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Duck Soup: Classics for Kids at the Millburn Library

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Six Week Film Festival Presents: Classics for Kids

January 14 - 1pm

Duck Soup

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1933, 68 minutes. NR; recommended for age 6 and up

Leo McCarey's Duck Soup is the greatest film comedy of the Marx Brothers. A semi-surrealist farce about war, Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' most sustained bit of insanity. In postage-stamp-sized Freedonia, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) declares war on neighboring Sylvania, just for the fun of it.

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Hard to believe, but Duck Soup was a flop when first released–now, it's considered to be a satirical masterpiece. This comedy contains enough gags for five movies, but one of the favorite sequences is the mirror sequence.

-Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7

Full Schedule:

January 14:    Duck SoupJanuary 21:    The Red Balloon and White Mane
January 28:    Swiss Family RobinsonFebruary 4:    Born Free
February 18:  The Black Stallion
February 25:  The Secret of Roan Inish

Bring your own popcorn!

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