March 06, 2018
Schedule
5:30 p.m. - Movie Screening
7:15 p.m. - Program
8:00 p.m. - Book Signing
Please join us for a fun evening with Mark Weinberg, former special advisor and press secretary to President Reagan, as he discusses his new book, Movie Nights with the Reagans (Publish Date: February 27, 2018). This event is free to attend, however books must be purchased in the Reagan Library Museum Store to receive signature.
Over the course of eight years, Mark Weinberg travelled to Camp David each weekend with Ronald and Nancy Reagan. He was one of a few select members invited into the Aspen Lodge, where the First Family screened both contemporary and classic movies on Friday and Saturday nights. They watched movies in times of triumph, such as the aftermath of Reagan’s 1984 landslide, and after moments of tragedy, such as the explosion of the Challenger and the shooting of the President and Press Secretary Jim Brady.
Weinberg’s unparalleled access offers a rare glimpse of the Reagans—unscripted, relaxed, unburdened by the world, with no cameras in sight. Each chapter discusses a legendary film, what the Reagans thought of it, and provides warm anecdotes and untold stories about his family and the administration. From Reagan’s pranks on the Secret Service to his thoughts on the parallels between Hollywood and Washington, Weinberg paints a full picture of the president The New Yorker once famously dubbed “The Unknowable.”
Movie Nights with the Reagans is a nostalgic journey through the 1980s and its most iconic films, seen through the eyes of one of Hollywood’s former stars: one who was simultaneously transforming the Republican Party, the American economy, and the course of the Cold War.
Although registration for this event is closed, this is a free event and everyone is still welcome to attend the movie screening, program, and book signing (books must be purchased at the Reagan Library Museum Store to receive signature). Please join us at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6th!