Nevil Shute Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2007

Dr. Tom Simpson
(417) 625-3112

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The Nevil Shute Film Festival will take place Sept. 20 - 22 in Webster Hall Auditorium on the campus of Missouri Southern State University. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.

 

The schedule for the festival is as follows:

 

Thursday, Sept. 20
6:30 p.m.
Welcome Remarks by Tom Simpson, Social Science

 

6:40 - 7 p.m.
Remarks by Dan Telfair, Secretary, Nevil Shute Foundation

 

7 - 8:30 p.m.
Showing of the film Landfall

 

Friday, Sept. 21
6:15 p.m.
Welcome Remarks by Nathan Kubicek

 

6:15- 6:30 p.m.
Remarks by Dan Telfair

 

6:30 p.m. - 8:15
Showing of the film No Highway

 

Saturday, Sept. 22
5:15 p.m.
Welcome Remarks by Tom Simpson

 

5:20 - 5:30 p.m.
Remarks by Dan Telfair

 

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Showing of film A Town Like Alice

 

7:30 - 7:50 p.m.
Intermission

 

7:50 - 8 p.m.
Remarks by Dan Telfair

 

8 - 10:15 p.m.
Showing of the film On the Beach

 

Nevil Shute was born in London in 1899 and died in Melbourne, Australia in 1960. He was one of the most popular novelists of the mid-20th century, as well as a successful aeronautical engineer.

 

For more information, contact Dr. Tom Simpson in the MSSU Social Science Department at (417) 625-3112.

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