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Rick Winston’s lifelong love of movies led to the creation of one of Vermont’s leading cultural institutions, the Savoy Theater in Montpelier, Vermont. With humor and heart, he takes us behind the scenes of the hard and rewarding work of building a film culture over decades in a grateful community. It's the story of building a vibrant film culture in a very unlikely place, and the story of a Jewish boy from Yonkers becoming a preeminent film scholar in the Green Mountain State.

“This memoir by one of the early heroes of film culture brings back the adventure of moviegoing in the glorious heyday of that phenomenon. Establishing a beachhead in Vermont, Rick has done it all as teacher, programmer, and finally running a theater and opening a video store. The bumps and joys of his journey, the portraits of the films and people he encounters along the way, make for a buoyant read. This is an irresistible feast for serious moviegoers.” —Molly Haskell, film critic and author of Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films