August 19, 2008

Central Park Film Festival screens the classics for free

The Central Park Film Festival begins tonight - screening a series of free movies that all focus on New York in some way.

The schedule:

August 19: Working Girl (Staten Island)
August 20: The French Connection (Bronx)
August 21: Strangers on a Train (Queens)
August 22: Moonstruck (Brooklyn)
August 23: August Rush (Manhattan)

For the final screening, Impact, the choir from the film, will perform live in the park before the movie screens.

The festival takes place at Rumsey Playfield (enter the park at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street.) Gates open at 6 p.m., and the films begin at 8 p.m.

Earlier: NYC’s (mostly free) summer concerts and film series
Central Park summer lineup - now with free Bon Jovi

August 19, 2008 5:43 PM in Cheap Stuff, Romance, Upper East Side, Upper West Side

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