Wow! Who knew that this many folks would turn out to see an old, black and white, Soviet wartime melodrama? You people impress the heck out of me sometimes! You love a beautiful movie!

Also surprising? There were only two Ruskies in the crowd… maybe this is a time they would rather not think about (clearly not something that any of our MovieNight guests would remember… we don’t get many octogenarians here on a Thursday night!). Our apologies to the folks who couldn’t find a place to sit, and ended up leaving. : (

The Cranes are Flying moved Bob one notch higher up in the Successful Suggesters ratings. Her lead seems unassailable at this time! I could watch this beautiful film over and over. As a matter of fact, since we had to turn so many away last night (!), Cranes will be flying back to MovieNight again soon! Hopefully those of you who were here this time will skip the next screening so that everyone else can see it. Jeez… I never thought I’d be asking people to stay away!  Looks like 2013 is gonna be a good year. Yay!

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