WNP Film Club is a monthly film series at the 4 Star Theater brought to you by Western Neighborhoods Project, your friendly community history nonprofit. Join us in celebrating movies filmed on location in San Francisco, with an emphasis on the west side. Each screening will feature an introduction by WNP’s resident film buffs, John Martini and Chelsea Sellin, who will share some background about the film and its featured locations, including historical images from the OpenSFHistory photo archive. Optional Extra Credit: stick around after the movie to chat with John and Chelsea and indulge your inner film nerd.

For our inaugural screening on Wednesday, September 25, we’re watching The Presidio, the 1988 crime thriller starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, and Meg Ryan. A murder at the Presidio Army base serves as the tip of a much more sinister iceberg, bringing Harmon’s SFPD detective together with the Presidio’s provost marshal, Connery, and his daughter, Ryan. Is this film basically Harmon’s audition for his future role on NCIS? Come and see for yourself!