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Campus Programming
Summer Cinema 2009

Enjoy a movie under the stars Wednesday evenings at dusk
on the Norris East Lawn during the summer.

Wednesday Evenings
Dusk (around 9 PM)
Norris East Lawn, Norris Center

Parking lot south of Norris Center is free after 4 PM.
Bring your chairs, blankets, food, drinks, and bug spray.

Sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement and
the Block Cinema.

 
Now Playing...

 

Young Mr. Lincoln  

WED 6/24 - Young Mr. Lincoln

The film shows Lincoln as he rises from a country boy born in a log cabin to a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois defending two young men unjustly accused of murder.

70th Anniversary

     
Iron Man  

WED 7/08 - Iron Man

Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.

     
The Wizard of Oz  

WED 7/15 - The Wizard of Oz

The tale of a young Kansas girl who dreams of a better world "somewhere over the rainbow." When Dorothy is thrust into the eye of a tornado and lands in the fantasy world of Oz, she soon finds herself in a heap of trouble with three hapless misfits to guide, an evil witch at her heels, and no way to get home.

70th Anniversary

     
Wall-E  

WED 7/22 - Wall-E

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Eve comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, Wall-E chases Eve across the galaxy.

     
The Third Man  

WED 7/29 - The Third Man

Set in bombed-out, post-war Vienna, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns arrives as a penniless guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to find him dead. Martins develops the ultimate conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from investigating British officer Major Calloway and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

60th Anniversary

     
Kung Fu Panda  

WED 8/05 - Kung Fu Panda

Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

     
Kind Hearts  

WED 8/12 - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Comedy about how the far-removed heir to the Dukedom of Chalfont murders all the people who stand in the way of his accesion to the title.

60th Anniversary

 
Summer at Norris 2009