The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Flagstaff premiere of “The Catcher Was a Spy” — starring Paul Rudd, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels and Paul Giamatti — on Wednesday, July 11 as part of the festival’s monthly Flagstaff Cinema Series. There will be one screening of the film at 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Flagstaff 16 Theatres.
“The Catcher Was a Spy” — a gripping, stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller — brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy.
A Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the US government's wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi's chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb.
Trading in his catcher's mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, and Sienna Miller costar in this remarkable slice of forgotten history.
A representative from the NAU Philosophy Department and Philosophy in the Public Interest will lead a discussion following the film screening.