Outdoor cinema specialist Pop Up Screens is back again this summer, so say goodbye to the faceless multiplex and hello to warm evenings in the park, a proper cult movie, cold beer or glass of wine and a box of hot popcorn. The film schedule has something for everyone and includes classics such as Labyrinth, Anchorman, Zoolander, The Big Lebowski, Dirty Dancing, Leon and, of course, Back To The Future.
Throughout the summer, the super size screen will visit some of the capital's best loved parks with pre-film entertainment provided by stand-up comedian Helen Arney, poet Dan Simpson and digital art from the Live Live Project.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.popupscreens.co.uk for £8, or a weekender pass to see all three films at any one location will set you back £20, with a bumper season ticket available for £50. That’s all 21 films for just £2.38 per movie!
And what would a trip to the movies be without treats? Pop Up Screens have it covered. There will of course be popcorn, supplied by London Kettle Popcorn and a fully stocked bar serving craft beer from Brewdog and Freedom Breweries and wine. To keep with the ‘wild’ alfresco cinema vibe going there will be the chance to sample buffalo, ostrich, springbok, wild boar and wildebeest from Tucker's Exotic Meat Shack.
Founder of Pop Up Screens, David Leydon said: “I love movies, but I got to the stage of hating going to the cinema. I hated paying an exorbitant ticket price only to leave dissatisfied. I hated that slow sensation of your feet sticking to the carpet. I hated the way the whole experience left me feeling.
"I could go on, well I did go on, and on and I discovered that it wasn’t just me who felt like this. The more people I spoke/grizzled to the more people I found sharing my opinion. I started to think about what I actually wanted out of going to the cinema. At the top of the list was a good movie, followed by watching it in a relaxed environment with a bit of atmosphere. I want the movie and the experience to stick with me and not in the way the carpet normally does. A bit of value would be nice too. Most of all, I wanted an actual experience."
Full Pop Up Screens 2012 schedule:
|
Date
|
Location
|
Gates Open
|
Movie
|
Movie Starts
|
|
Friday 6th July
|
Ravenscourt Park Hammersmith
|
7.30
|
Office Space
|
9.30
|
|
Saturday 7th July
|
7.30
|
Fargo
|
9.30
|
|
Sunday 8th July
|
7.30
|
Labyrinth
|
9.30
|
|
Friday 20th July
|
Hillyfields, Lewisham
|
7.30
|
Anchorman
|
9.30
|
|
Saturday 21st July
|
7.30
|
Napoleon Dynamite
|
9.30
|
|
Sunday 22nd July
|
7.30
|
Ghostbusters
|
9.30
|
|
Friday 3rd August
|
Highbury Fields, Islington
|
7.00
|
Weird Science
|
9.00
|
|
Saturday 4th August
|
7.00
|
Submarine
|
9.00
|
|
Sunday 5th August
|
7.00
|
Zoolander
|
9.00
|
|
Friday 17th August
|
Morden Hall Park, Morden
|
7.00
|
Taken
|
9.00
|
|
Saturday 18th August
|
7.00
|
The Big Lebowski
|
9.00
|
|
Sunday 19th August
|
7.00
|
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
|
9.00
|
|
Friday 31st August
|
Bishops Park Hammersmith
|
7.00
|
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
|
8.30
|
|
Saturday 1st September
|
7.00
|
Fight Club
|
8.30
|
|
Sunday 2nd September
|
7.00
|
Dirty Dancing
|
8.30
|
|
Friday 7th September
|
Kilburn Grange Park, Kilburn
|
7.00
|
Dazed & Confused
|
8.30
|
|
Saturday 8th September
|
7.00
|
Die Hard
|
8.30
|
|
Sunday 9th September
|
7.00
|
Top Gun
|
8.30
|
|
Friday 14th September
|
Ravenscourt Park Hammersmith
|
7.00
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
8.30
|
|
Saturday 15th September
|
7.00
|
Leon
|
8.30
|
|
Sunday 16th September
|
7.00
|
Back to the Future
|
8.30
|