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Summer Sunday Classics
The Hamptons International Film Festival Presents Free Classic Films
Starting June 5, a new summer series called Summer Sunday Classics will launch. Every Sunday a classic film will be shown for free at Montauk’s Solé East Resort, a hotel in the American Tudor building. Before each film, a barbecue and cocktail hour where food and drinks will be available for purchase will kick off the night. The films will begin after sunset and is open to the general public.
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 Technicolor film To Catch A Thief, starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant will start off the series. The film is about a retired jewel thief who is accused of returning to his stealing ways. In order to prove his innocence he has to find the real thief. Some of the other films that will be shown throughout the summer include: American Graffiti, The Muppet Movie, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Big Night and West Side Story. Many of the films being shown are family friendly.
The series is presented by the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) whose corporate sponsors include: American Airlines, Gibson, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and Silvercup Studios. Their goal is to showcase films they love. HIFF Programmer and Special Programs Producer Holly Herrick said, “Summer Sunday Classics is a program of timeless, beloved films that provide opportunity for movie lovers to enjoy some of the cinema’s most memorable moment.”
A total of 12 movies will be shown over the course of the summer as part of the Summer Sunday Classics. The series will run every Sunday until August 28, when a showing of The Wizard of Oz will take place.
The Summer Sunday Classics will lead up to the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. The festival will take place from October 13 until the 17th. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate a variety of independent films—from short films to documentaries— and allows the public to see different types of international films. Filmmakers get much needed exposure from the festival and audiences both learn and are entertained by the films they see. Around 100 films are shown each year. The films are from more than 20 different countries. Many of the films shown in 2010 went on to be award nominees and winners such as Black Swan, 127 Hours and The King’s Speech.