ANNVILLE, PA (08/15/2011)(readMedia)-- George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick star in Up in the Air, which will be shown at the Allen Theatre in Annville on Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m. This 2009 movie follows the story of a man who spends his life on a plane and how the pursuit of money affects his personal life.

Ryan Bingham's (Clooney) job is traveling around the country firing people. He spends 320 days out of the year up in the air, and he prides himself in the fact that he can literally live out of his suitcase. He is distant from his family and has no intention on having a significant other. Bingham's life may change when his company hires Natalie Keener (Kendrick), a young overachieving woman who recommends that the company change the nature of the work by conducting the "firings" via remote computer access. His way of life also takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself constantly meeting Alex Goran (Farmiga) when their flight schedules cross.

Up in the Air was nominated for several Academy Awards for Best Motion Picture, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Directing. The Chicago-Sun Times says, "It is a film for this time," and USA Today praises it by saying, "It's tough to capture an era while it's still happening, yet Up in the Air does so brilliantly, with wit and humanity."

MONEY is a year-long integrated series of guest speakers, roundtable discussions, films, and courses that consider society's idea of money. It will involve presentations on problems such as unemployment, poverty, and the gender wage gap, as well as discussions on tax policy, the job market and entrepreneurship, and finally a theoretical consideration of the very idea of money, the ideology of the free market, and the morality and theology of capitalism.

Posted Monday August 15, 2011 at 02:00 pm by Lebanon Valley College
Last Updated Monday August 22, 2011 at 01:49 pm