Filmscene

FilmScene in the Park

FilmScene in the Park presented by Dr. Suzanne Stock, Orthodontist is an outdoor cinema built in partnership with the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department located at Chauncey Swan Park. Regular Screenings between May and October highlight a diversity of all ages programming.

Upcoming Screenings

TWISTER

1996 / USA / Jan de Bont

Sat, May 258:30pm

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

LEGALLY BLONDE

2001 / USA / Robert Luketic

Sat, Jun 88:45pm

To win back her Harvard-bound former beau, valley girl Elle Woods enrolls at the university’s law school and ends up excelling in the legal arts.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

1991 / USA + / Gary Trousdale +

Sat, Jun 298:45pm

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman’s love.

MAMMA MIA!

2008 / USA + / Phyllida Lloyd

Sat, Jul 138:45pm

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.

THE GENERAL

1926 / USA / Clyde Bruckman +

Sat, Jul 278:30pm

An engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

1991 / USA + / Julie Dash

Sat, Aug 108:15pm

A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.

THE MUMMY

1999 / USA / Stephen Sommers

Sat, Aug 248:00pm

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

2000 / UK + / Joel Coen +

Sat, Sep 77:00pm

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

2000 / Hong Kong + / Wong Kar-wai

Sat, Sep 217:00pm

In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

JURASSIC PARK

1993 / USA / Steven Spielberg

Sat, Oct 57:00pm

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park’s cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Previous Screenings

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

1935 / USA / James Whale

Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

1986 / USA / Frank Oz

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

1964 / UK / Richard Lester

Over two days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves in check while preparing for a live TV performance.

MODERN TIMES

1936 / USA / Charles Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society.

TOP GUN

1986 / USA / Tony Scott

As students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.