MFAH Film – Movies Houstonians Love: The In-Laws (Introduced by Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle)

Often surprising and always intriguing, Movies Houstonians Love has become one of the Museum’s most popular film series.

Over the past decade, more than 60 local luminaries from different fields—the arts, politics, sports, education, restaurants, medicine, and beyond—have shared anecdotes from their personal moviegoing histories, and then taken a seat to enjoy the incomparable experience of watching the film on the big screen, with an audience.

This year, each presenter has chosen a favorite comedy.

The 2015–16 season opens on September 28 with Ken Hoffman, the highly entertaining Houston Chronicle columnist. The next two months bring architect Jim Furr on October 26; and Stephanie Saint Sanchez, Señorita Cinema founder, on November 23.

Save the dates for these memorable Monday night screenings! The lineup continues monthly through April, so check back for additional presenters, film descriptions, and tickets.

The In-Laws
Directed by Arthur Hiller
1979
USA
103 minutes
35mm

Introduced by Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle

“An unassuming New York dentist (Alan Arkin) finds his life uprooted when the father (Peter Falk) of the boy his daughter is about to marry enlists his help in an undercover operation.

This hilariously gonzo comedy-adventure—based on a screenplay by Andrew Bergman (Blazing Saddles)—features Falk and Arkin as an unlikely, hysterically mismatched yet ultimately synergistic duo.

Both men play on their strengths as (respectively) a suave operator and an indignantly befuddled everyman . . . on the wildest of adventures, eventually ending up on nebulously intimate terms with a crazed South American dictator (Richard Libertini).” —filmfanatic.org

About the Speaker
Ken Hoffman, whose columns appear in the Houston Chronicle Star section, also writes “Drive-thru Gourmet” reviews and the “Pethouse Pet of the Week” feature.

Movies Houstonians Love is generously underwritten by Gensler.