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2/9/2003

Central Park Film Festival

Central Park, New York

Central Park Film Festival to be Presented by Central Park Conservancy and American Museum of the Moving Image

Free outdoor screenings from September 3 to 7 include Annie Hall, The Band Wagon, Hair, Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, and It Should Happen to You

Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon in It Should Happen to You.

Central Park will be the location and star of a five-night film festival presented by the Central Park Conservancy and curated by the American Museum of the Moving Image. The Festival, which consists of free outdoor screenings in Rumsey Playfield from Wednesday through Sunday, September 3 to 7, 2003, will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Park and the 15th anniversary of Moving Image.

Films will be shown at 8:00 p.m. each night, introduced by special guest speakers. Woody Allen's Academy Award winning romantic comedy Annie Hall opens the series on September 3. Other films to be shown include Hair, Milos Forman's adaptation of the 1960s rock musical; The Band Wagon, the classic Fred Astaire musical that includes a magical Central Park dance sequence; It Should Happen to You, the 1954 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday; and Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, a unique Depression-era musical. Confirmed guest speakers to date include Betty Comden, who wrote The Band Wagon with her late partner Adolph Green, and Gordon Willis, the legendary cinematographer who created unforgettable images of New York City in Annie Hall, Manhattan, and The Godfather movies.

"Central Park is the greatest open space in New York City, a magnificent landmark of architecture, landscape, and social interaction," said David Schwartz, the Museum's Chief Curator of Film. "It's no wonder that the Park has played a key role in so many great New York movies."

The screenings are free to the public and will be held at Rumsey Playfield (East 69 Street, off Fifth Avenue) beginning each night at 8:00 p.m.

Presented by the Central Park Conservancy. Festival sponsor: Bloomberg.

SCHEDULE
All screenings begin at 8:00 p.m. at Rumsey Playfied (East 69 Street, off Fifth Avenue).

Wednesday, September 3
ANNIE HALL
United Artists, 1977, 93 mins. Directed by Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. The quintessential New York comedy, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, includes a scene of Alvy and Annie people-watching on a Sunday in Central Park.

Thursday, September 4
HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM plus EDISON SHORTS
United Artists, 1933, 83 mins. Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Al Jolson, Harry Langdon. Al Jolson is a tramp who lives happily in Central Park (even though he's friends with the Mayor) in this unique Depression-era musical with rhyming dialogue and songs by Rodgers and Hart. Preceded by three Thomas Edison films made in Central Park, 1896-1899. Archival prints from the Library of Congress.

Friday, September 5
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Columbia, 1954, 87 mins. Directed by George Cukor. With Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford. Gladys Glover (Holliday), a poor model from Binghamton, is discovered by a documentary filmmaker (Lemmon) while roaming through Central Park. Garson Kanin's witty satire is marked by great comic performances.

Saturday, September 6
THE BAND WAGON
MGM, 1953, 111 mins. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse. In one of the greatest MGM musicals, Astaire plays a washed-up movie star who tries to make his comeback on Broadway. His Central Park duet with Cyd Charisse, to "Dancing in the Dark," is a treasure.

Sunday, September 7
HAIR
United Artists, 1979, 122 mins. Directed by Milos Forman. With Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo. Central Park is the setting for hippie gatherings, late-night revelry, a horse ballet, and a massive demonstration in this energetic and bittersweet adaptation of the seminal 1960s counterculture musical.

MUSEUM INFORMATION
Gallery Hours: Wednesday & Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, 11:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Museum Admission: $10.00 for adults; $7.50 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $5.00 for children ages 5-18. Children 4 and under and Museum members are admitted free.
Film programs: Film screenings are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted. Reservation privileges are available to Museum members only.
Location: 35 Avenue at 36 Street in Astoria.
Subway: R or V trains (R or G on weekends) to Steinway Street. N train to Broadway.
Program Information: Telephone: (718) 784-0077

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