Movies In The Park

June 12 – Twilight – Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG13)

June 19 – Remember the Titans (PG)

June 26 - The Notebook (PG13)

July 3  - The Dark Knight (PG13)

July 10 – Zookeeper (PG)

July 17 – Big (1988) (PG)

July 24  - Finding Nemo (G)

July 31  - Breakfast at Tiffany’s (G)

Aug. 7  - The Avengers (PG13)

June 6:         Transformers

June 13:        Steel Magnolias

June 20:        Puss ‘N Boots

June 27:        Moneyball

July 11:         Jaws

July 18:         Twilight Eclipse

July 25:         Caddyshack

August 1:      Annie

Tonight’s showing of “Dirty Dancing” has been cancelled because of stormy weather.

We hope you’ll plan to attend next week’s movie “True Grit.”

The Little Rock Film Festival and Movies in the Park are proud to present the classic 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, outdoors at the Riverfest Amphitheater, as the closing night film of the 2011 Little Rock Film Festival. Legendary Hollywood stuntman and director Hal Needham will be on hand to introduce the film, and take photos in front of a film perfect replica of the Smokey Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am.

“Smokey,” aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick race car driver, makes an $80,000 bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta within 28 hours.

It’s important to note that in 1977, it was illegal to sell the Coors brand east of the Mississippi River without a permit. Already in danger of arrest from redneck lawmen like Buford T. Justice, Bandit furthers his chances at a stiff jail term when he offers a ride to Carrie, who hopes to escape her unwanted wedding to Justice’s boy. Debuting the same year as Star Wars, Smokey and the Bandit became an instant Southern classic and reaped close to $50 million at the box office and led to two sequels.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 16, 2011) – Movies in the Park, the popular outdoor free movie night at the Riverfest Amphitheater, announces its 2011 summer schedule with a diverse list of blockbuster titles beginning June 1.

Movies in the Park begins its seventh season with special thanks to sponsors The River Market, The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, Stone Ward, B98.5, City of Little Rock, Downtown Little Rock Partnership, and Sumotext. Movies will play weekly at dusk on Wednesday nights through July 27.

“Movies in the Park has become a new southern, summer pastime for Little Rock families to come together and enjoy all of the cultural offerings of the downtown entertainment district,” said Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau President and CEO Gretchen Hall. “We look forward to another record-breaking attendance season and welcome everyone to participate in the continued growth and vitality of Little Rock.”

The 2011 schedule includes:

• June 1 - Twilight: New Moon (PG-13)
• June 8 – Star Trek (2009) (PG-13)
• June 15 – Notting Hill (PG-13)
• June 22 - How to Train your Dragon (PG)
• June 29 - Ghost Busters (PG)
• July 6 - The Hangover (R)
• July 13 – Dirty Dancing (PG-13)
• July 20 – True Grit (2010) (PG-13)
• July 27 - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original 1971 version) (G)

Families, picnics and pets are invited to the park to enjoy movies under the stars. The amphitheater will open an hour before film showings and movies will start at sundown each week. For more information visit MoviesInTheParkLR.net.

A comprehensive list of all River Market events and information this season can be found at RiverMarket.info or by calling the River Market at (501) 375-2552.

Bring your blanket and hot cocoa and enjoy a free movie this winter season at Little Rock’s returning outdoor Ice Rink. Location will be in the West Pavilion.
Wednesday, December 22 at 6pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Wednesday, December 29 at 6pm – Disney’s Ice Princess

For those you that have inquired about the film tonight, “The Wizard of Oz” will be shown at sundown at the Riverfest Amphitheater.