Cinema by the Canal (Lewes)
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A special thanks to the co-sponsors of this outdoor film series. |
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Take the entire Family to the movies at the Lewes Canalfront Park and enjoy a family-oriented outdoor screening under the stars. Films, shown during the summer months, start at dusk. Admission is free. Bring your own chair and insect repellent.
The Great Outdoors
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, Dusk
Location: Lewes Canalfront Park, (map)
Admission: Free
In this comedy, big-hearted Chicago family man Chet Ripley (John Candy) has brought his family to a Wisconsin lakeside resort, and although his wife and kids aren't quite as excited as he is, Chet has high hopes for the vacation. Then the unexpected happens when know-it-all brother-in-law Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd) shows up with his wife and twin daughters. Can one carefree family co-habitat with obnoxious relatives and salvage their vacation or will their threshold of patience run out? What is Roman’s ulterior motive for crashing the Ripley’s vacation and when will it be revealed? Annette Bening makes her film debut as Aykroyd's ill-tempered wife. [1988, USA, Runtime: 91 min, Rated PG] (trailer)
The Muppets, 2011
Wednesday, July 25, Dusk
Location: Lewes Canalfront Park, (map)
Admission: Free
The Muppets, a musical-comedy, is the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years.
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, learn that greedy oilman Tex Richman wants to raze the Muppet Theater so he can drill for the oil recently discovered underneath. The only way to stop this action and save the Theater is to raise $10 million. With a great plan to stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon, Walter and friends set out to reunite the Muppets who went their separate ways years ago.
Depressed Kermit the Frog now lives in his own mansion in Hollywood. The Great Gonzo is a high class plumber at Gonzo's Royal Flush. Fozzie Bear performs with a tribute band called The Moopets. Miss Piggy is the plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, and Animal is at a celebrity anger management rehab center in Santa Barbara. Can these characters unite and put on the best performance ever to save Muppet Theater? [2011, USA, Runtime: 102 min, Rated PG] (trailer)
Big Miracle
Wednesday, August 15, Dusk
Location: Lewes Canalfront Park, (map)
Admission: Free
Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of how a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and an animal-loving volunteer (Drew Barrymore) rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies, as well as the Russian and American militaries to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. [2012, USA, Runtime: 106 min, Rated PG] (trailer)
