's mother

Charles Tyner as Gus Mooney, Owen's father and a motel owner

Kevin Bacon as a man racing Neal to a taxi

Martin Ferrero as the second motel clerk

Diana Castle as a stewardess

Gary Riley as a thief who robs Neal and Del while they are sleeping

Bill Erwin as a man on a plane

Ruth de Sosa as a New York ticket agent

John Randolph Jones as a cab dispatcher

Edie McClurg as a car rental agent

Ben Stein as a Wichita airport representative

Lyman Ward as John (uncredited)

William Windom as Mr. Bryant (uncredited), an indecisive client[5]

 


Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 


 

After burying Dobby, Harry Potter asks the goblin Griphook to help him, Ron
Weasley, and Hermione Granger break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at
Gringotts bank, suspecting a Horcrux is there. Griphook agrees, in exchange
for the Sword of Gryffindor. Wandmaker Ollivander tells Harry that two wands
taken from Malfoy Manor belonged to Bellatrix and Draco Malfoy; he senses
Draco's wand has changed its allegiance to Harry when he took it from Draco.
A horcrux, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, is found in Bellatrix's vault, but
Griphook snatches the sword and abandons them. Trapped by security, they
release the dragon guardian and flee Gringotts on its back. Harry has a
vision of Lord Voldemort at Gringotts, furious at the theft. Harry also
realises a Horcrux connected to Rowena Ravenclaw is hidden at Hogwarts. The
trio apparate into Hogsmeade and Aberforth Dumbledore helps them, revealing
that he was the one who sent Dobby to Malfoy Manor. He then reveals a secret
passageway into Hogwarts, where Neville Longbottom guides them.

 

Severus Snape threatens any staff or students aiding Harry. During a duel,
Snape flees from Professor McGonagall, who then rouses Hogwarts for battle.
Luna Lovegood advises Harry to consult Helena Ravenclaw's ghost. Helena
reveals Voldemort used dark magic on her mother's diadem, which is hidden in
the Room of Requirement. In the Chamber of Secrets, Ron and Hermione destroy
the Horcrux cup with a Basilisk fang. Meanwhile, Draco, Blaise, and Goyle
attack Harry, but Ron and Hermione intervene. Goyle casts an uncontrollable
Fiendfyre curse that kills him, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione rescue Malfoy
and Zabini and escape on brooms. Outside, Harry stabs the diadem with the
Basilisk fang, and Ron kicks it into the fire. As Voldemort's army attacks,
Harry realises Voldemort's snake Nagini is the final Horcrux. The trio
overhears Voldemort telling Snape the Elder Wand cannot serve him until
Snape dies. Nagini attacks Snape, then as he dies, he gives Harry one of his
memories. Many members of the Order, students, and staff, including Fred
Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks, are then killed in the battle at
Hogwarts.

 

Harry views Snape's memory in the Pensieve: Snape and Harry's mother Lily
were childhood friends; he was also in love with her, but she fell for
Harry's father James, whom Snape despised for his arrogance and for bullying
him. Harry also learns Snape attempted to protect Lily by pleading with
Dumbledore to hide the Potters. Following her death, Snape worked with Albus
Dumbledore as a double agent among the Death Eaters, to protect Harry from
Voldemort. Harry also learns that Dumbledore was dying and planned for Snape
to kill him, and that Snape conjured the Patronus doe that led Harry to
Gryffindor's sword. Harry also learns that he inadvertently became a Horcrux
when Voldemort's curse originally failed to kill him; Voldemort must now
kill Harry to destroy the soul shard within him. Using the Resurrection
Stone that had been stored in the Golden Snitch bequeathed to him, Harry
sees the spirits of his parents, Sirius Black, and Remus. They comfort him
before he returns to Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. Voldemort casts the
Killing Curse upon Harry, who awakens in limbo. Dumbledore's spirit meets
him and explains that Harry is now free of the link to Voldemort, and can
choose to return to his body or move on.

 

Voldemort returns with Harry's corpse and demands Hogwarts surrender. As
Neville takes the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat, Harry reveals he
is alive, and the Malfoys abandon Voldemort along with many other Death
Eaters. Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix in the Great Hall, and Neville beheads
Nagini, destroying the last Horcrux. Harry defeats Voldemort when his
Expelliarmus deflects Voldemort's Killing Curse back at him. After the
battle, Harry explains to Ron and Hermione that Voldemort never commanded
the Elder Wand; it recognised him as its true master after disarming Draco,
who had previously disarmed Dumbledore. Instead of claiming the Elder Wand,
Harry chooses to destroy it.

 

Nineteen years later, Harry and Ginny Weasley, now married, watch as their
youngest son leaves on the train at King's Cross to Hogwarts alongside Ron,
Hermione, and their two children.

 

Cast

Further information: List of Harry Potter cast members

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 17-year-old British wizard.

Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: One of Harry's best friends.

Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: One of Harry's best friends.

Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid: Harry's half-giant friend and a former
member of staff at Hogwarts.

Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick: The Charms master and Head of the
Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts; and also as Griphook, a goblin and former
employee at Gringotts Bank.

Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore: The late headmaster of
Hogwarts.

John Hurt as Garrick Ollivander: A wandmaker abducted by the Death Eaters.

Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy: Draco Malfoy's father and a disgraced Death
Eater.

Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy: Draco's mother and Bellatrix's sister.

Gary Oldman as Sirius Black: Harry's late godfather.

Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape: Former Head of the Slytherin House
and Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and the new headmaster
of Hogwarts.

Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall: The Transfiguration teacher
and the Head of the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts.

David Thewlis as Remus Lupin: A werewolf, member of the Order of the Phoenix
and a former Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.

Julie Walters as Molly Weasley: The Weasley matriarch.

Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy: A Death Eater and son of Lucius and Narcissa
Malfoy.

Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley: Ron's younger sister and Harry's girlfriend.

Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom: A schoolfriend and strong supporter of
Harry Potter.

Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood: A seemingly dotty schoolfriend of Harry, who
provides wise counsel at key moments.

Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange: A Death Eater and Sirius
Black's cousin and murderer.

Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort: A twisted, evil, power-hungry, powerful
wizard, and the founder and supreme leader of the Death Eaters.

 

Steve Cook

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