FILM SCREENING: American Hustle

Members and one adult guest are invited to an advance preview screening of American Hustle from Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures.

This invitation is non-transferable.

Please send an email to Phyllis Bishop at pbscreenings@gmail.com with the following information: Your Membership Card Number and state if you are coming alone or bringing one guest. 

Please note: You must receive and answer a response from Phyllis, to attend these screenings. 

Screening Date: Monday, December 9th  

Arrival Time:  6:00 p.m. for 7 p.m. screening

Cinema: AMC Empire 25

Address: 234 W. 42nd Street (off 8th Avenue)

Check in at the Columbia Screening desk in the lobby.

NOTE: Absolutely no recording devices will be allowed in the theatre.  This invitation is non-transferable.  No admittance after the film has begun.  Please be advised that all bags and/or purses are subject to search.  Theater will be subject to security surveillance. 

Review Embargo: By attending this screening you agree to hold all print, online, radio and television reviews until the film’s release date. This includes posting reactions/reviews to Twitter, Facebook and blog postings. 

Director: David O. Russell (Director of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “The Fighter”)

Writers: Eric Singer, David O. Russell

Stars: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Rohm, with Robert DeNiro, Jack Huston, Michael Peña, Dawn Oliveri, Louis CK,  Alessandro Nivola, Colleen Camp, Melissa McMeekin and Anthony Zerbe.

Storyline: A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, “American Hustle” tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).  DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting.  Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds.  Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.  Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment

Genre: Crime, Drama

Runtime: 129 Minutes

Rated: Motion Picture Rating (MPAA):  R for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence.

Release: In Select Theatres: December 13, 2013; Everywhere: December, 18th 2013.