The 20th annual outdoor movie series returns to Bethesda Friday, July 26 at the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues on Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle. Enjoy three nights of blockbuster hits. Show times begin at 9 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs since only a limited number of chairs will be provided. Admission is free.
Parking is available in the public parking garage located on Auburn Avenue adjacent to Woodmont Triangle. Parking costs $1.50 per hour. Garage hours include Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
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. Find a map of the Circulator route here. The Circulator runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Schedule of Movies
Friday, July 26 – Men in Black
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Barry Sonnenfield
Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 98 minutes; 1997
They are the best-kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on Earth. While investigating a series of unregistered close encounters, the MIB agents uncover the deadly plot of an intergalactic terrorist who is on a mission to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies currently in residence in New York City.
Friday, August 2 – Battle of the Sexes
Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 122 minutes; 2017
The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became the most watched televised sports event of all time. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With her husband urging her to fight for equal pay, the private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past.
Saturday, August 10 – Sister Act
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 100 minuets; 1992
When lively lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) sees her mobster beau, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Disguised as a nun in a California convent, Deloris upends the quiet lives of the resident sisters. To keep her out of trouble, they assign her to the convent’s choir. She soon transforms the choir into a vibrant and soulful act that gains widespread attention.
