21
Aug/13

CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY FILM FESTIVAL 2013

21
Aug/13
The game is over, and WEST SIDE STORY has won the battle for favorite classic

The game is over, and WEST SIDE STORY has won the battle for favorite classic

Central Park
Landscape between Sheep Meadow & 72nd St. Cross Dr.
August 22-26, free, DJs at 6:30, film at 8:00
www.centralparknyc.org

For this year’s Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, the programming was left to the will of the people, who got to select from four pictures in five categories. The results are in, and the movies will be screened August 22-26 on the landscape between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr. The series begins on Thursday with Classics night, as West Side Story, garnering 3,617 votes, beat out Funny Lady, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, and On the Waterfront. Friday’s Family selection is Hook (2,212), which triumphed over Kung Fu Panda, An American Tail, and Annie. Saturday’s Rom-Com is Silver Linings Playbook (3,731), which came out on top over When Harry Met Sally, The Gay Divorcee, and Love Jones. Horror rules the day on Sunday night, with The Shining (2,656) scaring off Psycho, Frankenstein, and Christine. The festival concludes on Monday night with Adventure winner Raiders of the Lost Ark (3,055), which ran away from Goldfinger, The Matrix, and The Fifth Element. Each program kicks off with a DJ spinning tunes at 6:30, with the films beginning at 8:00. Admission, and popcorn, is free; lawn chairs are not allowed.