It’s summertime and the films are…fun! Some this weekend for the classic lovers, for the family and the crazy sci-fi enthusiast! Come and see!
Friday, July 12 @ 7:30pm
Some Like It Hot (MGM, 1959)
After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) are on the run. Desperate, they join an all-girl band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, befriend Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), and head for a gig in Miami. Nobody’s perfect, but this film might be! A 1989 National Film Registry inductee from director Billy Wilder. Black & white, 121 min. (35mm)
To learn more about this comedy classic, see this link.
Saturday, July 13, @ 2pm
The Parent Trap (Walt Disney Pictures, 1961)
Hayley Mills plays a set of identical twins in this delightful Disney classic. Separated at birth by their parents’ divorce, the girls are unexpectedly reunited years later at a summer camp. Realizing they’re sisters, the twins hatch a scheme to secretly switch places, meet the parent they never knew, and somehow bring their family back together. Color, 129 min. (35mm)
Saturday, July 13 @ 7:30pm
The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures, 1997)
The year is 2263. The woman is an alien, fallen to Earth. The man drives a flying taxicab. Brought together by chance, Leeloo and Korben race to join four elemental stones with a mythic fifth element before evil forces obliterate planet Earth. Both an unexpected comic love story and a futuristic thrill ride, director Luc Bresson’s film oozes big-budget sci-fi visuals, 1990s-style. Color, 126 min. (35mm)
For more information on LC screenings, see this link.
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