2006 Riverside Cinema

Showing Soon at the River Walk Band Pavilion...
All shows begin at 8:30 pm

Friday, Sept. 8             Books to Movies Night 
Rain Date - Friday, Sept. 15
October Sky                PG            1999            Color
Homer Hickman becomes fascinated with rocket science when he sees Sputnik race across the sky.  He finally manages to launch his own rocket to the amazement of the entire town, and more importantly, to the reluctant approval of his father. Based on a true story, this coming-of-age saga takes place in a West Virginia coal-mining town in the late '50s.  Based on the book, Rocket Boys. 
Sponsored by Tim Reed's Office, State Farm
 

Past Movies this Summer...

Friday, May 19             Comedy Night
Dennis the Menace              PG            1993            Color
Hank Ketcham's classic comic strip character comes brilliantly to life in this hilarious film. Academy Award® -winner Walter Matthau heads an all-star cast as Dennis bringing the inquisitive, mischievous, energetic, and especially unpredictable six-year-old to life in a delightful film great for family entertainment.
Sponsored by MidAmerican Energy, Office Towne, Prairie Hills Assisted Living Community, and Sherrie's Realty

Postponed until Friday, June 16               
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial         PG        1982        Color
A being from outer space is accidentally stranded on Earth. In his search for refuge, E.T. wanders into a backyard where he is discovered by ten-year-old Elliott. Elliott assumes responsibility for E.T.'s safety while searching, in a race against time, for a way to reunite E.T. with his own kind in this heartwarming story of friendship and discovery.
Sponsored by Wilson Photography

Sunday, July 2               Independence Day Celebration Movie Night 
Rain Date - Friday, July 7th
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington            NR            1939            BW
James Stewart won the New York Critics Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Smith, an idealistic country boy who goes to Washington as a short-term senator. Disillusionment sets in slowly as he realizes the political games being played in the nation's Capitol. His fight to expose the corruption to the public brings the film to a moving finish.
Sponsored by White Funeral Home and Mount Hope Cemetery

Movie, Music and More - August Event
Thursday, Aug. 10
6:30 pm - 34th Army Band
7:30 pm - Jazz Combo
8:30 pm - Madagascar
Rain Date - Friday, August 11
Madagascar                PG             2005             Color
At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe and a hippo are best friends living a blissful domesticated life in captivity. When one of them turns up missing, the others search for him only to find themselves on a ship headed to the exotic island of Madagascar. When their boat wrecks, these native New Yorkers must take on a much different jungle in this computer-animated comedy.
Sponsored by BankIowa

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