[Ohio-Talk] April Events

Wed Apr 3 00:25:51 UTC 2024

I would love to attend this, I want everyone to be safe out here. The weather is bad all over Ohio with tornado watches and warning so be safe. Make sure you take cover and be safe. God bless.
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> On Apr 2, 2024, at 6:08 PM, Steve Cook via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Feel free to share with everyone!
> 
> You are invited to all of the below events! We will be showing 3 audio
> described movies this month along with Name That Tune! We hope your schedule
> will allow you to join us. If you have any suggestions for upcoming movies,
> please send them to Movies at nfbofsc.org
> 
> All event stake place at 8:00 PM Eastern on the below Zoom platform. Read
> about each movie below the Zoom information.
> 
> Friday, April 5, 2024
> Wonka (2023)
> 
> Friday, April 12, 2024
> Titanic [US] (1997)
> 
> Friday, April 19, 2024
> A Star is Born 2018
> 
> Friday, April 26, 2024
> Name That Tune
> We will have tunes from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s to choose from.
> 
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09
> 
> Meeting ID: 803 254 3777
> Passcode: 124578
> One tap mobile
> +19292056099,,8032543777#
> 
> Wonka
> 
> Run Time 1 hour & 56 minutes
> Rating: PG
> 
> Willy Wonka,
> an aspiring magician, inventor, and chocolatier, arrives in Europe to
> establish his chocolate shop at The Galéries Gourmet. Burning through his
> meager savings, he is coerced to stay at Mrs. Scrubitt's boarding house by
> her henchman Bleacher and, despite orphan Noodle's warning about the fine
> print, signs a contract because he is illiterate. To pay them off, Wonka
> introduces "hoverchocs", chocolates that make people fly, facing opposition
> from three rival chocolatiers who call the Chief of Police to confiscate
> Wonka's earnings for disrupting trade and selling without a chocolate store.
> Unable to pay the expensive fees imposed on him by the contract,
> Wonka is captured and forced to work in a launderette for Mrs. Scrubitt
> alongside five other captives, including Noodle. Learning of a "Chocolate
> Cartel" plot involving the rival chocolatiers, he makes his escape with the
> help of Noodle; while he promises her a lifetime supply of chocolates, she
> promises to teach him how to read. Wonka tells Noodle that his affinity for
> chocolate stems from his late mother, and also alludes to the theft of his
> chocolates by an enigmatic little orange man. The Cartel leaders meanwhile
> bribe
> the sweet-toothed Chief by providing him with his own supply of chocolates,
> inducing him to force Wonka to leave town.
> To produce his signature chocolate, Wonka and Noodle travel to the local
> zoo, milking Abigail the giraffe. Together with the other launderette
> workers,
> they embark on a chocolate-selling crusade to alleviate their debts while
> using tunnels underneath the city to evade the police. The persistent thief
> of
> Wonka's chocolates is unmasked as an
> Oompa Loompa
> named Lofty, who reveals that the Oompa Loompas seek retribution for the
> cocoa beans Wonka originally took from Loompaland under Lofty's watch. Wonka
> captures Lofty, but Lofty dupes Wonka into freeing him; he tricks Wonka into
> letting him strike him with a frying pan and snatches a jar of chocolate
> before
> disappearing.
> Using the funds raised from selling chocolates, Wonka and the launderette
> workers open Wonka's dream chocolate store. The Chief and the Cartel, who
> are
> now unable to arrest him since he has a legitimate shop, expose him to
> Scrubitt. Infusing his chocolates with
> Yeti
> sweat, Scrubitt incites chaos among the customers, leading to the
> destruction of Wonka's store. Wonka reluctantly agrees to the Cartel's offer
> to leave
> town by ship to pay off everyone's debts. Because of this, all of the
> workers are released from the launderette except Noodle; Cartel leader
> Arthur Slugworth
> pays Scrubitt to keep her there indefinitely. Wonka deduces that Noodle and
> Slugworth are related, before he and Lofty are forced to jump off the boat,
> as it is rigged to explode. After rescuing Noodle, Wonka and the group
> devise a strategy to obtain the Cartel's incriminating account book.
> Using Abigail as a distraction, Wonka and Noodle infiltrate the Cartel's
> base, where they are confronted by the Cartel. Slugworth discloses that
> after
> the death of Noodle's father, his own brother Zebedee, he falsely reported
> Noodle as deceased to her mother, Dorothy, and gave her to Scrubitt in order
> to eliminate her claim to the family fortune. Held at gunpoint, Wonka and
> Noodle are nearly drowned in a vault of chocolate, but Lofty rescues them.
