The ROMEOWS, Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays November 1, 2010

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents a special screening of Robert Sarnoff”s The ROMEOWS, Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4pm, followed by a question and answer session with Mr. Sarnoff and other members of the ROMEOWS cast.

The world is changing. Older people are running marathons, hooking up on match.com, flying planes and safely ditching them in the Hudson River. “The ROMEOWS, Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays” tackles the big, murky questions of current-day American life. The film follows a group of friends who graduated from Brooklyn College together in 1959, as they meet for dinner every Wednesday. Five decades later, these monumental “everymen” view the world with humor, melancholy, and hope. Take a seat at the table where this band of Brooklyn buddies discusses everything from healthcare to the demise of The Mets.

“The ROMEOWS” is a testament to the life-changing, life-giving power of friendship, no matter your age. Theirs has carried them through fifty years of trials and victories. In an attempt to locate these Brooklyn-accented septuagenarians in the annuls of film, Mr. Sarnoff says their generational take on life “connects with “No Country For Old Men” and “Gran Torino”, while repelling notions of “Grumpy Old Men” and “Bucket List”. And as one of THE ROMEOWS says, “You finish seven decades of life on this planet, it’s nice to see everyone alive, healthy and here. It’s reassuring, it’s like telling the grim reaper, “Ya know what, I’m stronger than you right now, and when I got my buddies, we’ll take you on at half-court, or full court, and we’ll kick your ass. See ya Wednesday.”