HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Delos V. Smith summer movie Series at the Fox Theater will feature the movie Captain Philips on June 27-29. The movie will show the story of Captain Richard Phillips, who will be a Dillon Lecturer at Hutchinson Community College on September 23.
The movie will be shown on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5, buy one, get one free, and may be purchased at the theater starting 30-minutes before the show.
Captain Phillips, a former hostage and author, will be the third lecture for the 2014 Ray and Stella Dillon Lecture Series at Hutchinson Community College. Phillips will lecture on September 23, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hutchinson Sports Arena. The lecture is open to the public. Cost to attend the lecture is only $10, with students admitted free.
For more information on the series, or to become a patron, call Laurie Sawyer at 665-3505.
Richard Phillips was the captain of the Maersk Alabama when it was taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2009. Phillips was held at gunpoint on a tiny lifeboat by the ruthless hijackers until his dramatic rescue at sea by Navy Seals. His story was made into an Oscar-nominated film with Tom Hanks in the lead role as Phillips.
2014 is the 33rd season for the Dillon Lecture Series on the HCC Campus. The addition of Phillips completes the 2014 season which began with former CIA Agent Tony Mendez (Feb. 11) and the other two remaining speakers: journalist Laura Ling (April 1) and NASA engineer Dr. Adam Steltzer (Nov. 14).
For more information on the Dillon Lecture Series, or Hutchinson Community College, visit the college website at www.hutchcc.edu/dls.