MEDIA CONTACT: Judy Moore at 847-491-4819 or jkm229@northwestern.edu

June 22, 2004

Summer 2004 Film Calendar

This summer, Block Cinema, a collaboration of the Northwestern University School of Communication and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston campus, will team up with the Norris Center for Student Involvement, A & O Productions and the University’s Summer Session to present an outdoor movie series.

The free outdoor films will be projected onto the exterior east wall of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston campus. Viewers may bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

For more information about the outdoor summer screenings, call the Block Cinema Hotline at (847) 491-4000 or go to the Block Cinema Web site at http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/blockcinema.

SUMMER 2004 OUTDOOR MOVIES

“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 23 (Gore Verbinski, 2003, United States, 143 minutes, DVD). After Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the governor’s daughter is captured by evil pirate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), her childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) teams up with pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to overcome the pirates’ curse to save her and win the battle on the Isla de Muerta. Rain location: The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive.

 “Jaws,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 30 (Steven Spielberg, 1975, United States, 124 minutes, DVD). A great white shark is terrorizing the waters of the seaside town of Amity Island, attacking swimmers and driving off the usual flood of tourists. After several attempts to convince the mayor of the impending danger, chief of police Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), marine biologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and shark expert Quint (Robert Shaw) set out to kill the shark. Rain location: The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive.

“Steamboat Bill, Jr.”, 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 7 (Charles Reisner, 1928, United States, 71 minutes, (16 mm with soundtrack). William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton), the effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain, returns home to join his father’s crew after years of separation. Bill Sr. tries to turn his son into a man by teaching him the ways of the boat. It is one of the final black-and-white silent films Keaton did before being forced by Hollywood to do lackluster sound pictures. Rain location: The Gathering Place, Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive.

 “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 14 (Peter Weir, 2003, United States, 138 minutes, DVD). During the Napoleonic wars, a British and a French warship stalk each other off the coast of South America. This epic story focuses on the relations between mates and officers on board the close quarters. Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) is well respected by his men and leads them valiantly into the last battle. Rain location: Pick-Laudati Auditorium, Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Drive.

 “The African Queen,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 21 (John Huston, 1951, United States, 105 minutes, 16 mm). In Africa at the start of World War I, Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), a gin-swilling riverboat owner and captain, is persuaded by strait-laced missionary Rose Sayer (Katherine Hepburn) to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Rain location: Pick-Laudati Auditorium, Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Drive.

“Finding Nemo,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 18 (Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, 2003, United States, 100 minutes, DVD). This animated father-son underwater adventure features Nemo, the only child of a widower clown fish. After a scuba diver captures Nemo on his first day of school, Nemo’s timid father, Marlin, sets out with his friend Dory to search the ocean for his missing offspring. The film features the voices of Albert Brooks as Marlin and Ellen DeGeneres as Dory. Rain location: Pick-Laudati Auditorium, Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Drive.

REELTIME

Reeltime, “Maxwell Street: A Living Memory,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston. Local filmmaker Shuli Eshel’s documentary “Maxwell Street: A Living Memory” features the vividly recalled experiences of children and grandchildren of the Eastern European Jewish immigrants who created the former historic outdoor Maxwell Street Market just west of Chicago’s Loop. Admission is free.

Reeltime is an independent film and video forum jointly sponsored by the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University and the Evanston Public Library in partnership with Reeltime project directors Andrea Leland, Kathy Berger and Ines Sommer.

For more information call the Evanston Public Library at (847) 866-0300 or visit the Reeltime Web site at www.reeltimeevanston.org.