MOVIES IN THE PARK 2018 | MILLENNIUM PARK | CHICAGO
We had a blast last year for movie in the park. It was important that I share the free movie series with fellow Chicagoans and city visitors again this year. I’ll plan on going to a few. Be sure to follow my Twitter @FatGirl_Fashion or my Instagram stories @thefatgirloffashion to see what movies I’m going to see so we can meet up. All films are FREE and made possible by the Millennium Park Foundation. The Summer Film Series is co-curated with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).
All films are free and start at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday* night at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at 201 E. Randolph St. Additionally, each film presentation will begin with a screening of a “ChicagoMade Short” – a locally-produced short film. A program of the Independent Filmmaker Initiative, the ChicagoMade Shorts Series is a celebration of the robust local independent film community and a showcase of entertaining work produced by talented Chicago-based artists. Seating at the pavilion is first-come, first-served, or seat under the stars on the pavilion’s Great Lawn. Bring your blankets, snacks, and favorite bottle of wine. Screenings begin June 5th and runs though August 21th except on July 9 at 11am. All movies will be presented on a state-of-the-art, 40-foot LED screen. Schedule is subject to change.
Tuesday, June 5
Hairspray
Programmed in collaboration with the Chicago Underground Film Festival
(1988, rated PG, 92 minutes)
Directed by John Waters and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono and Jerry Stiller, this cult film classic follows teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) as she pursues stardom on the local television hit the Corny Collins Dance Show and rallies against racial segregation.
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2017
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015, rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images, 120 minutes)
In a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where people must fight for scarce resources, a woman (Charlize Theron) rebels against the tyrannical ruler in a search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max (Tom Hardy).
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
Kinky Boots
(2005, rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, 107 minutes)
In order to save his family’s struggling shoe business, straight-laced Charles Price (Joel Edgerton) teams up with Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a flamboyant cabaret singer, with an unorthodox idea to produce custom footwear for drag queens.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26
Groundhog Day
(1993, rated PG for some thematic elements, 101 minutes)
Cynical and frustrated news reporter Phil Connors (Bill Murrays) finds himself reliving the same day covering the annual Groundhog Day festivities in small town Punxatawney, Pennsylvania, with his cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) and producer Rita (Andie MacDowell). Just as Phil starts to believe the he is doomed to live this day for all eternity, he learns that life isn’t what happens but how you react to it.
TUESDAY, JULY 03
High Fidelity
(2000, rated R for language and some sexuality, 113 minutes)
Thirty-something Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a former club DJ and now owner of record store Championship Vinyl, with a penchant for compiling top five lists, attempts to understand why he has been dumped by his latest girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) by revisiting his life’s top five worst break-ups. Much of the movie, based on the book by Nick Hornby, was filmed in Chicago.
MONDAY, JULY 09
opening program at 10:30am
Iron Giant
(1999, rated PG for fantasy action violence, language, some thematic material and smoking, 90 minutes)
Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal) makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot and protects him from a paranoid U.S. Government agent (Christopher McDonald) by keeping him at a junkyard owned by Dean McCoppin (Harry Connick Jr.). The family film is also being show in conjunction with the Millennium Park Family Fun Festival and the Year of Creative Youth.
TUESDAY, JULY 10
Man on Wire
(2008, rated PG-13 for some sexuality and nudity, and drug references, 90 minutes)
Using actual footage from the event seamlessly mingled with re-enactments, filmmaker James Marsh masterfully recreates high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit’s 1974 daring but illegal high-wire performance between the World Trade Center’s twin towers. The film won an Oscar for Best Documentary, Features.
TUESDAY, JULY 17
International Media Mixer
(2018, rated PG, 65 minutes)
US premiere of a live sonic and cinematic experience. A cross-cultural exchange of artists and archival footage from Chicago and Italy featuring four new films by Giuseppe Boccassini (Italy) and Alex Inglizian (U.S.); Lori Felker (U.S.) and Patrizia Oliva (Italy); Federico Francioni, Yan Cheng (Italy) and Tomeka Reid (U.S.); Domietta Torlasco (U.S.) and Stefano Urkuma De Santis (Italy). The evening will be hosted by Alison Cuddy of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
TUESDAY, JULY 24
Get Out
(2017, rated R for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references, 104 minutes)
Young African American Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) visits the white family of his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. The Oscar-winning film for Best Original Screenplay was written and directed by Jordan Peele.
TUESDAY, JULY 31 DOUBLE HEADER
WALL-E
(2008, rated G, 98 minutes)
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future, mankind has abandoned the trash-covered earth, and WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot, has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth’s history and show tunes, WALL-E inadvertently embarks on a space journey with his sprightly pet cockroach that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
(15-minute intermission)
Crash
(2004, rated R for language, sexual content and some violence, 112 minutes)
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people’s lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Directed by Paul Haggis, the film won three Oscars, including one for Best Picture, and stars Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser among many others in this ensemble cast.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 07
School of Rock
(2003, rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references, 108 minutes)
Fired from his band, down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Jack Black), takes a gig as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school. His attitude and hijinks teach the students some unconventional lessons, as he secretly leads his talented young musicians to the “battle of the bands” competition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
Coco
(2017, rated PG for thematic elements, 105 minutes)
Aspiring musician Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez), confronted by his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, takes an accidental trip to the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead where, along with the charming trickster skeleton Hector (voiced by Gael García Bernal), he unlocks the real story behind his family history. Cocowon two Oscars, including Best Animated Feature Film.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
Slumdog Millionaire
(2008, rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language, 121 minutes)
Finding himself just one question away from winning 20 million rupees on India’s Kaun Banega Crorepati? (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), eighteen year-old Jamal (Dev Patel) is accused of cheating and reflects on how his life in the slums of Mumbai gave him all the answers.
Accessibility:
Every aspect of Millennium Park was designed to be fully accessible to all patrons. The following services are available:
- Wheelchair loans in the Millennium Park Welcome Center, 201 E. Randolph Street
- Integrated spaces for wheelchair seating at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
- Wheelchair accessible restroom facilities
- Assistive listening devices at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Sound Booth
- For accessibility information, contact dcase@cityofchicago.org
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Parking:
Convenient parking is located in the Millennium Park Garage (entrance on Columbus at Monroe or Randolph), Millennium Lakeside and Grant Park North. You can save $5 on your parking space with my code from SpotHero.
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