The 2018 Abell Summer Film Series "Summer of Swayze" continues this Friday with To Wong Foo - Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, rated PG-13. Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. See trailer here.
Films are shown in the Waverly Main Street Park adjacent to the Farmer's Market lot off 32nd Street at Brentwood Lane, between Barclay & Greenmount, on Friday evenings at dusk (about 8:15 this week). All showings are free to the public. For the complete schedule, see below.
To view trailers, click on movie titles
July 20: The Outsiders, PG
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
July 27: Dirty Dancing, PG
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
August 3: Point Break, R
An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
August 10: Red Dawn, PG-13
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
August 17: Road House, R
A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar.
August 24: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar! PG-13
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
August 31: Fox and the Hound, G
Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.
Films begin at dusk; the first film on July 20 will begin at 8:30 p.m., with subsequent films starting progressively earlier.