Hollywood Gold Goes Country

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Hollywood Gold Goes Country

If you like to take your movies al fresco with a pinch of nostalgia then the Sealord Summer Festival once again invites you to get into the spirit of the ‘community lounge’.

This year’s Summer Movies Al Fresco take a trip back to the glory days of Hollywood, and will feature movie classics from the early 1930’s. Screening on Sunday 21st of January in the Village Green in Takaka is the 1933 version of King Kong, on Thursday 25 January at Jester House in Tasman it’s Rebel Without A Cause with the sultry James Dean and on Friday 26 January at Thorpes Bush in Motueka you can watch Gene Kelly Singing In The Rain.

Tapawera is a new venue for this years Movies Al Fresco and coordinator Antony Hodgson says that nearly half of the summer movie screenings for the 2007 festival are at regional venues.

‘Classic Hollywood movies have big characters and they suit the big screen in an outdoor setting,’ he says. ‘It’s also an opportunity for a group of friends to kick back under the stars, bring some gourmet food to the local park, and as darkness falls be carried away on a wave of Hollywood movie nostalgia.’

The Amplified Picnics were so popular last year that there will be a lot more held this year. From 6pm families can come along early with a picnic, listen to the music, have a bit of a boogie and some fun with hula hoop, jump rope and play big ball volleyball until it gets dark enough to show the movie.

The Amplified Picnics are free, however to stay on for the movie it is $2 for an adult and $1 for children. Movie goers are advised that the screenings don’t start until it is dark (around 9pm). Bring warm clothes, a rug and a torch for getting home.

Movie & screening details follow

King Kong, 1933 (PG)
A chance to see the greatest monster movie ever made. In glorious Black & White.

Rebel Without A Cause, 1955 (M)
Starring James Dean as Jim Stark, a kid from a 'good' family - what makes him tick... like a bomb? Leather jackets, bad attitudes and street brawls. (Not for the under 12’s.)

Singing In The Rain, 1952 (G)
Sit back and enjoy the dancingest, funniest musical of Hollywood's golden age. Starring Gene Kelly.

Full Schedule of Al Fresco Movies
Fri 12 Jan Nelson Victory Square King Kong 1933 (PG) Amplified Picnic
Sat 13 Jan Richmond Washbourn Gardens Wizard Of Oz 1939 (G)Amplified Picnic
Sun 14 Jan Stoke Isel Park Alice In Wonderland 1951 (G)
Wed 17 Jan Nelson Botanics Top Hat 1935 (G) Amplified Picnic
Thur 18 Jan Murchison Murchison Domain Wizard Of Oz 1939 (G) Amplified Picnic
Fri 19 Jan Tapawera Tapawera School Alice In Wonderland 1951(G) Amplified Picnic
Sat 20 Jan Nelson Fairfield Park Rebel Without A Cause 1955 (M)
Sun 21 Jan Takaka Village Green King Kong 1933 (PG) Amplified Picnic
Thur 25 Jan Tasman Jester House Rebel Without A Cause 1955 (M)
Fri 26 Jan Motueka Thorpes Bush Singing In The Rain 1952 (G) Amplified Picnic
Sat 27 Jan Stoke Isel Park Singing In The Rain 1952 (G) Amplified Picnic
Sun 28 Jan Nelson Fairfield The Wizard Of OZ 1939 (G) Amplified Picnic

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