[Nfbnet-members-list] September Events for All

[Steve Cook]

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I hope you will join us for the below events in September. If you have any
suggestions for upcoming movies or would like to be added to the weekly
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Below the Zoom information is a summary for each movie.

 

Friday, September 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern Audio described movie

Remember the Titans

 

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern Audio Described Movie

Flight Risk (2025)

 

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern Audio Described Movie

Private Benjamin (1980)

 

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern

Trivia night

 

SC Tech Talk every Saturday at 3:00 PM Eastern

 

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Remember the Titans


 

In 1981, a group of former football coaches and players attend a funeral for
a former football player.

 

Ten years earlier, in the summer of 1971, head coach Bill Yoast of the newly
integrated T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, is leading
his white players in summer workouts. Yoast is informed that Herman Boone, a
Black head coach originally hired to coach the city's black high school
football team, has been assigned to his coaching staff instead. Then, in an
attempt to placate rising racial tensions and the fact that all other high
schools in Alexandria are "whites only" (despite the abolition of racial
segregation in public schools), the school district decides to name Boone
the head coach. Boone refuses, believing it is unfair to Yoast, a successful
coach who is nominated to the Virginia High School Hall of Fame, but relents
after seeing what it means to the Black community. When Yoast tells his
white players that he will accept a head-coach position elsewhere, they
pledge to boycott the team if he is not their coach. Dismayed at the
prospect of the students losing their chances at scholarships, Yoast changes
his mind and decides to accept Boone's offer to serve as his defensive
coordinator.

 

Boone holds his first team meeting with mostly Black students in the school
gymnasium but is interrupted by the arrival of Yoast and several white
students. Yoast informs Boone of his decision, but Boone warns Yoast that
the Titans are his team, and he will not tolerate Yoast undermining him. On
August 15, the players go to Gettysburg College for training camp. Early on,
the Black and white team members frequently clash in racially motivated
conflicts, especially between defensive captains Gerry Bertier (white) and
Julius Campbell (Black). However, through forceful coaching, rigorous
training, and a motivational early-morning run to the Gettysburg National
Cemetery followed by an emotional speech by Boone, the team comes together
and returns as a united group. Before their first game, Boone is told by a
member of the school board that if he loses even a single game, he will be
dismissed. Subsequently, the Titans go through the season undefeated while
battling racial prejudice and slowly gaining support from the community.

 

Just before the state semi-finals, Yoast is told by the chairman of the
school board that they have arranged for the Titans to lose so that Boone
will be dismissed and Yoast reinstated as head coach. During the game, the
referees make several biased calls against the Titans. Upon seeing the
chairman and other board members in the audience looking on with
satisfaction, Yoast marches onto the field to warn the head referee that if
the game is not officiated fairly, he will expose the scandal to the press.
After this, the Titans shut out their opponents and advance to the state
championship, but Yoast is told by the infuriated chairman that his actions
in saving Boone's job have resulted in the loss of his Hall of Fame
nomination.

 

That night, while celebrating the victory, Gerry is severely injured in a
car accident and is paralyzed from the waist down. Despite the loss of the
All-American linebacker, the Titans mount a comeback in the fourth quarter
of the state championship and win the title.

 

Ten years later, after he has won the gold medal in shot put in the
Paralympic Games, Gerry dies in another car crash caused by a drunk driver.
It is his funeral that the former football coaches and players were
attending in the opening scene. Julius, whom Gerry's mother formerly
disliked, is now holding her hand as he leads the team in a mournful
rendition of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".

 

In the epilogue, descriptions show the players' and coaches' activities
after the events in 1971. Coach Boone coached the Titans for five more
seasons before retirement, while Coach Yoast assisted Boone for four more
years, retiring from coaching in 1990; the two coaches became good friends.
After Gerry's death, the gymnasium at T.C. Williams High was renamed after
him. Julius would work for the city of Alexandria and remain friends with
Gerry until his death.

