Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?

Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

Likewise, if you’re going to an outdoor movie viewing of Back to the Future, why not do with a bit of style? At least that’s how the Pacific North West DeLorean Club felt when they drove their valuable collector’s cars to Auburn’s special Summer Sounds & Comcast Cinema event.

There were around 300 people that came out on a rainy night to enjoy a blast from the past on the outdoor movie screen. But the attendees that got the most attention where the ones stepping out of their iconic gull-wing doors. Some of the DeLorean Club even were sporting poodle skirts for the occasion. When rain threatened the evening the devout movie goers simply covered their collector’s items with canopies.

“Not one person got up and left,” reports Special Events Coordinator Kristy Pachciarz. “I was really surprised.”

Pachciarz spends a lot of time planning out the three week outdoor movie festival, specifically on how to make interactive activities or themes to go along with the movies shown.

“When we showed Bee Movie it was a lot of fun, there were children running around with bee face paint on.”

In addition to bee face paint the events also included making bee mobiles, bee hives and having inflatable rides and a live band. The film festivals usually take place in a local park that overlooks Mt. Rainier.

“It’s a fairly unique event, not in the sense that we’re the only city that is doing it, but in the sense that we’re in a smaller community. It’s a chance for people in the community to go to a local park, have a picnic, and let their kids run around.

Photo Credit: Comcast Outdoor Cinema

While many outdoor movie events and film series’ are winding down, the city of Auburn is just heating up. Comcast Summer Sounds and Outdoor Cinema begins this Friday with a concert featuring the musical talents of “the Pop Offs” and an outdoor movie screening of Horton Hears a Who. For the next three Fridays, friends, families, and neighbors will have the exciting opportunity to see free family-friendly movies under the stars. Each movie will also feature a pre-show musical concert.

Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic to the outdoor cinema, although concessions will be sold on-site. Concert and movie-goers are encouraged to bring blankets and/or chairs. The concerts will begin at 7pm; movies start at sundown.

Comcast Outdoor Movie Schedule:
Friday, Aug. 14
Sunset Park, 1306 – 69th St. SE at Lakeland Hills
Concert: The classic pop rock sound of The Pop Offs
Movie: Horton Hears A Who (G)

Friday, Aug. 21
Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE
Concert: The lively classic oldies sound of The Delivery Boys
Movie: The Wizard of Oz (G)

Friday, Aug. 28
Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE
Concert: The rich and diverse 60s, 70s and early 80s sounds of No Rules
Movie: Back to the Future (PG)

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