The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
The third James Bond movie has it all: Sean Connery, a catchy theme song, ingenious gadgets, scary villains, an iconic Bond girl, and a hair-raising climax inside Fort Knox. Honor Blackman achieves cinematic immortality as Pussy Galore. (1964) 111 Min. (MGM)
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
Presented by Time Warner Cable
- Monday, June 21, 2010
- Monday, June 28, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Shiftless carnival barker Billy Bigelow (Gordon MacRae) returns from purgatory to right some wrongs in this musical of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway smash. Shirley Jones co-stars as the woman who makes Billy want to change his ways. (1956) 128 Min. CinemaScope (Twentieth Century Fox)- Monday, July 5, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle, a profane NYC narcotics cop obsessed with stopping an international drug ring. Much of the action was filmed in NYC, including the greatest car/subway chase of all time. (1971) 104 Min. (Twentieth Century Fox)- Monday, July 12, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Socialite Carole Lombard hires "tramp" William Powell as her wealthy family's butler. Not quite what he seems to be, Powell ends up teaching her frenetic household valuable life lessons. A wonderful mix of crazy screwball comedy and trenchant Depression-era social commentary. (1936) 95 Min. (Universal)- Monday, July 19, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Ambitious TV reporter (Jane Fonda) and her radical cameraman (Michael Douglas) work to expose the cover-up of an accident at a nuclear plant, aided by an earnest shift supervisor (Jack Lemmon). Prophetically released just two weeks before the real-life disaster at Three Mile Island. (1979) 123 Min. (Sony/Columbia)- Monday, July 26, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
A huge hit that introduced many throughout the world to the Python troupe’s insanely funny characters including King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the taunting Frenchmen, Knights who say “Ni!”, shrubbery, and one nasty rabbit. (1975) 90 Min. (Python [Monty] Pictures)
Special thanks to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts [BAFTA] East Coast- Monday, August 2, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Roman Polanski’s satanic shocker still packs a punch. Winsome Mia Farrow is married to a selfish actor (John Cassavetes) who will do just about anything to land a role. Ruth Gordon and Ralph Bellamy lend creepy support, as does the Dakota apartment building. (1968) 136 min. (Paramount)- Monday, August 9, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Struggling NYC actor Richard Dreyfuss unhappily shares an apartment with an unemployed dancer (Marsha Mason) and her precocious 10-year-old daughter. Neil Simon’s romantic comedy testament of just how the ones we grow to love drive us crazy. (1977) 110 Min. (Warner Bros.)- Monday, August 16, 2010
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Henry Fonda is the lone holdout on a jury deliberating a murder trial on a hot summer day in NYC. A stellar cast of character actors lends superb support as jurors initially convinced that the accused is guilty. Can Fonda persuade them otherwise? Sidney Lumet’s first directorial masterpiece. (1957) 95 Min. (MGM)- Monday, August 23, 2010
- HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
Bonnie and Clyde
- Gravel around Lawn
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are the two most attractive bank robbers ever to rampage across the Midwest. The supporting cast includes Estelle Parsons (who won an Oscar), and Michael J. Pollard as the gang's none-too-bright accomplice. One of the most influential movies of the 1960's. (1967) 111 Min. (Warner Bros.)
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
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) starting at 3:30pm.
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival Lawn Area Access
For the protection of all attendees of the Film Festival, there are changes to how movie-goers access 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.*
- Entry to the Lawn Area is only permitted at the 6th Avenue side of the park (near the screen).
- Wheelchair access to the Lawn Area is accessible through the ramps at the eastern end of the Lawn. (Ramps are on both the 40th and 42nd Street Allées).
- All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. will be inspected.
- There are two entry points on either side of the Fountain (north and south side). Each side will have two entry points: one for those with packages, bags, etc. and a separate entrance for those without.
- 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.
Enjoy the film!
* Announcements will be made in the park if there are any changes to the information above.
Dinner and a movie?
Nothing says summer like dining al fresco, so ‘wichcraft is providing picnic pickups on Summer Film Festival nights. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
1. Call or go online to place an advance order (212.780.0577 or wichcraftnyc.com)
2. Pick up at our kiosk when it’s convenient for you.
3. Sit back and relax over a classic film and your ideal summer meal.
www.wichcraftnyc.com