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:
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?
Early Heath Ledger
It’s based on a true story
Lots anger, attitude and shirtless skaters
Did we mention shirtless skaters?
Bad-ass tricks
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:
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 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).
I call it MEN IN BLACK. My friend Shannon likes to call it PUG IN BLACK. Whatever you call it, the adventures of Kay, Jay and Frank the Pug are about to hit the big screen at Valentino Pier. They’re protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.
Be sure to come hungry: The Red Hook Lobster Pound, the evening’s sponsor, will be on site selling lobster rolls and more crustacean-y goodness. AND there will be warm gourmet popcorn from Home/Made for just a buck (proceeds all benefit the movie series).
Film rolls around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, at Valentino Pier.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Red Hook Films benefit last night. We raised nearly $1,000, far surpassing expectations. Thank you, Red Hook. You are amazing. This will help us upgrade our projector and sound.
For those of you who couldn’t be with us, the SCHEDULE is now posted.
And if you were on site, you know that PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE was the winner for the “neighborhood choice” film. We picked the first 9 movies of the season and let Red Hook choose the final film to be shown. And Pee Wee took it in a landslide.
We’ll see you on Tuesday nights at Valentino Pier, beginning July 12. Films start around 8:30 p.m.; come early for a picnic spot.
The night is finally here! We’re revealing the Red Hook Films 2011 schedule at the fundraiser happening tonight at 6 p.m. at the Red Hook Bait & Tackle.
We’ll also be deciding the 10th and final film of the season. For just $1, you can vote on what we show. Vote as many times as you want and stuff the ballot box!
Here’s what will be on the ballot:
Top Gun
Shaft
Back to the Future
Write In: ______________________
We hope to see you there, but if we can’t, you can still help the cause.
And if you put the name of the movie you’re voting for in the comments field on PayPal, we’ll use your donation as “votes.”
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