> Wonka and Noodle expose the Cartel's misdeeds to the authorities and the
> public. They release the Cartel's chocolate reserve through a fountain,
> laced
> with Wonka's unique ingredients, ruining the Cartel's enterprise. The Cartel
> meets their downfall, and the police arrest the corrupt Chief. The public
> revels in tasting Wonka's chocolate fountain, and Wonka unwraps the last
> chocolate bar his mother had given him, discovering a golden paper with a
> message
> stating that "The secret is it's not the chocolate that matters, but who you
> share it with." He splits the bar into six pieces to share with his friends
> before reuniting Noodle with her mother Dorothy Smith. He then settles his
> debt with Lofty and finds an abandoned castle for sale to start building his
> own chocolate factory, with Lofty as his tasting chef.
> Wonka's friends return to their old lives. Scrubitt and Bleacher attempt to
> eliminate the evidence of sabotaging Wonka's shop, but they are arrested for
> their complicity in the Cartel's scheme.
> 
> Titanic
> 
> Run Time 3 hours & 15 minutes
> Rating: PG 13
> 
> In 1996, aboard the research vessel
> Akademik Mstislav Keldysh,
> Brock Lovett and his team search the
> wreck of RMS Titanic.
> They recover a safe they hope contains a necklace with a large diamond known
> as the Heart of the Ocean. Instead, they find only a drawing of a young nude
> woman wearing the necklace. The sketch is dated April 14, 1912, the same day
> the Titanic
> struck the iceberg
> that caused it to
> sink.
> [Note 2]
> After viewing a television news story about the discovery,
> centenarian
> Rose Dawson Calvert contacts Lovett, identifying herself as the woman in the
> drawing. Hoping she can help locate the necklace, Lovett brings Rose aboard
> Keldysh, where she recounts her experiences as a Titanic passenger.
> In 1912
> Southampton,
> 17-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater, her wealthy fiancé Caledon "Cal" Hockley
> and Rose's widowed mother Ruth board the Titanic. Ruth emphasizes that
> Rose's marriage to Cal will resolve the family's financial problems and
> maintain their upper-class status. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson, a poor young
> artist, wins a third-class Titanic ticket in a poker game. After setting
> sail, Rose, distraught over her loveless engagement, climbs over the stern
> railing, intending to commit suicide. Jack coaxes her back onto the deck and
> they develop a friendship. Jack soon admits that he has feelings for Rose.
> When Cal and Ruth object, Rose rejects Jack's attentions, but returns to him
> after realizing she has fallen in love.
> Rose brings Jack to her state room and requests he draw her nude, wearing
> only the Heart of the Ocean. They later evade Cal's servant, Lovejoy, and
> have
> sex in a
> Renault Towncar
> inside the cargo hold. On the forward deck, they witness the ship's
> collision with an iceberg and overhear its officers discussing its
> seriousness. Cal
> discovers Jack's sketch and an insulting note from Rose in his safe, along
> with the necklace. When Jack and Rose return to warn the others about the
> collision,
> Cal has Lovejoy slip the necklace into Jack's pocket to frame him for theft.
> Jack is confined in the
> master-at-arms'
> office. Cal puts the necklace into his own overcoat pocket.
> With the ship sinking, the crew prioritize women and children for
> evacuation. Rose finds and frees Jack, and they make it back to the deck,
> where Cal and
> Jack urge Rose to board a lifeboat. Intending to save himself, Cal lies that
> he will get Jack safely off the ship and wraps his overcoat around Rose. As
> her lifeboat is lowered, Rose, unable to abandon Jack, jumps back onto the
> ship. Cal grabs Lovejoy's pistol and chases Jack and Rose, but they escape.
> Cal realizes the necklace is still in the coat he gave Rose. He poses as a
> lost child's father to board a lifeboat.
> Jack and Rose return to the deck. The ship's stern is rising as the flooded
> bow sinks; the two desperately cling to the stern rail. The upended ship
> breaks
> in half and the bow section sinks. The stern slams back onto the ocean,
> upends again and sinks. In the freezing water, Jack helps Rose onto a wood
> transom panel
> among the debris, buoyant enough only for one person, and makes her promise
> to survive. Jack dies of
> cold shock,
> but Rose is among six people saved by the one returning lifeboat.
> RMS Carpathia
> rescues the survivors. Rose avoids Cal and her mother by hiding among the
> steerage passengers and giving her name as Rose Dawson. Still wearing Cal's
> overcoat, she discovers the necklace tucked inside the pocket.
