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April 29, 2009

Brooklyn Bridge Park Movie Schedule Announced

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The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy yesterday announced the line-up for its 2009 Movies With A View summer season—a program we're proud to be a media sponsor of. The weekly series takes place on Thursday nights from July 9 to August 27. We've posted the full schedule on the jump, but some highlights include The Maltese Falcon, The Return of the Pink Panther and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. In addition, each feature film will be preceded by a short and a DJ set.
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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




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:31 AM | Comments (24)
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I'm not a film snob so don't think I'd suggest Bergman, Fassbinder or even Kurosawa but...

WHO CURATES THIS?

What a god awful selection of movies.

Posted by: Prodigal_Son at April 29, 2009 10:43 AM

prodigal, this is my exactly beef with things like this. the movie selections are terrible. THO there is one outdoors movie fest this summer that is playing the original teenage mutant ninja turtles!! COWABUNGA!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 10:46 AM

oh i just reread the entire list. edward scissorhands is kidna cool :)

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 10:47 AM

Awww, I really like Raising Arizona. I was going to suggest if people want to meet up for it... anyone? I never go to the one in Bryant Park because it's such a madhouse, but really like the idea of outdoor movies.

Posted by: CG_ups at April 29, 2009 10:48 AM

oh wait raising arizona was a cool movie too. that was with goldie hawn right where she fell off a boat?

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 10:50 AM

You're killing me, Rob. Raising Arizona is the one where Nicholas Cage steals a baby, and his wife is Holly Hunter. It is AWESOME.

Posted by: CG_ups at April 29, 2009 10:53 AM

ps. the one where Goldie Hawn fell off a boat is Overboard.

Posted by: CG_ups at April 29, 2009 10:53 AM

YES Overboard!!!!! that movie rocked! i think HBO in the late 80s played it 10x a day everyday for years.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 10:58 AM

Paper Moon is pretty amazing for its time

Posted by: lifer at April 29, 2009 10:58 AM

They're all great movies but why does it seem every free movie fest has the same movies over and over again. I must have seen these 10 times already- I love them, but I'd rather see something new or rarely seen

Posted by: bxgrl at April 29, 2009 11:08 AM

prodigal--

Is it because you dislike the classics? Maltese Falcon is one of Bogart's best, and To Catch a Thief is one of Hitchcock's better films and the best acting Cary Grant or Grace Kelly did. And who can hate Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? It's some of Paul Newman and Robert Redford's best work.

Posted by: havelc at April 29, 2009 11:15 AM

This line-up typical of what you get when your choices are limited to movies with minimal cursing, no nudity and won't go over the head of your average six-year-old. Hey, it could be worse.

Posted by: Beau Guest at April 29, 2009 11:17 AM

This line-up typical of what you get when your choices are limited to movies with minimal cursing, no nudity and won't go over the head of your average six-year-old. Hey, it could be worse.

Posted by: Beau Guest at April 29, 2009 11:17 AM

Free movies rule - the ones at McCarren Pool the past summer were really good. Nothing like watching 28 Days Later on a blanket with a 40 and Fette Sau BBQ

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 29, 2009 11:29 AM

omfg how awesome would it be if someone snuck in and switched the film reels to play a real classic like Debbie Does Dallas or something? hahahah

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 11:31 AM

quote:

the ones at McCarren Pool the past summer were really good. Nothing like watching 28 Days Later on a blanket with a 40 and Fette Sau BBQ


until 3 days later when your start itching and you realize that's where you got the crabs.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 29, 2009 11:54 AM

All the movies have a Brooklyn connection. But I'm a tad stumped as to what it is for most (OK all) of these.

Posted by: Johnny at April 29, 2009 12:01 PM


The Maltese Falcon is easily one of the greatest American films of all time.

Posted by: East New York at April 29, 2009 12:08 PM

OK, I'll qualify.

Much respect to Maltese Falcoln, Paper Moon and BC and SK.

Its the more, um...current films that are just so bad...its like they thought very carefully about showing classics and then when they came to anything made in the last 20 years they gave it to someone stuck in the 90s. I also agree that there is an outdoor films repertoire that you tend to see everywhere. I think I've seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in at -least- 4 outdoor film fests.

Edward Scissorhands?

Posted by: Prodigal_Son at April 29, 2009 12:48 PM

If it wasn't for baby duty I'd so go to see Arizona, Butch and Catch. What else is good? What time do they start, primetime 8?

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at April 29, 2009 1:07 PM

Brownstones Half Off, I think they officially start the movie when it starts getting dark. So probably 9ish in July/August.

Does anyone know how crowded this gets, how early you need to show up? Years ago I used to go to the Bryant Park movies, but then it got to the point where you'd have to start camping out at lunchtime to get a spot on the lawn. Hoping this one might be a little more laid-back...

Posted by: Brownstonerlogin at April 29, 2009 1:21 PM

oddly enough rob, i didn't get crabs.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 29, 2009 1:39 PM

"What else is good?"

The Maltese Falcon

Posted by: East New York at April 29, 2009 1:43 PM

You have to get there pretty early if you want a good seat. And if you don't get a good seat all you hear are the subways going over the manhattan bridge.

Posted by: Left Hook at April 29, 2009 3:09 PM

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