Philadelphia Film Society is Celebrating Their 20th Anniversary With Two New Curated Film Series!
Philadelphia Film Society is Celebrating Their 20th Anniversary With Two New Curated Film Series!
The Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) is excited to announce the launch of two new curated film series coming to the PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard and the Philadelphia Film Center. The 20th Anniversary Series at the Drive-In will run July through the Fall and the Blockbusters in 4K Series will continue throughout the summer at the Film Center.
In honor of the Philadelphia Film Society’s 20th Anniversary, PFS is celebrating films that debuted on the big screen in 2001, and have entertained audiences for two decades, with the 20th Anniversary Series at the Drive-In. Tickets are currently on sale for the July line-up which includes: LEGALLY BLONDE, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.
PFS invites the cinephiles to revisit films that keep us on the edge of our seats with the Blockbusters in 4K series at the Philadelphia Film Center. All films in this series will be presented in stunning 4K on the largest screen in Center City. Tickets are currently on sale for the first collection of remastered films which includes: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. PFS is thrilled to have audiences return to the Film Center with a slate of both nostalgic and newly released films as well as an always operating bar/cafe that features a curated beer list, a selection of red and white wines, and film themed specialty cocktails.
20th Anniversary Series at the Drive-In July Line-Up
LEGALLY BLONDE
ROBERT LUKETIC | 2001 | USA | 96 MIN | PG-13
July 13 | PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
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.
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
HARRY ELFONT, DEBORAH CAPLAN | CANADA, USA | 2001 | 98 MIN | PG-13
July 20 | PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
A girl group finds themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
PETER JACKSON | NEW ZEALAND, USA | 2001 | 178 MIN | PG-13
July 27 | PFS Drive-In at the Navy Yard
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Tickets:
$12 / $8 for PFS Members | $7 for children 12 & under
Blockbuster in 4K Series at the Film Center July Line-Up
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
STEVEN SPIELBERG | USA | 1984 | 118 MIN | PG
July 15-18 | Philadelphia Film Center
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
The second of the Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Indy needs to retrieve a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. This time he teams up with a nightclub singer and a 12-year old boy.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
STEVEN SPIELBERG | USA | 1981 | 115 MIN | PG
July 16-18 | Philadelphia Film Center
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
STEVEN SPIELBERG | USA | 1989 | 127 MIN | PG-13
July 17-18 | Philadelphia Film Center
Tickets: http://filmadelphia.org/
When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father’s footsteps and stop the Nazis.
Tickets:
$13 / $9 for PFS Members | $8 for children 12 & under
