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OCPAC Movie Mondays ICT Presents Shayna Maidel Ink-N-Iron Festival FishFest Hootenanny Festival Irvine Lake Blues Festival o 3 o 3 o 3 o 3 o 3 o o o o TODO LIST 3 A MOVIE, Free For All Musical Summer Movie Mondays Hosted by the Orange County Performing Arts Center JULY 12TH - AUGUST 9TH, 2010 By>>TOVA MORRISON A ttention movie- goers! The Free for All series presented by the Orange County Performing Arts Center (OCPAC) is back this summer with the popular outdoor Movie Mondays. The 46,000 square foot community plaza will be the site of the open-air film screenings and movies will be projected onto the side of the Segerstrom Hall building. They are free for all to enjoy in the summer evenings. At 5:30pm, the plaza will open to guests to set up their portable chairs or cushions. Guests are also allowed to bring picnic foods, though grills are not permitted. The movies begin playing at dusk, which will be approximately 8PM. Before the features begin, a screening of a different, highly acclaimed, animated short film from this year's Newport Beach Film Festival lineup will be shown. The animated shorts are always interesting, thought provoking or funny, and have been recipients of awards and nominations. This fourth summer of complimentary, alfresco Movie Mondays, the OCPAC has a penchant for screening musicals, some of which have been adapted onto Broadway stages. THE WIZARD OF OZ – JULY 12 This 1939 classic is one of the most watched films in history – more than one billion people have seen it! First a children's book by L. Frank Baum, it is a story about friendship and family, courage, love and choices and is as relevant today as it was 71 years ago. For its time, The Wizard of Oz was on the cutting edge of film technology, costumes, special effects, music, choreography and set design. But the biggest draw is the sweet and feisty Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her talented escorts along the yellow brick road- -on their surreal journey to finding themselves. The familiar songs "Over the Rainbow," "If I Only Had a Brain," and "We're Off to See the Wizard," are a big part of this film's endearment. It is rated G. SOME LIKE IT HOT – JULY 19 Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in this comedy from 1959. The movie features Monroe playing a ukulele and singing the hits "I Wanna Be Loved by You," "Boop-boop-a-doop," and "Running Wild." The plot is a precursor to "Bosom Buddies"; two musicians, the characters of Curtis and Lemmon, witness a crime and run away from the perpetrators by joining an all-female touring band—disguised as women. A bold storyline that features two cross-dressing performances by lead males, this movie is considered by film critics to be groundbreaking for the 1950s. It is rated PG-13. OLIVER! – JULY 26 Oliver! is presented by public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica. Chosen by radio show host Matt Holzman of "Matt's Movies," he will introduce the film live. This 1968 movie is based on the Charles Dickens book, Oliver Twist, about a boy who escapes an orphanage in 1800s London and connects with a group of weasely thieves and their pilfering trainer. It is rated G. DIRTY DANCING – AUGUST 2 This romantic classic from 1987 tells of a 17-year-old Frances (Jennifer Grey) who is on a family vacation in 1963 at a Catskills, New York resort. She falls for the resort's dance instructor (Patrick Swayze) when he turns her on to the sensual dance moves. The soundtrack of this movie was as popular as the film itself at the time. It features the rock and roll songs of the 1960s: "Be My Baby," "Stay," and "In the Still of the Night." It also has Swayze's "She's Like the Wind," and the Oscar-winning "(I've Had) the Time of My Life." This film was also adapted into an active touring stage production. It is rated PG-13. MAD HOT BALLROOM – AUGUST 9 This movie speaks of the "transformative power of the arts," when New York City fifth grade public school students learn the art of ballroom dance, in preparation for a competition. In contrast to the other films, this is a 2005 documentary that follows the students in their 10-week progression of learning the foxtrot, swing, Tango and rumba. But the film also shows their emotional turmoil and joys, in their own words, as they master new and unfamiliar dances. It is rated PG. ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 600 Town Center Drive • Costa Mesa, CA 92626 714-556-2787 • www.OCPAC.org LIVEMAGS.NET JUNE>>10 37