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Films To Be Screened Outdoors In Oldsmar

Klint Lowry/SUNCOAST NEWS

R.E. Olds Park, on Old Tampa Bay in Oldsmar, will be the scene of outdoor screenings of feature films. The Movies in the Park series will debut with “Casablanca.”

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KLINT LOWRY, SUNCOAST NEWS STAFF

Published: January 5, 2008

OLDSMAR, Fla. - OLDSMAR, Fla. - Looking for something different to do on a Friday night? Instead of going out to a movie, try really going out to a movie.

At 6:30 p.m. Friday, the city's Leisure Services Department and its parks division will launch its Movies in the Park series at R.E. Olds Park.

The series will debut with one of the greatest American movies of all time, "Casablanca."

Emily Beard is in charge of putting together the series, which, she said, seemed a natural for Oldsmar.

"A lot of other cities do it, but we have such a great place to show movies," Beard said.

Beard was referring to R.E. Olds Park, with its naturally picturesque location right on Old Tampa Bay and a permanent stage that is ideal for mounting a movie screen.

The movies will be shown using rear projection, so there will be no need to set up a projection booth or stand.

The movies will be free of charge.

Guests can bring blankets or lawn chairs and set up wherever they please. Folks can bring their own snacks or buy some from a concession stand that will be set up for each movie night.

The screenings will include an intermission, adding to the old drive-in movie feeling, Beard said.

This is the first of three planned Movies in the Park. On Feb. 8, there will be a screening of the Peter Pan family fantasy "Hook," starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.

A third movie night – the feature is yet to be determined – is scheduled for March 14.

Although these are the only three Movies in the Park nights scheduled for now, Beard anticipates this could be a regular offering, weather and mosquitoes willing.

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