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Outdoor Movie Idea: The Blind Side

By on May 5, 2010 in Outdoor Movie Events

We recently read about how The Blind Side was screened as an outdoor movie at the Aloha Theater in , and thought it was a great idea for a backyard theater or outdoor movie event!

Here is the official trailer for The Blind Side:

The Blind Side is based on the true story of the early life ofMicheal Oher(played by Quinton Aaron) , a football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL. The film depicts Oher struggling through early school and life, with not much hope for the future. Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy, a determined southern woman who adopts Oher and helps him get on a path of success and promise. The film follows the struggle and path that led Oher to become a highly coveted college football player, eventually to be drafted to the NFL.

Bullock received an Oscar and Golden Globe award for her peformance as Tuohy, and the film received a host of nominations including an Oscar nomination for best picture.

The Blind Side is a really great pick for your next outdoor movie series, not just because it is a film your entire community will enjoy, but because it is about those heartwarming values that hold all of us together. If you’re interested in screening this film, you can get the licensing through Swank Motion Pictures. We can’t think of a better way to bring your community together than to watch a movie like The Blind Side under the stars!

Has anyone else screened The Blind Side in their community? If so, tell us your story! Either post a comment to this post, or send us an email at community@openaircinema.us. We’d love to share your story about screening The Blind Side as an outdoor movie!

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Aiea, Hawaii: Nostalgic Couple Giving Back the Outdoor Drive-Inn Movie to Locals

By on January 28, 2010 in Outdoor Movie Events
he movies will be shown on an inflatable screen, viewable by 100 people on artificial turf and people in up to 500 cars

he movies will be shown on an inflatable screen, viewable by 100 people on artificial turf and people in up to 500 cars

The concessionaire for Aloha Stadium and a couple who used to watch movies at the old Kam Drive-In theater will put on the first of six free, drive-in movies in the stadium’s parking lot this year, beginning March 19.

Leslie and Sal Hernandez will inflate a 40-foot (diagonal dimension) movie screen and show a double-feature of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” and “Land of the Lost” at dusk March 19 after the Aloha Stadium swap meet closes for the day.

“There’s not much you can do that’s free anymore,” said Samantha Spain, marketing account manager for Aloha Stadium’s concessionaire, Centerplate. “Why not re-introduce the swap meet and re-introduce drive-in movies? When we talked to people, there was an excitement there.”

hasn’t seen a drive-in movie since the Kam Drive-In stopped showing films on Sept. 7, 1998.

The Hernandezes are the new, local licensee of a Maryland-based company called Fun Flicks Outdoor Movies that rents out inflatable screens of various sizes for everything from backyard kids’ parties to large corporate events.

At Aloha Stadium, the idea is to help re-energize the swap meet by allowing 100 people to sit on artificial turf in the parking lot and hear the movies over loudspeakers after the swap meet closes and the sun goes down.

People in as many as 500 cars will have the option of listening to the movies over their radios.

“We can definitely fit more than 500 cars and 100 people if we have to,” Spain said.

Food and drinks will be sold through the stadium’s concessionaire.

No other dates have been scheduled beyond an April 2 showing of movies that also haven’t been determined, Spain said.

But all of the films this year will be free and “family-fun type movies,” Spain said. “If it does well, we are looking to extend it for 2011. The goal is to bring back the drive-in feel to the stadium.”

Every day, Leslie Hernandez goes by the old Kam Drive-In near Pearlridge Center, where she and Sal enjoyed too many drive-in movies to count.

They were driving past the drive-in last year when they got nostalgic for the old days — and the idea grew to turn their memories into a business.

“We remembered it like it was yesterday,” Leslie said. “We said, ‘We miss that. We should get that over here again.’ “

They searched for drive-in theater business models and came upon Fun Flicks Outdoor Movies.

Nine months ago, they got the license for Fun Flicks Outdoor Movies.

Most of their business so far has been focused on kids’ parties for movies that already have been released in theaters.

Their license means “we cannot be in direct competition with the movie theaters,” Leslie said.

Although the movies may be a few months old, families get a shared experience that’s rare today, she said.

The Hernandezes have three children of their own — an 18-month-old, a 3-year-old and a 13-year-old.

“Especially for teenagers,” she said, “it’s sometimes hard to give them something constructive to do. This is definitely family friendly.”

Dan Nakaso

source-http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100126/NEWS01/1260323/Free+drive-in+flicks+start+March+19

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Honolulu, Hawaii: Aloha Stadium Plans to Bring Drive-In Movies Back

By on December 29, 2009 in Outdoor Movie Events

The drive-in movie is making a comeback in Hawai’i, though on a reduced scale. The state plans to start holding outdoor movies at Aloha Stadium in February to supplement revenues for the property and promote swap meet shopping.

The movies also could be a way for the facility to make money during periods when the stadium is idle or closed for repairs, said stadium manager Scott Chan.

“We’re looking at other ways to generate revenues using the facility on the outside,” he said. “One of the ways we came up with was bring back the drive-in theater.

“We’re looking at showing movies here on a monthly basis in our parking lot.”

The plan was recently approved by the Aloha Stadium Authority. If the stadium follows through, the events would be the first drive-in movies held in since the Kam Drive-In movie theater near Pearlridge Center closed on Sept. 7, 1998.

The stadium is working with the local franchisee of Maryland-based Fun Flicks to run the movies. Movies would be shown on a 40-foot inflatable screen that would accommodate 3,000 people or 500 autos, according to minutes of the Stadium Authority’s Nov. 19 meeting.

The stadium plans to allow moviegoers to lounge on artificial turf in front of the screen or to stay in their autos and listen via the radio, Chan said.

Details, including what the stadium may charge, what movies will be shown and on what evenings the movies will be shown, have not been determined.

Officials for Fun Flicks did not return messages for this story. It’s unclear from the company’s Internet site whether Fun Flicks has agreements allowing it to show first-run movies or older movies that already are available on DVD.

The stadium generates most of its revenues from swap meet, and food and beverage concessions. During the fiscal year ended June 30, the stadium special fund had $8.03 million in revenues and $8.33 million in expenses, according to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Another $1.5 million was transferred to the state’s general fund to help balance the budget.

Alternatives such as movies could help the stadium offset business losses from the Pro Bowl’s temporary move to Miami. The Pro Bowl is scheduled to return to Aloha Stadium in 2011.

The stadium also is pursuing concert business. However, any potential stadium concert must generate attendance of more than 25,000 people to offset stadium staging and set up costs that range from $35,000 to $40,000, according to the Stadium Authority.

“The market we’d like to capture is obviously the concerts, but we don’t control that market,” Chan said. “It appears that more of the entertainers are going to the smaller venues.”

Sean Hao

source-http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091226/NEWS01/912260345/Aloha+Stadium+plans+to+bring+drive-in+movies+back+to+Honolulu

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