The Park Theatre to Screen JAWS as Part of Jaffrey Festival of Fireworks

The Park Theatre will be screening the original uncut summer movie blockbuster JAWS in HD as part of the Jaffrey Festival of Fireworks Weekend. The film will also be a fundraiser for the soon-to-built Park Theatre.

JAWS was first released on the 20th of June in 1975. It took the nation and world by storm and made unknown director Steven Spielberg a household name. It started the trend of the summer mega blockbuster. It has remained a classic and still thrills audiences around the globe. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw. It was filmed almost entirely on Martha's Vineyard. It still remains on the Top 10 list of highest grossing films ever made.

The Jaffrey Festival of Fireworks makes its triumphant return to Jaffrey on Saturday, August 20th. In honor of the return, The Park Theatre added JAWS as a bonus film to its summer movie schedule for the night before the fireworks.

JAWS will be shown one-time-only on Friday, August 19 at 7pm. The Park Theatre will present JAWS in a pristine restored HD digital projection format. This film will be also be a fundraiser for the new theatre. There will be a suggested donation of $3.00 for each attendee.

The film will be shown at the air-conditioned Jaffrey Woman's Club in downtown Jaffrey at 33 Main Street. Doors open at 6:30pm. Fresh Hot Weaver Popcorn, candy and ice cold drinks are available for purchase.

Reserve and purchase tickets by going to www.theparktheatre.org or call the Box Office at (603) 532-8888. Each ticket purchased online will receive a free popcorn.

The Park Theatre first opened in Jaffrey in 1922 and was the center of community life as a movie and vaudeville house for 54 years until it closed in 1976. Purchased by The Park Theatre, Inc. in 2006, it will be rebuilt as a state-of-the-art film and performing arts center, featuring two auditoriums seating 475, presenting movies, Live Theatre, including children's productions, concerts, and lectures as well as offering a place for business and community gatherings for the Monadnock Region and its 100,000 residents, school districts and dynamic artistic community. The new theatre is scheduled to be opened in 2017.