 

Cast

Denzel Washington as Herman Boone

Will Patton as Bill Yoast

Wood Harris as Julius Campbell

Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier

Donald Faison as Petey Jones

Ethan Suplee as Louie Lastik

Nicole Ari Parker as Carol Boone

Hayden Panettiere as Sheryl Yoast

Kip Pardue as Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass

Craig Kirkwood as Jerry "Rev" Harris

Kate Bosworth as Emma Hoyt

Ryan Gosling as Alan Bosley

Burgess Jenkins as Ray Budds

Earl C. Poitier as Darryl "Blue" Stanton

Neal Ghant as Frankie Glascoe

Gregory Alan Williams as Paul "Doc" Hines

 


Flight Risk 


 

U.S. Marshal Madolyn Harris arrests Winston, an accountant, while he is
hiding in Alaska after turning informant against his former employer, the
Moretti crime family. Madolyn charters a small airplane to take them to
Anchorage so they can transfer to New York City, where she intends for
Winston to testify against mobster Moretti. They are piloted by Daryl Booth,
a Texan living in Alaska, who explains that the aircraft's radio and GPS is
regularly out of order.

 

While shackled in the middle of the plane, Winston spots Daryl's pilot
license under the seat in front of him, noticing that the photograph is a
different person from "Daryl." He tries to warn Madolyn, who has a headset
on and cannot hear him. After a brief conversation with Madolyn, "Daryl"
mentions how she will go to Seattle after reaching Anchorage. He should not
have known this, thus he reveals himself to be a hitman using Daryl's
identity with orders to kill Winston. Madolyn manages to subdue him with a
taser, and takes over piloting the plane.

 

Using her satellite phone, Madolyn explains the situation to her direct
superior, Caroline Van Sant. Caroline tells her that Winston must be kept
alive if Moretti is to be brought to justice. Winston had skimmed $1 million
from the Moretti crime family during his time working for them. Caroline
tells Madolyn that the real Daryl Booth had been tortured to death by
"Daryl," and that she will arrange for another pilot to call her to help
navigate them to safety.

 

Madolyn begins to grow suspicious of Caroline when "Daryl" knows information
about her past that he should not have known--information that could only
have come from the Marshals. Thus, Madolyn begins to suspect that Caroline
is the leak to the mob. Madolyn then gets in touch with FBI Director
Coleridge to explain her suspicions. However, Coleridge gives himself away
as being on Moretti's payroll when he mentions his beach house, since
Winston recognizes that a past request for payment came from a URL in that
city. This puts Caroline's life in danger, since Coleridge needs her to take
the fall for any suspicions, lest he becomes a suspect.

 

"Daryl" wakes up, shackled to the overhead rack, and taunts Winston,
promising to make him suffer, as well as to kill his mother, whose address
he knows. He also reveals that Madolyn had been put on desk duty for several
years after her neglect had caused the death of a witness in her custody
during her last field mission; Madolyn permitted the witness to take a
shower unsupervised, albeit handcuffed, when their motel room was firebombed
by a cartel hitman, and Madolyn fled while forgetting the witness could not
escape.

 

Hassan, a pilot on the ground in Anchorage, calls Madolyn and teaches her
how to steer the plane; he also calms her and says they will go drinking and
dancing when she lands safely. "Daryl" manages to free himself from his
handcuffs and attacks the pair. He stabs Winston twice and begins to
strangle Madolyn with the seatbelt. She is about to pass out when Winston
removes the knife from his chest and cuts the belt, allowing Madolyn to
shoot "Daryl" with a flare gun, incapacitating him at the back of the plane.
When Coleridge calls Madolyn and tells her that Caroline has been killed in
a car accident, she vows to bring him down alongside Moretti. A US Navy
F/A-18 Hornet meets the plane to escort it to the airport.

 

With Winston now in dire need of medical attention, Hassan guides Madolyn
into landing the plane as quickly as possible, which burns through their
remaining fuel supply. On the approach, "Daryl" regains consciousness,
almost degloves his hand in order to extract it from the handcuffs, and
attacks again. He is shot by Madolyn and thrown off the plane, where he is
run over by an ambulance, as Madolyn manages a successful crash landing.

 

Winston is rushed into an ambulance by the ground crew as Madolyn is greeted
by Hassan. Madolyn notices that a suspicious-looking paramedic has entered
the ambulance, and she quickly makes her way to the ambulance, finding that
the fake paramedic is using a plastic bag to smother Winston. Madolyn shoots
the paramedic before he can kill Winston. Madolyn picks up the paramedic's
phone, revealing him as a hitman acting under orders from Coleridge, who is
on the other end of the line. She tells Coleridge that he is finished,
before sharing a caring moment with Winston, who smiles wanly.

