Town Hall Theater to Broadcast POMPEII Exhibit from British Museum, 12/13

Middlebury's Town Hall Theater will present POMPEII FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM - the very first cinema event to be produced by the British Museum for a major exhibition, offering an exclusive private view of the blockbuster show Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The exhibition, playing to huge crowds in London, focuses on the homes and lives of the inhabitants of the thriving industrial hub of Pompeii and the small seaside town of Herculaneum nearly 2,000 years ago when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. Introduced by British Museum Director Neil MacGregor, this fascinating show will take viewers around the exhibition with insights from renowned experts who will bring these extraordinary objects to life.

"These broadcasts are amazing," says THT executive director Douglas Anderson, "because if you saw it in person in London you'd be in a crowded room with literally hundreds of people and it would be hard to really experience the exhibit. In these broadcasts, however, you're alone in the vast British Museum with an expert - as if you're getting your own private tour of the blockbuster exhibit. It's actually better than being there."

With accompanying music, poetry and eyewitness accounts, viewers go behind the scenes of the exhibition to explore the stories of these famous Roman cities. Actual artifacts like jewelry preserved for thousands of years is on display, and we see how archeologists working today discover new evidence revealing the lives of men, women and children in Roman society.

The powerful movie trailer for the broadcast can be seen at http://www.specticast.com/_generic.jsp?xml=/xml/eventevent/pompeii.xml

THT will screen the program twice on Friday, December 13, at 11 am and 7:30 pm. "A lot of people love our new 11 am screenings," says Anderson. "You can come downtown, see a great show, have lunch and shop. It makes for a great day in Middlebury."

Tickets are only $10/$6 students, and may be purchased at 802 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org, at the THT Box Office, or at the door.

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