Arena Theater Film Club Presents "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"

          Arena Theater Film Club brings another film worth seeing again, or seeing "again for the first time". "McCabe and Mrs. Miller hits the big screen on Monday, February 7.

     Director Robert Altman's revisionist Western is set during the winter in an undetermined year of "the old west".

     Charismatic but dumb John McCabe (Warren Beatty) arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a combination whorehouse and tavern. The shrewd Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to use her experience to help McCabe run his business, while sharing in the profits. The whorehouse thrives and McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation, which wants to buy out McCabe along with the rest. He refuses, and his decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town.

     "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" was directed by Robert Altman. The run time is 121 minutes. Rated "R". In addition to Beatty and Christie, the cast includes Rene Auberjonois, John Schuck and William Devane.

     Admission $7 for Arena Theater Association members; guests welcome at $10. Cash at the door, please, maximum audience 55 people. Proof of vaccination required as well as face coverings except when seated while eating or drinking. The film starts at 7:00pm. This is the only Film Club offering this month.