Ron Shelton comedy about an old timer (Morgan Freeman) in the witness protection
program at a retirement home, fending off bad guys with the help of a gung - ho fellow resident (Tommy Lee Jones).
They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the
home builder and
retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued
at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a
program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).
Well - behaved friendly dogs, cats and other household pets are sought for Project PUP, Pets Uplifting People, a
program that provides companion animal visits to nursing
homes and
retirement centers.Seminole Dog Fanciers Association coordinates the Seminole County branch of the project and will hold its screening of pet temperament and behavior for potential participants
at 7 p.m. May 14.