FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745

 

The Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Presidential Library and Museum 

presents

a film screening of the 

1970 Academy Award winning film

TORA! TORA! TORA!

on the 76th anniversary 

of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

Henry A. Wallace Center 

at the FDR Presidential Library and Home

Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or CLICK HERE to register

 

HYDE PARK, NY -- In commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harborthe Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museumwill host a film screening of the 1970 Academy Award winning film TORA! TORA! TORA! at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2017. The program will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free public event but registration is required. Visit www.fdrlibrary.org or CLICK HERE to register.

 

Billed as " the most spectacular film ever made, " TORA! TORA! TORA! is a dramatic reenactment of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 as told from both American and Japanese perspectives. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green) -- with Japanese sequences by Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda -- and starred Martin Balsam (All The President's Men), James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption), Jason Robards (All The President's Men) and Joseph Cotton (The Third Man, Citizen Kane). TORA! TORA! TORA! received the 1970 Academy Award for Best Special Effects and was nominated for four more Academy Awards including Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound.

Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit  www.fdrlibrary.org.

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