HBO Bryant Park
Summer Film Festival

Presented by Bank of America


June 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

In one of funniest films of all time, Dustin Hoffman is an unemployed actor who finally gets the part of a lifetime...as a female soap opera sensation. Directed by Sydney Pollack, Jessica Lange earned an Oscar as the love interest, and Bill Murray is the wise-cracking roomie. (1982) 116 Min. (Sony/Columbia)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, June 24, 2013

Something is happening to the residents of California town, and a doctor wants to find out what. Don Siegel's gritty sci-fi thriller is the definitive version of this terrifying tale. Beware of the pods! (1956) 80 Min. (Paramount)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 


July 2013

Monday, July 1, 2013

Alfred Hitchcock returned to England to direct this thriller in which an innocent man is accused of a series of gruesome necktie murders in Covent Garden. The second to last film from the Master of Suspense. (1972) 116 Min. (Universal)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, July 8, 2013

The fantastical musical of Roald Dahl's story stars Gene Wilder as the eccentric genius Wonka, who leads 5 children with the golden tickets on a magical tour revealing the incredible secrets of his candy palace. (1971) 98 Min. (Warner Bros.)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, July 15, 2013

Screen legends Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland star as Charlotte, a spinster in a rotting plantation mansion, and her cousin Miriam, who is slowly and deliberately driving her mad. A thriller spectacularly directed by Robert Aldrich. (1964) 133 Min. (Fox)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, July 22, 2013

Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar as a hard drinking riverboat captain alongside prim missionary Katharine Hepburn, directed by John Huston. The unlikely pair overcomes perils and surprise on the journey, ending with their contribution to the war effort. (1951) 105 Min. (Paramount)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, July 29, 2013

Billy Wilder's story of an uptight Congresswoman, Jean Arthur, who tours bombed-out Berlin and finds love. But the rake she falls for is also involved with a cabaret singer portrayed by the sultry Marlene Dietrich. (1948) 116 Min. (Universal)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 


August 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

Sally Field took home the Oscar for her starring role as a minimum-wage textile worker who takes on the bosses at her North Carolina factory. Ron Leibman and Beau Bridges lend strong support. Directed by Martin Ritt. (1979) 113 Min. (Fox)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, August 12, 2013

Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Rosalind Russell head a stellar, all-female cast in George Cukor's outrageously funny, quintessential film of Clare Booth Luce's play about society women. (1939) 132 Min. (Warner Bros)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 
Monday, August 19, 2013

Steven Spielberg's masterpiece, one of the top box office leaders, tells the story of an alien stranded on Earth and desperate to go home, and the special bond made with 10 year old Elliot. Features Drew Barrymore in her big-screen breakout role. (1982) 115 Min. (Universal)


The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. subject to inspection.

 

Presented by
Bank of America

With
The Wall Street Journal
Magnum Ice Cream

Film Festival Hotline: 212-512-5700

No chairs, tables, dogs, plastic sheets, tarps, bags, or pads are permitted on the lawn.

Free bike parking available in the park at the Pétanque Courts (6th Avenue and 41st Street).

HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival Lawn Area Access

For the protection of all Film Festival attendees, all bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. will be inspected before entering the Lawn Area (the Lawn and surrounding gravel area).

The gravel area surrounding the Lawn opens at 4:00pm. The Lawn opens at 5:00pm.

Should you leave the Lawn Area, all packages, bags, etc. will be inspected again upon re-entry.

The checkpoints are necessary to safeguard all those in attendance at the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival.

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