Outdoor Movies and Film Festivals Across the U.S., July–Aug. 2009
About this archive post. Open Air Cinema's blog has been reorganized into a historical record of the outdoor-cinema industry. This entry compiles real news coverage reported between July 10, 2009 and August 28, 2009, drawn from local papers, trade outlets, and event listings of the time. It was originally published at this address on May 29, 2009; the original URL has been preserved. Source links are included where they remain available.
During July–August 2009, the outdoor movie season produced a steady run of screenings and announcements. Coverage below spans Milwaukee, WI, Prattville, AL and Los Angeles, CA, among other places.
Screening & Event News
Free summer concerts, movies reel in the crowds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... around Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, where a carnival crowd gathered to watch "Pulp Fiction" on a colossal, inflatable screen framed by the lake.
Is Milwaukee ready for a 'Fish-Flick?'
Targeted toward adults, the event will feature a fish fry and a 30-foot inflatable movie screen to show movies such as "King Pin," "Animal House" and "Caddy.
Family Weekend Roundup: Aug. 7-9, 2009
OnMilwaukee.com - Milwaukee,USA Miller Park Movies will show "Field of Dreams" and "X-Men" in the Miller parking lot on a full size, inflatable drive-in movie screen.
Over the rainbow: 70 years ago, Oconomowoc premiered 'Wizard of Oz'
77 Square 13, with an outdoor showing of "The Wizard of Oz" on a 40-foot inflatable screen on Wisconsin Avenue, next to the parking lot where the Strand used to be.
Tonight's Films in the Field event rescheduled for Sunday
Wisconsin State Journal The movie will be shown on a 20-foot-by-40-foot inflatable screen . Movie -goers should bring blankets and chairs. Pre-show activities start at 6 pm with.
Second Movies Monday is moved to train shed
Inkheart, a fantasy adventure film, begins at sundown tonight and will be shown on a huge inflatable screen . Brendan Fraser (of The Mummy movies) plays Mo.
Film Festival Circuit
Plaza Film Festival Draws 300
The family's movie wish list includes "Star Wars" (6 and 9 pm Wednesday) the ... "A Hard Day's Night" will be shown free on an inflatable screen at 9 pm.
' Cinema Paradiso' to close Little Italy film festival
Baltimore Sun Lakefront flicks Free outdoor movies at the lakefront in Columbia continue tonight with director Adam Shankman's 2008 "Bedtime Stories," with Adam Sandler.