All films begin at dusk (usually between 8 pm and 9 pm), but the lawn opens at 5 pm for blankets and picnicking. Get there early and stake out a spot if you want a good view of the screen. This year, 'wichcraft is even providing lawnside dinner service on movie nights. Rain dates are Tuesday nights. For more information, call (212) 512-5700
2008 Bryant Park Film Festival Schedule
Monday, June 16 – Dr. NoIt's Connery as Bond and the ultimate Bond girl Ursula Andress in her white bikini.
Monday, June 23 – Bride of Frankenstein
Boris Karloff's Frankenstein takes a bride, the magnificently-coiffed Elsa Lancaster.
Monday, June 30 – Hud
See Paul Newman in his prime.
Monday, July 7 – The Man Who Came to Dinner
Bette Davis and Jimmy Durante costar in this 1942 comedy.
Monday, July 14 – Fail Safe
Sidney Lumet directs Henry Fonda in a cold war thriller.
Monday, July 21 – Arsenic and Old Lace
Cary Grant's sweet old aunties have a very nasty secret.
Monday, July 28 – The Apartment
It doesn't get much better than this -- a young Jack Lemmon in a Billy Wilder classic featuring a young Shirley MacLaine.
Monday, August 4 – Lifeboat
In this Hitchcock flick, nine survivors (including Tallulah Bankhead) are trapped in a leaky lifeboat in the middle of the Atlantic.
Monday, August 11 – The Candidate
Robert Redford does political satire.
Monday, August 18 – Superman
Christopher Reeve is the Man of Steel, Marlon Brando is Jor-El, and Gene Hackman is the evil Lex Luthor.
Bryant Park is also the place for the early-morning Good Morning America concert series (on the park’s Upper Terrace).
