We start with a **FREE** Tour of the Historic Orinda Theatre with Film Critic and Author, **Matías Bombal** and learn more about its historic murals, ownership through the years, efforts to save this iconic theater space and more. The Time-Out website, based in France, listed it as the 23rd most beautiful theatre in the world in 2025. These tours are newly-offered at Orinda just having started in September.
The tour starts at 11:00 and last about an hour. Then grab a bite to eat nearby (attendees can choose where they'd like to eat as there are several options) (often the group splits up and goes off to different places) FINALLY at 1:00 we'll see the classic 1964 film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. Duration 1 hr 33 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPU1AYTxwg4
98% on Rotten Tomatoes (1964)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Peter Sellers (playing multiple roles) , George C. Scott, Slim Pickens and more.

Parking is available in the Orinda Square Garage (the theater has parking validation; be sure to ask), and there is street parking nearby for various time durations, check the posted signage. The Theater is a 7-minute walk from Orinda BART station.

TICKETS: Purchase tickets online at the Orinda website or at the box office https://www.orindamovies.com/

Welcome all for this fun time!

Barbara S

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