Disaster Movie Marathon Scheduled for October 5 at Branigan

October is traditionally for horror movies. We’re looking at something even scarier, the sudden fight for life while going about a normal day.

Source: Las Cruces Libraries Events Calendar (Image Courtesy Hollywood Theater and 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.)

This event is FREE and no registration is required.

Kiva, Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave., Las Cruces, NM, 88001

10:30 am – The Towering Inferno (1974) During the opening party of a brand new skyscraper, a colossal, raging fire breaks out, threatening the lives of those inside. Firefighters risk their lives to combat the blaze and save as many people as they can. 165 minutes, Rated PG

1:30 pm – Poseidon (2006) – After a rogue wave capsizes a luxury liner, a group of survivors attempt to reach safety in this remake of the 1972 disaster epic “The Poseidon Adventure.” 98 minutes, Rated PG-13

3:15 pm – San Andreas (2015) – After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a massive magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter. But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning. And when they think the worst may be over…it’s just getting started. 114 minutes, Rated PG-13

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