Join the Union Church Film Group for Land of the Pharaohs (1955), directed by Howard Hawks, written in part by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner William Faulkner, and scored by Academy Award-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin. The historical epic stars Jack Hawkins as Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, and was filmed on location in Egypt and Rome, including at actual stone quarries near Cairo and Aswan and the remains of an unfinished pyramid.
Join us for food and conversation at 6:15 PM beforehand; please bring your own food and beverage. The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes and will be shown with subtitles.