Bethesda Outdoor Movie Series Returns Tuesday

The 14th annual outdoor movie series returns to Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle from July 24 – 28, at the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues. Enjoy five nights of blockbuster hits. Show times begin at 9 p.m. A limited number of chairs will be provided and attendees are invited to bring their own lawn chairs. Admission is free.

Plenty of parking is available in the public parking garage located on Auburn Avenue. Short term parking on the bottom levels is $1 per hour. Long term parking on the top levels is $0.75 per hour. Meters require payment Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday parking is free.

There is also plenty of metered on-street parking along Auburn Avenue as well. Please read and heed the meter instructions. On-street metered parking is $1 per hour.

The Bethesda Circulator also stops right near the event site. Hop on at any location in downtown Bethesda and let the Circulator drop you off right at the event site.

Schedule of Movies

Tuesday, July 24 – Remember the Titans
Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris
Directed by Boaz Yakin
Rated PG; 113 minutes; 2000

African-American coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) and assistant coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) are forced to overcome their own differences as they attempt to lead their newly-integrated Alexandria, VA football team to victory. Based on the real events at T.C. Williams High School in 1971, the coaches, teammates and entire community face challenge after challenge during their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Wednesday, July 25 – Casablanca
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Rated PG; 102 minutes; 1943

Cynical ex-patriot Rick Blaine (Oscar-winning Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco, discovers his old flame Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a WWII resistance leader from Czechoslovakia, and with Nazis on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country – but will he?

Thursday, July 26 – The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano
Directed by Michael Showalter
Rated R; 120 minutes; 2017

Based on a true story, Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (as himself) and grad student Emily Gardner (Zoe Kazan) fall in love, but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents (Holly Hunter & Ray Romano), his family’s expectations and his true feelings.

Friday, July 27 – Mean Girls
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Jonathan Bennett, Tina Fey
Directed by Mark Waters
Rated PG-13; 97 minutes; 204

Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was formerly home-schooled by her zoologist parents in Africa. When she transfers to an American high school for the first time, she becomes an instant hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school. But Cady learns how mean girls can be when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George (Rachel McAdams).

Saturday, July 28 – The Post
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Rated PG-13; 116 minutes; 2018

Set in the early 1970s, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers, classified documents regarding the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War. When a Federal restraining order attempts to put a stop to the exposé, Washington Post owner, Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) must decide whether to back down for the safety of her paper, or publish and fight for the Freedom of the Press.

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