The Elks Theatre Presents Spielberg Spectacular! Throughout June

By: May. 17, 2013
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The Elks Theatre will present Spielberg Spectacular! The entire month of June. Screening four of Steven Spielberg's best works to hit the big screen.

Starting June 7th - 9th Steven Spielberg's maritime thriller storms back on to Middletown's big screen. Police chief Martin Brody's (Roy Scheider) summer anxieties intensify when a hungry Great White shark chooses the cozy island town of Amity as its new feeding ground. With help from ichthyologist/city boy Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and rustic shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw), the chase is on to put an end to the terror of JAWS!

June 14th - 17th Raiders of the Lost Ark, a 1981 American fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first (chronologically, the second) installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. It pits Indiana Jones (Ford) against a group of Nazis who are searching for the Ark of the Covenant which Adolf Hitler believes will make their army invincible. The film co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana's former lover, Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana's nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as Indiana's sidekick, Sallah;Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana's colleague, Marcus Brody.

June 21st - 23rd E.T. Steven Spielberg's 1982 tour-de-force explores the friendship between a lonely 10 year-old boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), and a lost alien. Featuring supporting work from genre favorite Dee Wallace, young Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote. Spielberg's most personal film was a box office smash when first released, and continues to enchant audiences of all generations. It also remains Spielberg's favorite of his own movies.

June 28th - 30th SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Sponsored by Middletown VFW Post 1620) SAVE THE ELKS is honored to present with the Middletown VFW the war epic that garnered Steven Spielberg his second Academy Award for Best Director. The film stars Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, and Tom Sizemore, but also has a riveting score by John Williams. 'Saving Private Ryan' will be the fourth and final installment of a month-long Steve Spielberg Blockbuster Film Festival. The other films are TBA. Presented on glorious 35mm.

As part of the June 28th - 30th weekend the Elks Theatre will honor Military Veterans and current members of the U.S. Military. On Saturday and Sunday June 29th & 30th The Elks Theatre will be screening Saving Private Ryan and will also have a collection of WWII memorabilia on display. Before the movie attending veterans and current members of the U.S. Military will be recognized . More information on this weekend will be coming soon.



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