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OGSPressOffice@ogs.ny.gov | 518-474-5987 August 19, 2022
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CAPITOL PARK AFTER DARK CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES KICKS OFF WITH ‘THE WIZ’ ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24Watch Classic Films on the Beautiful Grounds of the Historic NYS Capitol |
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Free Movies and Popcorn on 3 Consecutive Wednesdays New York State Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette Moy today announced that free outdoor movie nights are returning to West Capitol Park in Albany on three consecutive Wednesday nights. The Capitol Park After Dark movie series features films suitable for the entire family.
With movies starting promptly at 8 p.m., the series includes screenings of:
Those attending the movies should come prepared with their own chairs or blankets. Free popcorn provided by Mazzone Hospitality will be available while supplies last.
West Capitol Park is located in Albany between Washington Avenue and State Street and between South Swan Street and the New York State Capitol.
For event updates, go here or visit @EmpireStatePlaza on Facebook, and @plazaevents on Twitter, or call (518) 474-4759. For additional information about Summer at the Plaza events, including directions and ground rules, visit www.empirestateplaza.ny.gov.
Sponsors of the Capitol Park After Dark movie series include Mazzone Hospitality and Renaissance Albany Hotel.
Capitol Park After Dark Schedule
August 24 — “The Wiz”
In this adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell, a young kindergarten teacher finds herself in the Land of Oz, where she is greeted by Munchkins. As she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Wiz, she encounters a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion.
August 31 — “Sunset Boulevard”
Directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, and Erich von Stroheim, this screen gem is about an aging silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity and enlists a down-on-his-luck, opportunistic young screenwriter to aid her comeback, but her maniacal ego turns the challenge into an uphill battle.
September 7 — “The Philadelphia Story”
Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart star in the classic, multiple Academy Award-winning romantic comedy directed by George Cukor. On the eve of Tracy Samantha Lord’s (Hepburn) wedding, her blue-blood ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven (Grant), returns. C.K. discovered that a national tabloid plans to do an expose on Tracy’s philandering father and has agreed to smuggle a reporter (James Stewart) into her wedding if the magazine kills the story on the elder Lord. But C.K. never expects that the woman he still loves will suddenly fall for the undercover reporter. Now, before the evening is over, Tracy will be forced to take an unflinching look at herself and to realize which of these three men she truly loves. Based on a play by Philip Barry.
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