AMSE hosts ‘Movies at the Museum’ in November, December

• Nov. 9—”The Beginning or The End.” This is a 1947 docudrama on the Manhattan Project and creation of the atomic bomb and later bombing of Japan. This movie kicks off “Movies at the Museum.” Many of the people depicted in the film were well-known government figures and scientists who were directly or indirectly involved in producing the atomic bomb during world War II, a press release said. Among those portrayed were U.S. President Harry S. Truman; Gen. Leslie R. Groves, head of the atomic bomb project; and J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the team of scientists that developed the bomb.
• Nov. 16—”Jurassic Park.” This film was produced in 1993 and focuses on an age-old fantasy that becomes a reality as dinosaurs are genetically re-created for the greatest theme park in this adaptation of Michael Crichton’s best-selling novel.
• Nov. 30—”King Kong vs. Godzilla.” This is a movie from 1962 about a pharmaceutical company that captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.
• Dec. 7—”The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.” This 1953 film follows a carnivorous dinosaur that resulted from an arctic nuclear test, thawed out, and started making its way down the east coast of North America.
• Dec. 14—”Godzilla.” In this 1998 movie, an enormous, radioactively mutated lizard runs rampant on the island of Manhattan.
• Dec. 28—”Dinosaur.” This 2000 film is about an orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs that joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

The press release said “Movies at the Museum” is presented by the AMSE Foundation and several businesses and organizations.