Watch classic and family films on giant LED screen at Sywell Aerodrome this summer

'We are more pleased than ever to invite you to picnic and share the films you love in the open air'
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Sywell Aerodrome will be hosting a selection of classic and family films screened outdoors on a giant LED screen next month.

Favourites like Pretty Woman, Grease and Dirty Dancing will be shown in the evenings as well as matinee screenings of Moana, Sonic the Hedgehog and Matilda from August 25-31.

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Northamptonshire-based Luna Flix Outdoor Cinema has organised the residency after plans for a sixth season of showing movies outdoors across the county were cancelled by the coronavirus.

Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, will be shown twice over the August bank holiday weekend at Sywell AerodromePretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, will be shown twice over the August bank holiday weekend at Sywell Aerodrome
Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, will be shown twice over the August bank holiday weekend at Sywell Aerodrome

Owner Simon Hopkins said: "Fortunately, as lockdown has lifted in time, we have found an exciting new way to create an open air movie and it's not a drive-in.

"With so much of the season lost, we had to find an economic way to run so for the first time we have partnered with another local company, Serenity Media, to utilise a giant LED screen for the shows."

The evenings shows will be mostly 1980s-themed, including a tribute screening for director Joel Schumacher, who died last month, with his classic teen-vampire movie The Lost Boys.

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Plus there will be two screenings of Pretty Woman over the bank holiday weekend to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

Luna Flix Outdoor Cinema has been showing classic films on an air screen, pictured, since 2015 but this year, the movies will be shown on a giant LED screenLuna Flix Outdoor Cinema has been showing classic films on an air screen, pictured, since 2015 but this year, the movies will be shown on a giant LED screen
Luna Flix Outdoor Cinema has been showing classic films on an air screen, pictured, since 2015 but this year, the movies will be shown on a giant LED screen

The afternoon shows - a first for Luna Flix which has been going since 2015 - are discounted to reflect tighter family budgets, Simon said.

"Public safety is always the priority so we have complied with the local authority undertaking a Covid-based risk assessment for the event and ensuring toilets will be cleaned regularly," he added.

"The audience must book online in advance, is strictly limited in number and will all be socially spaced with ground markings in groups of four to government guidelines.

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"Going to an outdoor cinema makes a movie trip special - this summer, we are more pleased than ever to invite you to picnic and share the films you love in the open air."

For more information, visit lunaflix.co.uk.