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Lawn Chair Film Festival begins June 20

Beginning June 20, Old Saginaw City will host its eighth annual Lawn Chair Film Festival. In the last two years there have been over 10,000 people attending the movies, and they hope to see a good attendance again this season.

This year’s line-up for the free outdoor festival includes a fantastic menu of classic, blockbuster, and Oscar-winning films. All movies are sponsored by local businesses and supporters located in and around Old Saginaw City.

Admission for the festival is free, and is held every Sunday at dusk in the parking lot at the corner of Ames and N. Hamilton in Old Saginaw City. Refreshments and chair rentals are available, although movie-goers are also permitted to bring in snacks and coolers. There are volunteers selling concessions to help raise money for the community.

August 1st is children’s movie night with the animated comedy, The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The aim is for a good mix that will attract a wide variety of movie-goers.  They also schedule music groups as pre-show entertainment, beginning around an hour or so before each film begins at dusk.

The festival aims to be a “no fear” zone, to show people who wouldn’t normally come into the City, that it can be a safe, fun place, even at night. The movies are projected onto the side of a building at the corner of Ames and North Hamilton streets in Old Town.

Even though in past years the Lawn Chair Film Festival has lucked out with weather, if the usual Sunday night screening is disrupted by weather, organizers always reserve Monday night as a rain date.

More information is available on the festival Website, www.lawnchairfilmfestival.com.

2010 Lawn Chair Film Festival Schedule

June 20 - “Whip It”
2009 Comedy
Rated PG-13
Start Time: 9:19 sunset
Preshow: Argontos

June 27 - “Roman Holiday”
1953 Comedy
Not Rated
Start Time: 9:20 sunset
Preshow: Bryan Rombalski and Three Worlds

July 11 - “The Secret of Kells”
2010 Animation/Fantasy/Folklore
Not Rated
Start Time: 9:17 sunset
Preshow: The Bull's Eye Band

July 18 - “500 Days of Summer”
2009 Comedy
Rated PG-13
Start Time: 9:15 sunset
Preshow: Log Jam

July 25 - “Departures”
2009 Drama/Comedy/Foreign
Rated PG-13
Start Time: 9:06 sunset
Preshow: Ah Tempo

August 1 - “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
2009 Animation/Comedy
Rated PG Family Night
Start Time: 8:59 sunset
Preshow: Scott Baker and the Universal Expressions

August 8 - “An Education”
2009 Drama
Rated PG-13
Start Time: 8:50 sunset
Preshow: Est

August 15 - “Edward Scissorhands”
1990 Comedy/Fantasy
Rated PG-13
Start Time: 8:40 sunset
Preshow: John Vasquez and the Bearinger Boys


 

 

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