‘American Animals’ to open June 22 at Cinema Art Theater
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “American Animals,” a thrilling drama based on true events about one of the most unusual heists in American history.
The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Ky. Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of their college library. Enlisting two more friends, and taking their cues from heist movies, the gang meticulously plots the theft and subsequent fence of the stolen artworks.
Although some members of the group begin to have second thoughts, they discover that the plan has seemingly taken on a life of its own. Unfolding from multiple perspectives, and innovatively incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, writer-director Bart Layton takes the heist movie into bold new territory.
Screening times are 4 and 7 p.m., Friday, June 22; 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23; 4 p.m., Sunday, June 24; 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 27; and 4 and 7 p.m., Thursday, June 28. Admission is $8 for members and $11 for nonmembers. Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online. If seats are available, tickets can be purchased at the theater, starting 30 minutes prior to each screening.
For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.rehobothfilm.com or call 302-645-9095.