> In the present, Rose says she heard that Cal committed suicide after losing
> his fortune in the
> 1929 Wall Street crash.
> Lovett abandons his search after hearing Rose's story. Alone on the stern of
> Keldysh, Rose takes the Heart of the Ocean, which has been in her possession
> all along, and drops it into the sea over the wreck site. While she is
> seemingly asleep in her bed,
> [17]
> her photos on the dresser depict a life of freedom and adventure inspired by
> Jack. A young Rose reunites with Jack at the Titanic's
> Grand Staircase,
> applauded by those who died that night.
> 
> 
> A Star Is Born
> 
> Run Time 2 hours & 15 minutes
> Rating: R
> 
> 43-year-old Jackson "Jack" Maine, a famous
> country rock
> singer privately battling an
> alcohol
> and
> drug addiction,
> plays at a concert. His primary support is Bobby, his manager and older
> half-brother. After a show, Jack goes out for drinks and visits a
> drag bar
> where he witnesses a tribute performance to
> Édith Piaf
> by 31-year-old Ally, who works as a waitress and singer-songwriter. Jack is
> amazed by her performance, and they spend the night talking to each other,
> where Ally discusses her unsuccessful efforts in pursuing a professional
> music career. Ally shares with Jack some lyrics she has been working on, and
> he
> tells her she is a talented songwriter and should perform her material.
> Jack invites Ally to his next show. Despite her initial refusal, she attends
> and, with Jack's encouragement, sings "
> Shallow"
> on stage with him. Jack invites Ally to go on tour with him, and they form a
> romantic relationship. In
> Arizona,
> Ally and Jack visit the ranch where Jack grew up and where his father is
> buried, only to find that Bobby had sold the land, which was converted into
> a
> wind farm.
> Angered at his betrayal, Jack attacks Bobby, who subsequently quits as his
> manager. Before doing so, Bobby reveals that he did inform Jack about the
> sale, but Jack was too drunk to notice.
> While on tour, Ally meets Rez, a record producer who offers her a contract.
> Although visibly bothered, Jack still supports her decision. Rez refocuses
> Ally away from country music and towards
> pop music.
> Jack misses one of Ally's performances after he passes out drunk in public;
> he recovers at the home of his best friend George "Noodles" Stone and later
> makes up with Ally. There he proposes to Ally with an impromptu ring made
> from a loop of a guitar string, and they are married that same day at a
> church ministered by a relative of Noodles.
> During Ally's performance on
> Saturday Night Live,
> Bobby reconciles with Jack. Later, Ally and a drunken Jack fight over Ally's
> growing artistic success. Jack criticizes Ally's new image and music, as her
> success appears to be outpacing his recent decline in popularity. At the
> Grammy Awards,
> where Ally is nominated for three awards, a visibly intoxicated Jack
> performs a tribute to
> Roy Orbison.
> Later in the evening, Ally wins the
> Best New Artist
> award. When she goes up on stage to receive her award, a still-inebriated
> Jack staggers up to her, where he publicly
> wets himself
> and passes out. Ally's father, Lorenzo, berates a semi-conscious Jack while
> Ally attempts to help Jack sober up. Jack joins a
> rehabilitation
> program shortly thereafter. While recovering in rehab for about two months,
> Jack discloses to his counselor that he tried to commit
> suicide
> at age 12. He also mentions that he has hearing problems due to
> progressively worsening
> tinnitus.
> Jack tearfully apologizes to Ally for his behavior. While returning home,
> Jack admits to Bobby that it was he whom he idolized and not their father.
> Ally
> asks Rez to bring Jack on her
> European
> tour, but Rez refuses, prompting Ally to cancel the remainder of the tour,
> so she can care for Jack. Later, while waiting at their home for Ally, Rez
> confronts Jack and accuses him of nearly ruining Ally's career, stating that
> Jack will certainly relapse again, and explains how "embarrassing" it is
> that
> she is married to him. That evening, Ally lies to Jack and tells him that
> her record label has canceled her tour, so she can focus on her second
> album.
> Jack promises he will come to her concert that night, but after Ally leaves,
> he hangs himself in their garage.
> Grief-stricken and inconsolable after Jack's suicide, Ally is visited by
> Bobby, who tells her that the suicide was Jack's own choice. The closing
> scenes
> reveal a flashback of Jack working on a song about his love for Ally, which
> he never finished writing. Ally sings this song as a tribute to Jack,
> introducing
> herself for the first time as Ally Maine.
> 
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