Join Us for Cinema Alfresco 2008

Free movies under the stars ... for six years

"By the People, For the People: Election Selections"
Cinema Alfresco is always free. Movies will be shown RAIN or SHINE. Register to win a pair of All-Access passes (a $250 value) to the 2008 Tallgrass Film Festival, October 23-26 at each screening. The winner must be present at drawing time to win. Have you registered to vote yet? Visit the League of Women Voters' table from 8 to 8:30 p.m. at Cinema Alfresco and they'll sign you up!

For movies shown at the Brickyard:
Doors and Kitchen open at 7 p.m.
Stella Artois Special: $3 draws, $3.50 bottles
Brickyard Burger & Fries Special: $5
Enter at east and west doors (west side has better parking). Bring your id. Under 21 welcome.

Download the printable PDF schedule here [380k].

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 22
Old Cowtown Museum
Bring chairs, blankets, picnics, and coolers
Enter at the back service entrance.

Patriotic and well-intentioned Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) unknowingly earns the senatorship of his state courtesy of manipulative political powers who mistakenly believe they can control him. 129 min.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 29
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

Everyone's favorite dweeb demonstrates his impressive moves, performs with his Happy Hands, isn't jealous because his brother Kip has been chatting online all day with babes, and encourages the unenlightened masses to Vote for Pedro. Sweet. 82 min.

Bob Roberts (1992)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 5
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

Written and directed by and starring Tim Robbins, this mockumentary follows a corrupt rightwing folksinger who runs a crooked election campaign while an independent muck-raking reporter tries to stop him. 102 min.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 12
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. This is the hyercreepy original, complete with a fine dramatic turn by Frank Sinatra and a bone-chilling performance by Angela Lansbury. 126 min.

Election (1999)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 19
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students of conflicting ambitions during school elections in this snarky black comedy. 103 min.

Wag the Dog (1998)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 26
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

In this Barry Levinson satire, a Washington spin doctor and a Hollywood producer join forces to fabricate a war in order to cover-up a presidential sex scandal. 97 min.

Conventioneers (2005)
8:30 p.m., Thursday, July 3
The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island in Old Town
Food & drink specials, including Stella Artois

At the 2004 Republican National Convention, love blooms between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the event. Filmed on the convention floor and at the protests in the streets of New York. (Conventioneers screened at the 2005 Tallgrass Film Festival.) 95 min.