WICHITA, KAN., April 26, 2010 — The Tallgrass Film Association announces the line-up for Cinema Alfresco season. The series will take place Thursdays from May 27 through July 29. The Cinema Alfresco series will show under the stars at 8 p.m., at The Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island. The event is free and open to the public and because the Brickyard has a covered outdoor area, the movies will show rain or shine.

This season’s theme “Films on the Fringe” will focus Cinema Alfresco on flapper-era dramas. They include the musical “Chicago” (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere), the Oscar winning “Splendor In The Grass” (Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood), the original 1932 version of “Scarface” (Paul Muni) and Julie Andrews as a young lady from Salina in 1967’s “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Please see schedule attached.

Each film will be preceded by a Tallgrass Film Festival short film and there will be drawing for a pair of Tallgrass Film Festival VIP Tallpasses, a $300 Value. Winners must be present to win. The Brickyard doors and kitchen open at 7 p.m. Enter at east and west doors (west side has better parking). Bring your ID. Under 21 welcome. Cinema Alfresco Specials include $3 Tallgrass Brewing Co. draws, $3.50 Stella Artois, $5 Quesadilla Special and $5 Brickyard Burger and Fries Special.

The series is sponsored by The Brickyard, Stella Artois, Tallgrass Brewing Company and 107.3 The Brew.

2010 Cinema Alfresco Schedule
Films on the Fringe

Thursdays, May 27-July 29

FREE movies at The Brickyard in Old Town • 129 N. Rock Island
Covered outdoor venue so movies will show RAIN OR SHINE
Each film will be preceded by a Tallgrass Film Festival short film.
Screenings begin at 8 p.m.

Doors and Kitchen open at 7 p.m. Bring your ID.
Enter at east and west doors (west side has better parking).

Cinema Alfresco Specials
$3 Tallgrass Brewing Company draws
$3.50 Stella Artois
$5 Quesadilla
$5 Brickyard Burger and Fries Special

Drawing for pair of Tallgrass All Access Passes
$300 Value – Must Be Present to Win

May 27 – 8 p.m.

Chicago (2002)

Director: Rob Marshall, 113 minutes, PG-13

Cast: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah

Plot: Murderesses Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) are on death row. With help from greasy lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) and Matron Mama Morton (Queen Latifah) they fight for fame to keep from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Awards: Won six Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Art/Set Direction, Costume, Editing, Sound

June 3 – 8 p.m.

Splendor In The Grass (1961)

Director: Elia Kazan, 124 minutes, NR

Cast: Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty

Plot: Two Kansas high school sweethearts (Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty) growing up in the late 1920s. The pressures of sex and society ruin their relationship.

Awards: William Inge won Oscar for Best Screenplay. Natalie Wood nominated for Best Actress. Nominated for Golden Globes for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress

June 10 – 8 p.m.

Cabaret (1972)

Director: Bob Fosse, 124 minutes, PG-13

Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey

Plot: Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) a cabaret dancer works at the downtown Berlin Kit-Kat club, where anything goes. The young dancer is seduced by the culture, luxury and Max.

Awards: Won eight Oscars for Best Director, Actor, Actress, Art/Set Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Sound

June 17 – 8 p.m.

Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Director: Amy Heckering, 90 minutes, PG-13

Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito

Plot: An honest, goodhearted Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) is forced to turn to a life of crime and become a gangster in order to finance his neurotic mother’s skyrocketing medical bills.

June 24 – 8 p.m.

Idlewild (2006)

Director: Bryan Barber, 121 minutes, R

Cast: Andre Benjamin, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Cicely Tyson, Malinda Williams

Appearances: Macy Grey, Ben Vereen, Patti LaBelle, Norwood Fisher

Plot: In Prohibition-era South, a speakeasy club manager Rooster contends with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his partner Percival must choose between his love or his obligations to his father.

Awards: Nominated for five Black Reel Awards.

July 1 – 8 p.m.

Scarface (1932)

Director: Howard Hawks and Richard Rossen, 93 minutes, NR

Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Boris Karloff, George Raft

Plot: The precursor to Brian DePalma’s Al Pacino Scarface, this must-see classic film chronicles the rise and fall of the insanely violent Tony Camonte (Paul Muni), an ambitious, ugly and stupid gangster.
Thoroughly Modern Millie

July 15 – 8 p.m.

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Director: Billy Wilder, 110 minutes, NR

Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim

Plot: A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Awards: Won three Oscars — Best Art Direction-Set Decoration; Best Music; and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay — and was nominated for eight others, including Best Picture.

July 22 – 8 p.m.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Director: Billy Wilder, 120 minutes, NR

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft

Plot:Two struggling musicians (Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis) witness a hit and flee disguised as women in an all female band.

Awards: Won Oscar for Best Costume, also nominated for Best Director, Screenplay, Actor, Art/Set Direction, Cinematography. Won Golden Globes for Best Picture with Jack Lemmon picking up Best Actor and Marilyn Monroe Best Actress

July 29 – 8 p.m.

The Sting (1973)

Director: George Roy Hill, 129 minutes, PG

Cast: Robert Redford, Paul Newman

Plot: In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.