A Fish Called Wanda: The Westdale Film Society Talk

Name: A Fish Called Wanda: The Westdale Film Society Talk
Start: 2025-08-14T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 1014 King Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario L8S 1L4

Schedule

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1014 King Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario L8S 1L4 | Hamilton, ON

Join us for a Westdale Film Society screening of A FISH CALLED WANDA, part of our Mock-busters film talk series hosted by Jeffrey Bender!
🎬British gangster George Thomason (Tom Georgeson) and his hapless aide, Ken Pile (Michael Palin), draft a pair of arrogant Americans, grifter Wanda Gerschwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and weapons expert Otto West (Kevin Kline), for a massive diamond heist. When the job goes badly, Wanda attempts to seduce George’s stuffy lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese), to find out where George hid the diamonds. Meanwhile, Ken repeatedly attempts to K*ll an elderly woman (Patricia Hayes) who witnessed the robbery.
💛This screening will include a meeting of The Westdale Film Society! Open to Members of any membership level, we invite you to stay after the screening as Jeff will lead a casual, guided discussion with your fellow film lovers about the movie, stories and context about its creation, and the experience of watching it in on the big screen in our historic cinema. Coffee and refreshments will also be served!
Schedule:
7:00pm – Introduction to the film by host Jeffrey Bender
7:15pm – Film screening
9:15pm – Westdale Film Society meeting and discussion (*Must be a Member to attend)
10:00pm – Film Society meeting concludes
*Times are approximate.
If you want to stay for the discussion but you're not a Member yet, visit https://www.thewestdale.ca/membership/ to sign up and learn more! ✨