The Americanization of Emily (1964)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
(Arthur Hiller, US 1964, 115 min., 35mm)
D-Day. This controversial wartime black comedy finds James Garner as a “dog robber” assigned to the US Navy in the weeks leading up to D-Day. His job is to keep his ranking officers supplied with women and luxury goods. When a questionably motivated admiral, obsessed with how the army and air force are overshadowing the navy in the war, decides that the first man killed on Omaha Beach must be a sailor, he assigns Garner to film the event and bring back the proof. The script by Paddy Chayefsky (Marty, Network) skewers the business of war, leading both Garner and co-star Julie Andrews to note it as the best film they were involved in.
Admission free to active and retired military personnel (with ID) and their families.