Lone Survivor Film Screening and Panel Discussion

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University Programs presents the Action Movie Series showing Lone Survivor at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Poultry Science Building auditorium, Room A211.

This event is sponsored by University Programs through the Office of Student Activities and is supported by the Student Activities fee. For special accommodations due to disability, please contact the Office of Student Activities, osa@uark.edu or call 479-575-5255.

In honor of National Veterans Awareness Week, University Programs collaborates with Razorback Student Veterans and University Housing to honor veterans here in Arkansas and across the country. A reception for the movie begins at 6 p.m. The film screening will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a panel discussion led by the Razorback Student Veterans.

Lone Survivor continues the Action Movie Series for the month of November. The film, directed and produced by Peter Berg, stars Mark Wahlberg as a member of the four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was tasked to track Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. It grossed almost $150 million in the box office and received two Academy Award nominations. Variety magazine reporter, Justin Chang called Lone Survivor "the most grueling and sustained American combat picture since Black Hawk Down, as well as a prime example of how impressive physical filmmaking can overcome even fundamental deficiencies in script and characterization."

The Action Movie Series will also include Divergent on Nov. 20. Students who attend all three movies or attend two movies and bring a friend to one are eligible to win movie rewards. The prizes include $25 Hammontree’s Gift Card and a $20 Chartwell’s Gift Card.

This event is sponsored by University Programs Digital Media Committee. For more information on this event, contact University Programs Digital Media Chair Angelica Puga at upia@uark.edu or 479-575-5255 or Trisha Blau at tblau@uark.edu.