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Film 4 Summer Screen

When
27 July 2011 -
07 August 2011

Films start 9.15pm

Where
Somerset House

Nearest Tube
Charing Cross
Covent Garden
Embankment
Temple

Cost
£14.50
Double bills and opening night £18.00

Age Restrictions
Age restrictions vary

Taking over the big screen at Somerset House again for July and August 2011, the Film 4 Summer Screen series brings a variety of classics and brand new films to audiences in the capital. The enormous open air screen takes up the whole of the fountain square in front of the Somerset House facade, and shows an inspired range of movies with something to please everyone.

Film 4 Summer Screen
Sitting out in the open air and enjoying a flick is a real treat on a hot summer's night. Incorporating surround sound and 35mm projection, the films are brought to you as vividly as if you were in a state of the art cinema, but you get the benefit of the stars above you and the breeze on your face too.

Programme highlights
With a showings of both films from the silver screen era, retro classics and modern films too, this year's Film 4 Summer Screen series provides film fans with the ideal way to spend their summer nights. Tickets for single screenings are available, but there are also double bills at the weekend too. And it's not just films that you can enjoy during the Film 4 summer screenings - DJs will be playing some of the best in new music, and there's also behind the screen talks hosted by BAFTA.

The full listings for the 2011 Somerset House season looks like this:

Wednesday 27th July
The Skin I Live In (UK premiere)

Thursday 28th July
Behind the Screen: John Barry's Golden Touch
The Spy Who Loved Me

Friday 29th July
Behind the Screen: BAFTA Shorts
The Big Blue

Saturday 30th July
Behind the Screen: Joe Cornish in Conversation
Die Hard/Attack the Block double bill

Sunday 31st July
Behind the Screen: Wild about Wilder
The Apartment

Monday 1st August
Behind the Screen: Kick Ass Women on Screen
Thelma & Louise

Tuesday 2nd August
Behind the Screen: Polanski and the Writers - Sir Ronald Harwood in Conversation
Chinatown

Wednesday 3rd August
Behind the Screen: Dressed by Design - Great Costumes in Film
In the Mood for Love

Thursday 4th August
Behind the Screen: Playing Games with Cinema
Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Friday 5th August
Behind the Screen: The Influence of the Actor's Studio
Serpico/Shaft double bill

Saturday 6th August
Drop in workshops and masterclasses
Behind the Screen: Creature Features - Ray Harryhausen and the Giants of Special Effects
Gremlins/Troll Hunter/Tremors triple bill

Sunday 7th August
The Princess Bride

The Film 4 Summer Screen is open from Wednesday 27th July - Sunday 7th August 2011.

For more information and to purchase tickets for the film screenings or Behind the Screen events, click on the Buy Tickets button.

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