Isn't it Romantic?
Monday, June 28, 2010
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
Free weekly outdoor film screenings. Films begin at dusk, but moviegoers arrive early to enjoy a dinner picnic. (Don't want to pack your own picnic? Be sure to scroll down to see what 'wichcraft has to offer.) The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
6th Ave. between W. 40th and W. 42nd Sts., New York, NY
212/768-4242
www.bryantpark.org
The Schedule:
June 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Goldfinger
5:00pm | The Lawn
The third James Bond movie has it all: Sean Connery, a catchy theme song, ingenious gadgets, scary villains, an iconic Bond girl, and a hair-raising climax inside Fort Knox. Honor Blackman achieves cinematic immortality as Pussy Galore. (1964) 111 Min. (MGM)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Carousel
5:00pm | The Lawn
Shiftless carnival barker Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae) returns from purgatory to right some wrongs in this musical of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway smash. Shirley Jones co-stars as the woman who makes Billy want to change his ways. (1956) 128 Min. CinemaScope (Twentieth Century Fox)
July 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
The French Connection
5:00pm | The Lawn
Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle, a profane NYC narcotics cop obsessed with stopping an international drug ring. Much of the action was filmed in NYC, including the greatest car/subway chase of all time. (1971) 104 Min. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Monday, July 12, 2010
My Man Godfrey
5:00pm | The Lawn
Socialite Carole Lombard hires ,tramp, William Powell as her wealthy family's butler. Not quite what he seems to be, Powell ends up teaching her frenetic household valuable life lessons. A wonderful mix of crazy screwball comedy and trenchant Depression-era social commentary. (1936) 95 Min. (Universal)
Monday, July 19, 2010
The China Syndrome
5:00pm | The Lawn
Ambitious TV reporter (Jane Fonda) and her radical cameraman (Michael Douglas) work to expose the cover-up of an accident at a nuclear plant, aided by an earnest shift supervisor (Jack Lemmon). Prophetically released just two weeks before the real-life disaster at Three Mile Island. (1979) 123 Min. (Sony/Columbia)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5:00pm | The Lawn
A huge hit that introduced many throughout the world to the Python troupe's insanely funny characters including King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the taunting Frenchmen, Knights who say "Ni!", shrubbery, and one nasty rabbit. (1975) 90 Min. (Python [Monty] Pictures)
August 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Rosemary's Baby
5:00pm | The Lawn
Roman Polanski's satanic shocker still packs a punch. Winsome Mia Farrow is married to a selfish actor (John Cassavetes) who will do just about anything to land a role. Ruth Gordon and Ralph Bellamy lend creepy support, as does the Dakota apartment building. (1968) 136 min. (Paramount)
Monday, August 9, 2010
The Goodbye Girl
5:00pm | The Lawn
Struggling NYC actor Richard Dreyfuss unhappily shares an apartment with an unemployed dancer (Marsha Mason) and her precocious 10-year-old daughter. Neil Simon's romantic comedy testament of just how the ones we grow to love drive us crazy. (1977) 110 Min. (Warner Bros.)
Monday, August 16, 2010
12 Angry Men
5:00pm | The Lawn
Henry Fonda is the lone holdout on a jury deliberating a murder trial on a hot summer day in NYC. A stellar cast of character actors lends superb support as jurors initially convinced that the accused is guilty. Can Fonda persuade them otherwise? Sidney Lumets first directorial masterpiece. (1957) 95 Min. (MGM)
Monday, August 23, 2010
Bonnie and Clyde
5:00pm | The Lawn
Dinner and a Movie?
Nothing says summer like dining al fresco, so 'wichcraft is providing picnic pickups on Summer Film Festival nights. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
Call or go online to place an advance order (212.780.0577 or www.wichcraftnyc.com)
Pick up at our kiosk when it’s convenient for you.
Sit back and relax over a classic film and your ideal summer meal.
www.wichcraftnyc.com
