So you've snagged a few friends for happy hour and dinner, and now you're looking for a place to stretch out under the stars? Perhaps you're taking the kids to see the sights downtown and want to cap the evening off with one final treat? Check out Mile High Movies in Skyline Park! All movies begin at dusk behind the historic D & F Clocktower on 16th and Arapahoe. Come early to snag the best seats. Pets welcome. This series is in cooperation with Denver Parks and Recreation and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District.
2011 Summer Movie Schedule
G – GENERAL AUDIENCE ALL AGES ADMITTED
PG – PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – July 2
Animated Feature
Voices by: Gerard Butler, America Ferrara, Jonah Hill
DreamWorks Animation; Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
Rated PG; 98 minutes; 2010
Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, this action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding traditions of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.
HAIRSPRAY – July 9
John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer
New Line Cinema; Directed by Adam Shankman
Rated PG; 117 minutes; 2007
In this screen version of the Broadway play Tracy Turnblad is a heavy weight teenager with huge hair who is obsessed with Link Larken on the Corny Collins Show. She sings and dances her way into his heart and onto the show. However, she decides that the segregation of the show is not fair so she and her friends fight to integrate the show.
SHREK FOREVER AFTER – July 16
Animated Feature
Voices by: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
DreamWorks Animation; Directed by Mike Mitchell
Rated PG; 93 minutes; 2010
After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws, what’s an ogre to do? Well if you’re Shrek you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, the reluctant ogre agrees to autograph pitch forks. Shrek is tricked into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in an alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Now, it's up to Shrek to undo all of Rumpelstiltskin's mischief in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one True Love and family.
THE WIZARD OF OZ – July 23
Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley
Turner/MGM; Directed by Victor Fleming
Rated G; 102 minutes; 1939
Kansas girl Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked by a tornado into the magical land of Oz in this much loved musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel. Dorothy joins the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion on an adventure down the Yellow Brick Road to persuade the Wizard to help her find her way home.
MEGAMIND – July 30
Animated Feature
Voices by: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill
DreamWorks Animation; Directed by Tom McGrath
Rated PG; 96 minutes; 2010
After super-villain Megamind kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man, he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Titan, who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life.
OCEANS – August 6
Documentary Feature
Walt Disney Studios; Directed by Jaques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud
Rated G; 100 minutes; 2010
This ecological drama/documentary was filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic worlds, this film shows a variety of images of undersea creatures-those that men consider to be both friend and foe.
SECRETARIAT – August 13
Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott Glenn
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Randall Wallace
Rated PG; 116 minutes; 2010
Based on the remarkable true story, this film chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Tripe Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penney Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery – with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin – manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.
TOY STORY (ORIGINAL) – August 20
Animated Feature
Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by John Lasseter
Rated G; 89 minutes; 1995
"Woody," a drawstring cowboy doll (Tom Hanks), is jealous of new-toy-in-town, spaceman action figure "Buzz Lightyear" (Tim Allen) in this computer-generated fantasy of an eclectic assortment of toys and their comical misadventures. Woody and Buzz must ban together to survive when they find themselves in the outside world in the first ever feature-length computer animated film.