Outdoor Films
Catering to a broader audience, our Outdoor Screening programme strives to create special and accessible venues – in the waterfront parks and also in the south end of Barrie at Park Place – with family-friendly films presented free-of-charge to the Barrie community. These screenings are a good fit in collaboration with the Lawn Chair Luminata: Waterfront series, which brings together theatre, music, film and art set in beautiful Heritage and Centennial Parks in downtown Barrie.
Here are the 2017 screening dates to mark on your calendar.
Doctor Strange
Wednesday, June 21 (RD Jun 22), Heritage Park
Starts at dusk (approx. 9:15pm)
Rated PG – mature theme and violence, 115 min.
Stephen Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Wednesday, July 12 (RD Jul 13), Heritage Park
Starts at dusk (approx. 9:15pm)
Rated PG – violence and some scary sense, 129 min.
Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast’s hideous exterior, allowing her to recognize the kind heart and soul of the true prince that hides on the inside.
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Wednesday, July 26 (RD Jul 27), Heritage Park
Starts at dusk (approx. 9pm)
Rated G – some scary scenes, cartoon/animation action, 90 min.
Max (Louis C.K.) is a spoiled terrier who enjoys a comfortable life in a New York building until his owner adopts Duke, a giant and unruly canine. During their walk outside, they encounter a group of ferocious alley cats and wind up in a truck that’s bound for the pound. Luckily, a rebellious bunny named Snowball swoops in to save the doggy duo from captivity. In exchange, Snowball demands that Max and Duke join his gang of abandoned pets on a mission against the humans who’ve done them wrong.
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Wednesday, August 9 (RD Aug 10), Heritage Park
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm)
Rated PG, 110 min.
All musically gifted race-driver Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) wants in Las Vegas is to score enough money for a new car motor so he can win the Grand Prix. When he encounters sexy swimming instructor Rusty (Ann-Margret), he considers staying around longer. After Lucky loses his winnings in the hotel pool, he’s forced to remain in Vegas long enough to win back his dough — but now he also wants to win Rusty’s heart. Unfortunately, so does his slick racing enemy, Elmo (Cesare Danova).
Sing (2016)
Wednesday, August 23 (RD Aug 24), Centennial Beach
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm)
Rated G – Cartoon/Animation Action, 108 min.
Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he takes one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine.
The Barrie Firefighters will be in attendance with their fire trucks!
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Wednesday, August 30 (RD Aug 31), Heritage Park
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm)
Rated PG – sci-fi violence, not recommended for young children, 133 min.
Former scientist Galen Erso lives on a farm with his wife and young daughter, Jyn. His peaceful existence comes crashing down when the evil Orson Krennic takes him away from his beloved family. Many years later, Galen becomes the Empire’s lead engineer for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. Knowing that her father holds the key to its destruction, Jyn joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the space station’s plans for the Rebel Alliance.
