April 28, 2009

Brooklyn Bridge Park free summer movie nights return

Free outdoor movies next to the Brooklyn Bridge will resume in July with a season including “Edward Scissorhands,” “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Catch Me If You Can,” the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced Monday.

The Movies with a View, now in its 10th year, takes place on the lawn of the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park. All movie nights are on Thursdays, 6 to 11 p.m. Brooklyn DJs will spin tunes before the movies, RICE again will be on hand selling boxed dinners and Transportation Alternatives will provide bike valet service. SCI FI sponsors.

The season will run from July 9 to August 27.

The full-season schedule for Movies With a View:

Thursday, July 9
Feature Film: Raising Arizona
Short: Ami Underground directed by D.W. Young
DJ: DJ DRM

Thursday, July 16
Feature Film: The Maltese Falcon
Short: Under the Rollercoaster directed by Lila Place
DJ: MonkOne

Thursday, July 23
Feature Film: Paper Moon
Short: The Coffee Bird directed by Bryan Brinkman
DJ: Tim “Love” Lee

Thursday, July 30
Feature Film: To Catch A Thief
Short: Icebox Blues directed by Jesse Ash
DJ: DJ Ayres

Thursday, August 6
Feature Film: The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975)
Short: It’s Good to Be Green directed by Michael Garvey
DJ: Soulstatic

Thursday, August 13
Feature Film: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Short: Birdman of Brooklyn directed by JL Aronson
DJ: Nick Name

Thursday, August 20
Feature Film: Catch Me If You Can
Short: 6 a.m. directed by Carmen Vidal
DJ: DJ Emch

Thursday, August 27
Feature Film: Edward Scissorhands
Short: I Am Not Obsessed directed by Imani Dean
DJ: Oneman

Update: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid will screen on the rain make-up date, Sept. 3.

Earlier: Met Opera to stage free concerts in all five boroughs
Free Central Park Summerstage shows start June 12
Town Hall sets Free for All classical concert dates
Polo returning to Governors Island on Opening Day
Jonas Brothers, No Doubt to play Today free concerts
Philharmonic sets six free summer concerts for July ‘09

April 28, 2009 6:59 AM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology

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