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BOOTS ON THE BIG SCREEN: A WOUNDED WARRIOR BENEFIT
OPERATION HOMEFRONT
On July 17th 2009 at The Palace Theatre in Syracuse, NY, the 1st annual: ‘Boots on the Big Screen’ will take place to benefit wounded soldiers through Operation Homefront.
This year’s; ‘Boots on the Big Screen’ is a triple feature of Military movies; ‘The Last Ridge’ (uphill battles of the 10th Mtn Division), on 35mm ‘Black Hawk Down’ (involving a daring rescue by the 10th in Somalia) and on 35mm ‘Dr Strangelove’ (a hilarious Cold War comedy). The event will also have raffles, prizes, special guest speakers and food!
Operation
Homefront is a resource available to all Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
(as well as their families) in need of a helping hand. We’re trying to
make this a record fundraiser for Operation Homefront. Our goal is to raise at least $1,000.00 in ticket sales.
Tickets are $12 per person or $10 for Military/Dependant, Retiree and DOD personnel.
Come dressed in Uniform or Red, White and Blue and receive a free raffle ticket!
This will be a fun and informational event for all; ages 17 and older unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
What:
"Brew & View" 35mm film series: Black Hawk Down, Dr. Strangelove, The Last Ridge: Fort Drum Night at the Movies
FILMFEST TO BENEFIT WOUNDED SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES
Beginning at 5:30pm on July 17th, the 1st annual; ‘Boots on the Big Screen’ film fest to benefit wounded soldiers through Operation Homefront will take place at The Palace Theatre on James St in Syracuse. This year’s films will be; The Last Ridge, Black Hawk Down and Dr Strangelove. Along with the three films, there will be free pizza with admission, raffles and prizes.
Operation Homefront is a donation ran organization which helps Military personnel and their family in their time of need. Founder of this fundraiser, Kathy Taber-Montgomery, teamed up with Jeff Meyer to ‘Pay it Forward’ after she needed help from the organization to see her husband at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after falling ill while deployed in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team. SSG Shon Montgomery will be in attendance at the Fundraiser and they hope to see other Soldiers and their family members there as well. There will be an after the event party at Pooch's Sports Bar 1627 Milton ave in Solvay.
Sponsors; The Palace Theatre, News 10 Now, Lake Ontario Realty, Pooch’s Sports Bar, Delta Sonic, 10th Mountain Division Association, Producer/Director Abbie Kealy, Great Northern Mall, SONY Pictures and Fort Drum; Morale Welfare and Recreation employees have made this fundraiser possible.
When:
Friday July 17th
5:30pm-6:00 social gathering
6:00 pm movie starts.
Order of films:
6:00pm The Last Ridge (digital projection)
7:45pm Black Hawk Down (35mm film print)
10:30pm Dr. Strangelove (35mm film print)
Where:
The Palace Theatre
2384 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13206
Cost:
Tickets are $12 per person, $10 for Military, Dependants, Retiree and DOD CA with ID. Come dressed in Uniform or in Patriotic attire and receive a free raffle ticket with admission.
Details:
21+ w/ valid ID to Drink Alcohol. 17+ to get in unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.
BLACK HAWK DOWN: Ridley Scott (2001)
Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col. McKnight who leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city, to Sgt. Sanderson desperately trying to get to the first crash site, to Staff Sgt. Yurek who leads two fellow Rangers, Nelson and Twombly to meet with up their squad, Chalk Four, at the first crash site, to many others involved who where either killed or survived. Written by Matthew Patay
Dr. Strangelove: Stanley Kubrick (1964)
U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely and utterly mad, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He suspects that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. The U.S. president meets with his advisors, where the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a "Doomsday Machine" which will destroy all plant and animal life on Earth. Peter Sellers portrays the three men who might avert this tragedy: British Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, the only person with access to the demented Gen. Ripper; U.S. President Merkin Muffley, whose best attempts to divert disaster depend on placating a drunken Soviet Premier and the former Nazi genius Dr. Strangelove, who concludes that "such a device would not be a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious". Will the bombers be stopped in time, or will General Jack Ripper succeed in destroying the world ? Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}
The Last Ridge: Abbie Kealy (2007)
Review
This excellent DVD tells a powerful story--in fact, it is the best film documentary yet on the 10th Mountain in World War II, truly getting inside one of the most heroic divisions in the American military history. That the 10th Mountain had an unequaled postwar impact on the sport of skiing makes this film doubly worth watching. The films does a particularly good job in depicting the devastatingly difficult and deadly campaign, interweaving action shots with at least a hundred soldiers' sometimes laconic, sometimes heart-rending commentaries on camera and in letters home, plumbing the depths of fear and courage, of desperation ad elation and craziness evoked in this division's war. To its everlasting credit, "The Last Ridge" recaptures the feeling of the Italian campaign, building quietly without the gloss of heroics, an atmosphere that gradually became emotionally intense, conveying at a gut level the deadly determination of soldiers believing they all shared the grim task fo holding in their hands the future of their nation. --Reviewed by Morten Lund for Skiing Heritage Magazine, September 2007.
Any questions please email:
POC Kathy Taber- Montgomery
Kathy.r.montgomery@us.army.mil
Or Jeff Meyer
jmeyer007@hotmail.com
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