That might work for us as we have plans on the 4th.

It will be nice to not have a gig on the 4th for once.

I'm open to change it to Saturday... is this poll-worthy, or should we just see a show of hands? I'd like to confirm it by tomorrow, so people can make plans...

Friday would actually be better for us.

Y'know what?

I'm going to stick with Friday. We can start early (noon-ish) and go late. If people want to drop in for one or both movies (there will be many other patriotic shorts etc), that's fine.

There'll be plenty of time to get to the fireworks and still have fun at our place.

(plus, it's my 22nd "birthday" - and it's fun to share the day with friends)

If anyone can't make Friday and wants to make alternate plans for the following day, I'm game for fun - but 1776 stays on the 4th this year.

Ok, Friday can work for me. I'm independent that way.

I'll drink to that.

If I come, can I point out all the historical errors in 1776 while we're watching it? :evil:

No, but we could discuss them afterwards. They are legion.

I've never seen 1776, is it any good?

I love 1776 - a musical that stops being a musical for a huge chunk of its middle - and a show that actually creates palpable suspense as to its incredibly well-known outcome.

I've been in three stage productions of 1776 - twice as South Carolina's Rutledge, and once as John Adams. I can recite pretty much the whole thing. The movie stands as a rare example of preserving almost the entire Broadway cast, and keeping close to line by line parity with the original script. (I should refer to it as the original book, but that's such a confusing term.)