Summer Outdoor Movies

Summer Outdoor Movies are screened on the east lawn of Northwestern’s Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive. Admission is free. Rain location is the McCormick Auditorium, Norris Center. Please bring your own chairs and blankets.

Wednesday, June 24, dusk, around 9 pm
Young Mr. Lincoln
(John Ford, 1939, USA, 100 min, DVD)
It is the 70th anniversary of Young Mr. Lincoln, John
Ford’s ode to the old Midwest. Henry Fonda, in a brilliant
performance, stars as a 23-year-old Abe Lincoln. Ford, a director known for his love of everyday details and mythic turning points, portrays Lincoln in all capacities from judging a pie-making contest to defending a man against murder.

Wednesday, July 8, dusk, around 9 pm
Iron Man
(Jon Favreau, 2008, USA, 126 min, DVD)
Iron Man managed to be both family-friendly and one of the best superhero movies of recent memory. Robert Downey, Jr., plays Tony Stark, a billionaire playboy and genius inventor who runs his own weapons manufacturing company. When terrorists capture him, he reinvents himself as the Iron Man and begins to question his unadulterated love for innovation and devotes more time to fighting for justice.

Wednesday, July 15, dusk, around 9 pm
The Wizard of OZ
(Victor Fleming, 1939, USA, 101 min, DVD)
Dorothy, a Midwest farm girl, has always dreamt of going
someplace. Her wish is answered when her farmhouse—with her inside—is swept off by a tornado. Suddenly she finds herself a hero in the magical Land of Oz. But how will she and her growing entourage of motley friends make it home?

Wednesday, July 22, dusk, around 9 pm
WALL-E
(Andrew Stanton, 2008, USA, 98 min, DVD)
WALL-E is the last of the trash-compacting robots left on a post-human Earth. His job: to clean up the toxic garbage polluting Earth’s surface. His loneliness is expertly depicted in nearly 20 minutes of footage without dialogue—a homage to the great silent comedies. When circumstances lead WALL-E off the planet and across the galaxy, he goes on the adventure of a lifetime with a starship full of people and robots. WALL-E proves that love is universal, whether your heart beats or beeps.

Wednesday, July 29, dusk, around 9 pm
The Third Man
(Carol Reed, 1949, UK, 104 min, DVD)
Holly Martins, played by Joseph Cotten, arrives in war-weary
Vienna to take a job offered by his friend Harry Lime—except Harry is dead. Vienna, at the time divided among the four conquering nations, is riddled with confusion, and Martins struggles to weave together Harry’s story. Adapted from the Graham Greene novel, The Third Man is lightning captured in a bottle from the real rubble of
post-World War II Vienna to the towering yet impish performance from Orson Welles.

Wednesday, August 5, dusk, around 9 pm
Kung Fu Panda
(Mark Osborne, 2008, USA, 92 min, DVD)
By day, Po is just another rotund giant
panda who serves noodles at his father’s restaurant, but by night, he dreams of becoming a legendary kung-fu master. When he blunders into a martial arts tournament and is anointed the “Dragon Warrior,” Po is given the task of protecting the temple against the intimidating Tai- Lun, a former Dragon Warrior-in-training who wants revenge against his former master. Po puts his heart into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Wednesday, August 12, dusk, around 9 pm
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(Robert Hamer, 1949, UK, 106 min, DVD)
A gem of dark, dry humor, Kind Hearts and
Coronets tells the story of Louis D'Ascoynes, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was disowned by her titled family for marrying an Italian opera singer. Determined to avenge his mother’s unjust disinheritance, Louis sets off on an inventive killing spree. Playing all of the eight remaining relatives who stand in Louis’ way is Alec Guinness. This concoction of wit and absurdity is one of the best of the Ealing Studios comedies.

Summer Outdoor Movies are brought to you by Block Cinema, Northwestern’s Summer Session, and the Norris Center for Student Involvement.