Cute robot. That is all you need to know. Just watch this clip.
Movie starts at 8:30 p.m.; the evening’s sponsor, Brooklyn Ice House, will be serving dinner starting around 7 or 7:30 p.m. They’ll have mac and cheese, hot dogs and other kid-friendly fare.
WALL-E!
Cute robot with sad puppy dog eyes. Need we say more? (Seriously. Compare the photo of WALL-E, above, and my dog, Madeline, below, and tell me those eyes don’t match.)
Come check out Wall-E’s adventures on Tuesday, August 6. Movie starts about 8:30 p.m.
The evening’s sponsor,THE BROOKLYN ICE HOUSE, will be serving dinner that’s kid appropriate: mac and cheese, hot dogs and pork sliders. Plus, there’s always $1 popcorn from our other sponsor, Home/Made.
In fact, here’s Ice House owner Trevor Budd preparing for the festivities:
See you at Valentino Pier!
Don’t you wish you could be this cool?
The evening’s sponsor, Movers Not Shakers, raffled off two skateboards to the die-hard fans who stayed to watch Lords of Dogtown despite the torrential downpour that sent us all scurrying to the Red Hook Bait and Tackle.
Hillary and her family stayed to see the skate flick, and she walked away with the coveted board! (First skateboard, first time in a bar, and first rained-out summer movie. We made her some memories.)
Thank you to everyone who braved the dark skies to come out for the movie. And a special thanks to everyone who helped save the equipment and get the party restarted at Bait!
Last week we looked at the subculture of the West Coast cheerleading scene. This week, it’s the 1970s-era skate culture of Venice Beach, with the LORDS OF DOGTOWN. Without the Z-Boys there would be no Tony Hawk.
Aren’t familiar with the flick? Here’s how Sony describes it:
In the 1970s a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as “Dogtown” in Venice, California, pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-Boys paved the way to what is now referred to as “extreme sports,” and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turned into big business.
What else do you need to know?
Here’s the trailer:
Film rolls around 8:30 p.m., depending on nightfall. There will be popcorn on site from HOME/MADE for just a buck!
The movie is sponsored by MOVERS NOT SHAKERS. Here’s Mark Ehrhardt and his staff doing their best bad-attitude skate impressions:
Spirit fingers, everyone! Let’s BRING IT ON!
Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union star in this comedy about the perils of cheerleading and coming of age. But really, it’s just good fun — and is one of the few times K.D. actually looks alive and coherent in a film role. (As my friend Stacy says: She couldn’t express falling if you shoved her off the club. But whatev, it’s perfect entertainment for a hot night on the pier.)
The evening’s sponsors are The Good Fork and Red Hook Bait and Tackle. It takes two to bring you a movie of this magnitude! The question is, who are the Toros and who are Clovers?
The Good Fork will be serving TACOS at the pier, so come early and come hungry.
Plus, we’ll have fresh popcorn from Home/Made for $1. Mmmmm.
And here’s Ben and Sohui doing their best Bring It On impression!
The National Weather Service has issued a heat warning for New York. You know where it will be cool? At Valentino Pier.
Come on out tonight for MEN IN BLACK and catch a few summer breezes off the water.
The movie will start around 8:30 p.m. (depending on nightfall).
Be sure to stay hydrated. And while no booze is allowed in the park, we’ll have water and soda for sale for $1. And the Red Hook Lobster Pound will be on site selling lobster rolls and more. For a treat, we have popcorn for $1 from Home/Made (who donates all the proceeds to the film series).
Yes, you are welcome to bring your lawn chairs to the movies. But please be courteous of others. If you are sitting in lawn chairs, keep them to the back and sides of the lawn. Do not set up chairs — of any type — in the middle of the viewing area. If you do, you will be asked to move.
My name is Leroy. I get to come to the movies because I am a good and quiet dog.
Yes! The rumors are true: You can bring your dog to Red Hook Summer Movies. But, there are a few caveats:
1. They must be on leash
2. They must be quiet — no barking or disrupting the movie
3. They must be friendly and courteous of those around them. (errr, maybe that applies to the owners more than the dogs.)
4. You must pick up after your dog.
5. If organizers ask you to take your dog home, please do so.
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