Last Picture House hosts evening with 'The Fugitive' director Oct. 24

The Last Picture House is hosting an evening with Andrew Davis, the director of Hollywood classics like “The Fugitive,” “Holes,” and “Under Siege,” on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 325 E. 2nd St., Davenport. 

Andrew Davis and author Jeff Biggers will visit The Last Picture House to celebrate the release of their newest novel, “Disturbing the Bones”. It will be accompanied by a book signing at 6 p.m. and the 7 p.m. screening of Mr. Davis’ film “The Package”. It stars Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones, followed by a Question and Answer session. 

“Disturbing the Bones” is a propulsive political thriller. It is set in the aftermath of a global nuclear weapons crisis. It has been called “an ingenious page turner” by filmmaker Michael Mann (Heat). 

“The Package” is a 1989 thriller about an experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman). He must escort a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones), back to the U.S. But Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him. 

Tickets are on sale at lastpicturehouse.com and in the lobby of The Last Picture House in downtown Davenport. 

Mr. Davis was raised on the southside of Chicago. He is the acclaimed director and screenwriter of numerous films, including “Holes,” “Under Siege,” “Code of Silence,” “A Perfect Murder,”  and “The Guardian”. His landmark film, “The Fugitive,” was chosen in 2020 by Los Angeles Times readers as the ultimate summer film. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. 

Mr. Biggers is the American Book Award-winning author of many works of investigative journalism, history and theater. That includes Reckoning at Eagle Creek, winner of the Delta Prize for Literature and the Brower Award for Environmental Reporting, and the recent In Sardinia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and on NPR.