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 Christopher Reeve in SUPERMAN Bryant Park is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, bounded by 40th and 42nd streets, 5th and 6th avenues. The lawn opens at 5pm every Monday evening in order for movie buffs to secure space for the screenings. Be sure to bring blankets or close-to-the floor collapsible chairs on which to sit. Refreshments are available at concession stands located in the park, or you can bring your own. The raindate for each screening is the following day. Following is this summer's schedule of films. For further inforrmation, phone 212-512-5700 or visit cityguide.aol.com/newyork/hbobryantparkfilm/ JUNE 16: Dr. No (1962; MGM/UA) Sean Connery defines the role of 007 as the popular adventure series starts with a bang when James Bond visits Jamaica. The secret agent confronts a mad scientist, poisonous spiders and deadly females like bikini-clad Ursula Andress. 111 min. JUNE 23: Bride of Frankenstein (1935; Universal) In this sequel to 1931’s Frankenstein, the good doctor assembles a lady friend for his creature, played by Boris Karloff who reportedly sweated off twenty pounds under the costume and make-up. James Whale returned as director. 75 min. JUNE 30: Hud (1963; Paramount) Paul Newman, in the title role, is an ornery S.O.B. Melvin Douglas is his rancher father. Their home on the range is not a happy one, as the generations clash in gripping fashion. Based on a novel by Larry McMurtry. 112 min; Panavision JULY 7: The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941; Warner Bros.) Monty Woolley terrorizes Bette Davis as the house guest from hell. Based on a smash Broadway play by Kaufman and Hart, the comedy also stars Ann Sheridan and Jimmy Durante. 112 min. JULY 14: Fail-Safe (1964; Columbia) The Cold War gets a good deal chillier when a computer glitch sends a U.S. bomber to nuke Moscow. Henry Fonda plays the stalwart president. Stellar support comes from Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman and Dom DeLuise. 111 min. JULY 21: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944; Warner Bros.) Cary Grant’s sweet old aunties are up to something! Teddy Roosevelt’s Panama Canal and a plastic surgeon named Dr. Einstein also figure into the zany plot. Frank Capra directed this screwball comedy at a breakneck pace. 118 min. JULY 28: The Apartment (1960; MGM/UA) Jack Lemmon falls for Shirley MacLaine in this bittersweet romance. Getting ahead in business by loaning out his apartment to the bosses for their illicit trysts, what’s Jack to do when he finds out that his adored Shirley is involved? 125 min; Panavision AUGUST 4: Lifeboat (1944; 20th Century Fox) A WW-II German U-Boat sinks a freighter leaving survivors to fight off death in a crowded lifeboat. Tallulah Bankhead portrays a spoiled journalist accustomed to traveling first class. John Steinbeck wrote the story at director Alfred Hitchcock’s request. 96 min. AUGUST 11: The Candidate (1972; Warner Bros.) Golden boy Robert Redford is the great blonde hope in this political satire about an “honest” man running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, and Natalie Wood also star. 109 min. AUGUST 18: Superman (1978; Warner Bros.) The Man of Steel is thirty, but not to worry. He still leaps tall buildings in a single bound, etc. The adventure provided the signature role for then-unknown Christopher Reeve, while superstar Marlon Brando, as Jar-El, earned millions for a brief bit. 143 min; Panavision |
