Kevin Costner Romance Month Marathon

Saturday, August 310:30 AM—5:00 PMRoadrunner RoomThomas Branigan Memorial Library200 E. Picacho Ave., Las Cruces, NM, 88001

In honor of Read a Romance month, we're showing a selection of romance movies. All movies are Rated R.

10:30 am - Bull Durham (1988)  A minor-league catcher and a baseball groupie team to help a talented young pitcher make it to the big leagues, and fall in love in the process. 108 minutes.

12:30 pm - The Bodyguard (1992) Whitney Houston made her feature film debut as lead actress in The Bodyguard, co-starring actor and Oscar-winning director Kevin Costner. The film was a blockbuster, earning more than $410 million worldwide. The soundtrack, featuring six Whitney songs — including the record-breaking #1 hit “I Will Always Love You” — has sold more than 45 million copies and is the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time. Whitney parlayed her success with The Bodyguard into additional leading roles and the formation of her own production company. 129 minutes.

2:45 pm - Tin Cup (2004) An unreachable shot to the green. A hopeless romance. Driving-range pro Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) can't resist an impossible challenge. Each is what he calls a defining moment. You define it. Or it defines you. With lady-killer charm and a game that can make par with garden tools, Costner rejoins Bull Durham filmmaker Ron Shelton for another funny tale of the games people play. For Costner's Roy, golf is a head-and heart-game. On both counts, that's where shrink Molly Griswold (Rene Russo) comes in. She's big city, Roy's small time, and he believes only the grandest of gestures can lure her away from a slick touring pro (Don Johnson) and earn her love. So Roy and his dutiful caddy (Cheech Marin) set out to do the impossible: win the U.S. Open. With laughs, clever battle-of-the-sexes banter and a handy way with a 7-iron, Tin Cup winningly defines the moment and contemporary romantic comedy. 133 minutes)

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