Marjorie Prime
2018

The Tull Family Theater Sewickley, PA

with

Oscar Lopez

Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Marjorie Prime— How can you keep mentally sharp?

Alzheimer's disease expert Oscar Lopez discusses aging, memory, and what you can do to help your brain stay sharp.

The Tull Family Theater Sewickley, PA

Film Synopsis

In the near future, in a time of artificial intelligence, 86-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion who looks like her deceased husband and is programmed to feed the story of her life back to her.

Marjorie (Lois Smith) is an elderly woman who lives with her daughter (Geena Davis) and son-in-law (Tim Robbins). Marjorie’s mind has started to drift as she’s gotten older, so to help, she’s begun talking to a holographic reproduction of her husband, Walter (Jon Hamm). The creation — referred to as a “Prime” — is a software-driven blank slate that can take on the characteristics and nuances Marjorie remembers about her husband, even if some of them aren’t exactly true. As other family members talk to Walter Prime, it becomes clear that the family has been haunted by unspoken secrets and tragedies they’ve never really dealt with.