 

Cast

 

 

 

Flight Risk stars (from L to R) Michelle Dockery, Mark Wahlberg and Topher
Grace.

Michelle Dockery as Madolyn Harris, a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

Mark Wahlberg as the Pilot "Daryl Booth", a hitman disguised as a Texan
pilot.

Topher Grace as Winston, a mob accountant-turned-informant.

Leah Remini (voice) as Caroline Van Sant, a U.S. Marshal and Madolyn's
superior officer.

Paul Ben-Victor (voice) as Director Coleridge, the agent in charge of the
operation.

Maaz Ali (voice) as Hassan, a pilot who guides the plane from the ground.

Monib Abhat appears on-screen as Hassan

 


Private Benjamin (1980)


 

Judy Benjamin, a 28-year-old Jewish woman from a sheltered wealthy
upbringing whose lifelong dream is to "marry a professional man", is
devastated after Yale Goodman, her new husband, dies on their wedding night.
Emotionally adrift, Judy tells her story on a radio call-in show and meets
another caller, Army recruiter SFC James Ballard, who leads her to believe
military life will provide the "family" she seeks. He also pitches the
service as a getaway, comparing it to a spa vacation, but Judy has a rude
awakening upon arriving at basic training; realizing the recruiter conned
her, she wants to quit but is astonished to find out, contrary to the
assertions of her recruiting sergeant, that she cannot leave.

 

Army regulations and the disapproval of Captain Doreen Lewis and Sergeant
First Class L.C. Ross, the drill sergeant, frustrate Judy. However, when her
parents arrive at Fort Biloxi to take her home, she decides to stay and
finish basic training. Judy completes her training after a war games
exercise in which she leads her squad in capturing the opposing team. Upon
graduation from basic training, Judy and her friends spend the weekend on
leave in New Orleans, where she meets Henri Tremont, a French doctor
attending a medical conference. After a brief but inspiring romance, Henri
returns to Paris, and Judy begins training with an elite paratrooper unit,
the Thornbirds.

 

Judy quickly discovers that she was chosen for paratrooper training because
unit commander Colonel Thornbush finds her attractive. Because she is too
scared to jump after the other trainees have jumped from the plane, he
attempts to sexually assault her. When Judy jumps out of the plane rather
than comply, he attempts to have her transferred. Judy negotiates an
assignment to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Belgium,
and meets up with Henri again on a visit to Paris. He proposes marriage, and
she accepts. After Captain Lewis discovers that Tremont is a communist, Judy
is forced to choose between the Army and love.

 

Following his engagement to Judy, Henri reveals his self-centered,
controlling nature. He tries to "remake" Judy and insists she sign a
prenuptial agreement. Finally, when Henri sleeps with the housemaid and
makes it obvious that he has not gotten over his ex-girlfriend Clare, Judy
has a change of heart. On the day of the wedding ceremony, she punches Henri
and abandons him at the altar, throws her bridal veil into the wind, and
walks alone into the unknown, empowered by her newfound freedom.

 

Cast

Goldie Hawn as Private Judith Benjamin

Eileen Brennan as Captain Doreen Lewis

Armand Assante as Henri Alan Tremont

Robert Webber as Colonel Clay Thornbush

Sam Wanamaker as Theodore Benjamin, Judy's father

Barbara Barrie as Harriet Benjamin, Judy's mother

Mary Kay Place as Private/2nd Lieutenant Mary Lou Glass

Harry Dean Stanton as Sergeant First Class Jim Ballard

Albert Brooks as Yale Goodman

Richard Herd as Brigadier General Foley

Toni Kalem as Private Gianelli

Damita Jo Freeman as Private Gloria Moe

Alston Ahern as Private P. J. Soyer

Gretchen Wyler as Aunt Kissy

Craig T. Nelson as Captain William Woodbridge

Hal Williams as Drill Sergeant L. C. Ross

P. J. Soles as Private Wanda Winter

Wil Albert as Lieutenant Rahmi

Denise Halma as Gabrielle

Lee Wallace as Mr. Waxman

Alan Oppenheimer as Rabbi

Maxine Stuart as Aunt Betty

Helen Baron, Paul Marin, and Mimi Maynard as the Lemish family

Lillian Adams as Mrs. Goodman

Alice Hirson as Mrs. Thornbush

Sally Kirkland as Helga

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