ADVISORY/HBO and AOL Present the 5th Annual 'Screen on the Green' in Washington, D.C.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Entertainment Editors/News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Monday (July 14) NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available --(BUSINESS WIRE) America Online See AOL. Popular Classic Film Festival is Back, Bringing Elizabeth Taylor Noun 1. Elizabeth Taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) Taylor , Elvis, Clark Gable and Lana Turner to the National Mall National Mall: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Festival Kicks Off With CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF WHAT: Washingtonians will gather on the National Mall to kick off the 5th Annual Screen on the Green film festival when HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy and AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. bring the hit classic, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to the Nation's Capital on July 14, 2003. The free outdoor festival will continue with screenings each Monday evening at sunset through August 11. About the film: Down Mississippi way, the wealthy Pollit family is a feudin' and a fightin.' The patriarch, Big Daddy (Burl Ives), is dying, though grasping in-laws are more concerned with his Last Will than his well-being. Son Brick (Paul Newman) has more pressing problems. He would rather swill whisky than pay attention to his frustrated wife Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor). Sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. performances dominate, with confabulation confabulation /con·fab·u·la·tion/ (kon-fab?u-la´shun) unconscious filling in of gaps in memory by telling imaginary experiences. con·fab·u·la·tion n. (that's Southern for small talk) courtesy of Mr. Tennessee Williams. (1958) 108 Min. WHEN: Monday, July 14, 2003, at sunset. Films will continue to run every Monday through August 11, 2002. WHERE: Each film will be shown on a giant 20' x 40' outdoor screen on The National Mall between 4th and 7th Streets (NOTE: Change of location from last year). WHO: Everyone is invited. Screen on the Green is free and open to the public. Film Schedule: July 14: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958) -- Thrilling performances by Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Burl Ives make this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' story about a wealthy plantation owner succumbing to cancer, one of the most acclaimed movies in history. July 21: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) -- Handsome drifter John Garfield and bottle-blonde Lana Turner team up to do away with her dull hubby. July 28: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Mutiny on the Bounty activities of mutineers, Captain Bligh, island wanderings (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty] See : Rebellion (1935) -- Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, as noble Fletcher Christian and loathsome Captain Bligh, do fierce battle on a cruise to Tahiti. August 4: JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957) -- Elvis Presley is simple, misunderstood hero Vince, jailed on a manslaughter charge. While behind bars, the good 'ol boy perfects his singing, guitar picking and hip swiveling August 11: 2001: SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) -- Stanley Kubrick's big, beautiful trip to the unknown is not only one giant step for mankind, but one for Hollywood sci-fi movies. Special thanks to Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studios for providing these films. CONTACT: For more information, call the "Screen on the Green" hotline at 877/262-5866 or visit the festival's Web site at AOL Keyword: Screen on the Green or www.digitalcity.com/screenonthegreen presented by AOL's Local Guide. *T Note: Photos available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.051603/bb7 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.051603/bb7a |
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