Sitting outside under the stars while watching movies was an experience once reserved for drive in movie theaters, but now individuals can enjoy a movie outdoors in the comfort of their own backyard!
Over the past year, TEC Entertainment has begun renting it’s huge inflatable movie system all over Western New York and beyond. The system includes a gigantic 25′x15′ movie screen, professional projection and sound equipment set-up. While guests are waiting for dusk, the experts in entertainment play pulse-pounding music to get attendees excited for the movie to come.

“We’ve received calls for the movie theatre for every type of celebration imaginable, corporate parties, backyard birthdays, bloc parties, college campuses, even summer camps in the Adirondacks have used us!” states TEC Entertainment Inc. event manager Kimberly Buchner.

For even more fun, the large projector can be hooked up to popular gaming systems including the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3. Other ways to enjoy the outdoor movie screen include setting up the system near a community swimming pool to host a “Splash In” showing of classic water related movies with mermaids and pirates. Local businesses can host drive-ins with the aid of radio transmission devices so everyone can enjoy an outdoor movie in the comfort of their own vehicle. TEC Entertainment also can provide popcorn and other concessions such as snow cones, slushies, cotton candy, or nachos with cheese.

Working with movie licensing companies such as Swank and Criterion, TEC Entertainment Inc legally licenses public viewings of popular movies. In the occurrence of rain, the movie screens can be set up indoors in a gymnasium or other large indoor venue. Otherwise, if the movie cannot be played due to rain, it can be rescheduled within the next year, so there’s no need to fear inclement weather common to Buffalo, NY.

For more information on renting an outdoor movie theatre contact TEC Entertainment Inc at 716-877-4400 or to see the video screen in action online visit: http://www.titanentertainmentinc.com/outdoor-drive-in.php Write them at 4248 Ridge Lea Road, Amherst, NY 14226.

There’s no need to limit your moviegoing to the multiplex — not when one historic theater is staying open late and a Chippewa Strip restaurant is showing movies under the stars. No, things are not the status quo when it comes to watching movies in the summer around here. Not only has the Hamburg Palace Theatre started a summer midnight movie series, but the Bacchus Wine Bar and Restaurant is again hosting weekly outdoor films with a touch of class.

Outdoor Movies Under the Stars

A recently remodeled patio is the new “shine” added this year to the annual outdoor movie series held Wednesday evenings through September at Bacchus (54 W. Chippewa St.). Guests can enjoy food, drink and al fresco movies by candlelight at tables dressed with linens, glassware and silver. A full dinner menu or simpler fare such as wine and cheese will be available.

Bacchus owner and chef Brian Mietus receives input from staff and customers before choosing the films. “We look for a good diversity of comedies, classics, modern films and dramas,” Mietus says.

“Diverse” definitely describes the movies in this series, everything from the classic Gregory Peck-Audrey Hepburn romance “Roman Holiday,” to Will Ferrell’s comic foibles in “Old School.” Here’s the schedule:

June: “Chasing Amy,” Wednesday; “King Pin,” June 17; “Wall Street,” June 24.

July: “Rushmore,” July 1; “You Kill Me,” July 8; “True Romance,” July 15; “Happy Gilmore,” July 22; and “Grosse Pointe Blank,” July 29.

August: “Fargo,” Aug. 5; “The Departed,” Aug. 12; “Sex and the City,” Aug. 19; and “Old School,” Aug. 26.

September: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Sept. 2; “Star Wars,” Sept. 9; “Roman Holiday,” Sept. 16; and “Rudy,” Sept. 23.

The Bacchus series, for guests 18 and over, is free. Movies begin at dusk, but won’t be shown if it’s raining. Be sure to make reservations so you’ll have a seat. Call 854-9463.

Source: “Outdoor summer film series planned at two area locations” by Toni Ruberto -The Buffalo News. Read full article at: http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/693542.html.

Outdoor Summer Film Series Planned at two Area Locations

There’s no need to limit your moviegoing to the multiplex — not when one historic theater is staying open late and a Chippewa Strip restaurant is showing movies under the stars.

No, things are not the status quo when it comes to watching movies in the summer around here. Not only has the Hamburg Palace Theatre started a summer midnight movie series, but the Bacchus Wine Bar and Restaurant is again hosting weekly outdoor films with a touch of class.

Midnight madness

Maybe in space, no one can hear you scream, but they will at a midnight movie. “Alien,” Ridley Scott’s intense 1979 sci-ficlassic, opens a month of late-night science-fiction classics showing at the Hamburg Palace.

“ ‘Alien’ was chosen because it is not just a great sci-fi/ horror movie, it is one of the best films ever made,” Jay Ruof, owner of the Hamburg Palace, said about his choice.

Next up is a very young Mel Gibson starring as the vigilante hero of the futuristic thriller “Mad Max,” showing June 12. “With the recent ups and downs in the price of oil, I thought it would be appropriate to see one vision of our future,” Ruof said. “People will do anything to keep their vehicles moving.”

The June schedule finishes off with two films from visionary directors: David Lynch’s “Dune,” June 19 to 20; and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” June 26.

Admission is $7 at the Hamburg Palace Theatre (31 Buffalo St., Hamburg). For more information, call 649-2295 or visit www.hamburgpalace.com . Under the stars

A recently remodeled patio is the new “shine” added this year to the annual outdoor movie series held Wednesday evenings through September at Bacchus (54 W. Chippewa St.). Guests can enjoy food, drink and movies by candlelight at tables dressed with linens, glassware and silver. A full dinner menu or simpler fare such as wine and cheese will be available.

Bacchus owner and chef Brian Mietus receives input from staff and customers before choosing the films. “We look for a good diversity of comedies, classics, modern films and dramas,” Mietus says.

“Diverse” definitely describes the movies in this series, everything from the classic Gregory Peck-Audrey Hepburn romance “Roman Holiday,” to Will Ferrell’s comic foibles in “Old School.” Here’s the schedule:

June: “Chasing Amy,” Wednesday; “King Pin,” June 17; “Wall Street,” June 24.

July: “Rushmore,” July 1; “You Kill Me,” July 8; “True Romance,” July 15; “Happy Gilmore,” July 22; and “Grosse Pointe Blank,” July 29.

August: “Fargo,” Aug. 5; “The Departed,” Aug. 12; “Sex and the City,” Aug. 19; and “Old School,” Aug. 26.

September: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Sept. 2; “Star Wars,” Sept. 9; “Roman Holiday,” Sept. 16; and “Rudy,” Sept. 23.

The Bacchus series, for guests 18 and over, is free. Movies begin at dusk, but won’t be shown if it’s raining. Be sure to make reservations so you’ll have a seat. Call 854-9463.

truberto@buffnews.com

BY TONI RUBERTO
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/693542.html