Brooklyn, June 16, 2008: The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation are pleased to announce the line-up for the ninth annual Movies With A View outdoor summer film series presented this year by new sponsor SCI FI Channel.
The free series, held in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will feature films from a wide range of genres and periods, including Being There, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Pleasantville, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The series begins on Thursday, July 10 with Stand by Me and runs weekly each Thursday through August 28, concluding with The Shining.
“SCI FI is committed to inspiring imagination whether it is on the channel, online, or under the Brooklyn Bridge,” said Blake Callaway, SCI FI’s Vice President of Marketing. “We are looking forward to a great summer of presenting truly imaginative films.”
“Movies With A View is the heart of our summer programming,” said Marianna Koval, President of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. “And it’s a real community event which brings folks from all over Brooklyn – and the city – here to the beginnings of Brooklyn Bridge Park to watch great films in a spectacular setting.”
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy launched Movies With A View nine years ago, and works with a volunteer Film Committee, made up of members of the local community, each year to put together an exciting line-up of films. This year's Committee selected an imaginative group of films organized around a theme of "change."
With a venue noted for spectacular views as well as the quality of its films, the free series attracts thousands of people each summer to the waterfront park. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park and its immediate neighbor, a city park, constitute the first 12 acres of the larger Brooklyn Bridge which will stretch 1.3 miles along the East River from Jay Street, north of the Manhattan Bridge past the Brooklyn Bridge to Atlantic Avenue. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation has begun construction on the larger park, and when completed, Brooklyn Bridge Park will feature 76 acres of lawns, recreation fields, water access, esplanades, and playgrounds.
“We’re pleased to welcome Movies With A View back to Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park," said Rachel Gordon, the Regional Director of New York State Parks. “Thanks to the hard work of the Conservancy and its volunteer Film Committee, there’s no better way to spend a Thursday evening in New York City than right here in the park,” she added.
As with seasons past, Movies With A View will also screen a short film by an independent filmmaker prior to each evening’s feature. Brooklyn Radio (www.brooklynradio.net) will set the scene with pre-movie mood music from some of New York City's best DJ's. RICE will provide delicious dinners on site, and Transportation Alternatives will be on hand to provide free bike valet parking.
The films start at sundown, but patrons are invited come early, spread out a blanket, grab some popcorn and enjoy a beautiful evening in the park!
FREE! On the lawn of the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of the Brooklyn Bridge Park. See www.brooklynbridgepark.org for more information.
COMPLETE SCHEDULE
SCI FI Presents Brooklyn Bridge Park's Movies With A View
Every Thursday from July 10 through August 28
DJs at 6:00pm, Movies at Sundown
July 10
Stand By Me
Is there any change more universally terrifying than puberty? Throw a dead body into the mix and see if you cope as well as Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell in this ‘80s favorite. Also starring Kiefer Sutherland.
1986, Rated R, 89 minutes
Directed by Rob Reiner
Short film: Cupcake by Sean McPhillips
Cupcake is a live-action, absurd comedy in which Candi, an unlikely hero, is torn between her desire for cupcakes and the basic human need to be loved.
DJ: Soulstatic
July 17
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Some people say that true change comes from within. This 1956 cult classic proves once and for all that it comes from outer space. Helpless automatons need not bother.
1956, Not Rated, 80 minutes
Directed by Don Siegel
Short film: Mr. Parabolic by Jacek Kosciuszko
Mr. Parabolic was shot in stop-motion in the beautiful ancient city of Torun, Poland. Over 24,000 photo stills are spliced together to create the short film of a man riding his chair thru town.
DJ: DJ Oneman
July 24
Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were Rabbit
The annual Giant Vegetable Competition is days away and Wallace & Gromit’s humane pest control service, “Anti-Pesto,” is doing big business. But who exactly is changing into the mysterious Were-Rabbit, trashing and eating all the prized veggies? Find out in this 2005 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature.
2005, Rated G, 94 minutes
Directed by Steve Box and Nick Park
Short film: Hedgehug by Dan Pinto
A lonely hedgehog searches for someone to love.
DJ: Soulstatic
July 31
Ace In The Hole
Billy Wilder's cynical classic envisions a world where tragedy makes for media gold and once-respected journalists change into self-serving desperados…a full half-century before blogging and TMZ. Kirk Douglas stars in this New Mexican noir.
1951, Not Rated, 111 minutes
Directed by Billy Wilder
Short film: The Deadpool by Ryan Muir
DJ: Tim “Love” Lee
August 7
Pleasantville
Back to the past imperfect. Pre-superstardom Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon time travel to a black-and-white ‘50s sitcom world, and the times, they end up a-changin’. With William H. Macy and Joan Allen.
1998, Rated PG-13, 124 minutes
Directed by Gary Ross
Short film: How to Build a Spaceship by Russell Jacobs
DJ: Nick Name
August 14
Cabaret
“What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play….” Winner of 8 Oscars, Bob Fosse's masterpiece immerses the viewer in the demimonde of Berlin's Kit Kat Klub as Germany changes from "divine decadence" to Hitlerism. Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey star in this dark yet entertaining musical.
1972, Rated PG, 124 minutes
Directed by Bob Fosse
Short film: Play With Me by Yuliya Lanina
DJ: DJ Conquerrah
August 21
Being There
Peter Sellers shines in Hal Ashby's 1979 cult classic about an illiterate gardener who inadvertently becomes advisor to Washington's elite, changing the world while remaining his simpleton self. Also starring Shirley MacLaine and Melvyn Douglas in an Oscar-winning performance.
1979, Rated PG, 130 minutes
Directed by Hal Ashby
Short film: John and Karen by Matthew Walker
DJ: DJ Monk1
August 28
The Shining
Ah, the transformative power of new digs. Jack Nicolson loses his mind after moving his family into an isolated, haunted hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s chilling adaptation of Stephen King’s best-seller. Careful, don’t spill any red rum.
1980, Rated R, 143 minutes
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Short film: All Saints Day by Will Frears
The morning after Halloween, a young man and a young woman sit on his East Village stoop and watch the Halloween stragglers stumble home as they possibly do-or possibly don't-fall in love.
DJ: DJ Ayres
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Movies With A View
is presented by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy in partnership
with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation and the Natural Heritage Trust. Ongoing public support is
provided by Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, State Senator Martin Connor,
State Senator Marty Golden, Assembly Member Joan Millman, Assembly
Member Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, New
York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the New York City Council
including Council Member Bill de Blasio, Council Member Letitia James,
Council Member David Yassky, and the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council.
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About the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (www.brooklynbridgepark.org) has worked for twenty years to ensure the creation, adequate funding, proper maintenance, public support, and citizen enjoyment of Brooklyn Bridge Park through partnership with the public sector, development of programming, and active promotion of the needs of the park and its constituents. Since 2000, more than a quarter of a million visitors have enjoyed the Conservancy’s free, public programs in the beginnings of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
About SCI FI
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 93 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
