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Film Forum Coronado: 'UFOria'

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 6 PM

Coronado Public Library

Free

Wednesday, June 18 at 6 p.m.

Film Forum Coronado
Coronado Public Library
640 Orange Ave.
Coronado, CA 92118
(619) 522-7390

Free Film and Discussion
In the Winn Room
Adults

“UFOria” (1985. 93 min. PG.) - A giddy, whimsically witty ditty about the need to believe. Shelved by studio execs with cold feet, this snappy slice of contemporary Americana achieved cult status. A backwater grocery store clerk ( Cindy Williams ), a bogus faith healer ( Harry Dean Stanton ) and a hapless drifter ( Fred Ward ) wait on the arrival of an interplanetary Noah’s Ark.

Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. Bud has developed a real ability to heal, although he has no idea how this has happened. While he's helping Brother Bud, Sheldon falls in love with Arlene (Cindy Williams), a local supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs and is deeply religious and deeply lonely. When Arlene has a vision of a coming UFO, everyone deals with it in their own way. Brother Bud begins to twist Arlene's belief and visions into a new pseudoreligious cult.

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.

Coronado Public Library

640 Orange Ave.

Coronado, California 92118

619-522-7390

eskelly@coronado.ca.us

The mission of the Coronado Public Library is to acquire and make available a collection of books, audio-visual and other library and information resources to meet the informational, recreational and cultural needs of the community and to actively promote reading, life-long learning and the pursuit of knowledge.