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Pasadena, California: Outdoor Movie Events Still Popular in Pasadena, California

by Open Air Cinema on 06. Aug, 2009 in Outdoor Movie Events

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Old Pasadenas Outdoor Film Festival

Old Pasadena's Outdoor Film Festival

Mitch, Ellen, and Ben, local Pasadena residents, love screening backyard movies when the weather is warm (which it always is in LA!). With few drive-in theaters left in the LA area, residents are compelled to create their own outdoor cinema experience. With your favorite movie, popcorn, and a blanket spread out on the grass, the drive-in comes to you.

And it’s not just backyard cinemas that are catching on- cities have begun to screen films in their downtown areas and parks as well. The city of Pasadena is now host to an outdoor film festival, and many nearby cities have invested in inflatable movie screens and outdoor cinema equipment for community events.

One outdoor film enthusiast recalls, “When my family and I were on vacation in Monument Valley, Arizona, a few weeks ago, we watched the 1939 John Ford-John Wayne classic “Stagecoach” as it was projected onto the outside wall of our hotel. The Navajo run hotel is on the rim of Monument Valley, enabling hotel guests from around the world to watch the movie as we looked out over the starllit buttes and mittens of the Valley. Here we were having this communal experience on a warm summer night, observing how the Valley itself hadn’t changed in 70 years. Watching inside just wouldn’t have been the same” (KPCC).

You may not find a drive-in close by, but outdoor movies are still alive and kicking -you just won’t be watching from inside your car.

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Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta Families Enjoying Backyard Home Theaters With Open Air Cinema

by Open Air Cinema on 24. Jul, 2009 in Outdoor Movie Events

Backyard Home Theaters in Atlanta, GeorgiaThe following is an article by Paul Falor, Atlanta Gadgets Examiner (Examiner.com). You can read the original article here.

As a technology junkie, I am frequently haunted by the phrase “We have no room in the house for that!” This really puts a damper on my creative abilities, so I am always looking for ways to bring my gadgets to my domain – the one place that I am in total control of – the back yard.

One of my dreams has always been to have my own movie theater but space constraints have prevented the installation of a projector or screen. Then I started thinking – the only thing cooler than watching movies in a theater, is watching them in an outdoor theater. Atlanta has a few drive-ins, but the movie times and selections are very limited. If only there was something to let me bring MY movies onto the big screen outdoors…

Enter Open Air Cinema, a self-inflating outdoor movie screen. Packages are available with screen only, screen and projector, or entire outdoor movie theater packages. Imagine hanging out in your pool while watching the latest blockbuster on the big screen. Screens start at around $500 and full home theater packages hover in the $1,500 range. Your kids will love you, your male neighbors will envy you, and your female neighbors will adore you. Quite frankly, you can’t afford not to have one.

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Lindon, Utah: Utah Business Magazine Features Open Air Cinema’s Backyard Theaters

by Open Air Cinema on 15. Jul, 2009 in Open Air Cinema, Outdoor Movie Products

Open Air Cinema's Backyard Home TheatersThink about summer, what images come to mind? Warm weather, kids running around the yard. Barbecues, of course, and swimming in the pool. Summer is the time for outdoor activities, and the best time to beef up your backyard. Utah Business Magazine just wrote an article about some ways to pimp your outdoor recreation space, from outdoor kitchens to private golf courses to backyard home theaters courtesy of Open Air Cinema.

Lots of people have home theaters, so why not take it outdoors? Enjoy outdoor movies at 4th of July parties, neighborhood get-togethers, or romantic drive-in movies, just like the old days. Open Air Cinema provides theatrical-grade outdoor cinema systems so Dad doesn’t have to give up quality with his toys.

Stuart Farmer, founder of Open Air Cinema, told Utah Business Magazine, “People are staying home and looking for ways to make their family and neighborhood activities more fun—and what better way to do it than with an outdoor movie night? We rip the roof off the home theater and take it outside. Our system is easier to set up than a pup tent and when deflated, the 123-inch movie screen weighs about eight pounds and fits inside a duffle bag.”

All-in-all, the article offered some great ideas about ways to create the hottest backyard in the neighborhood. You can read the full article here: Investing in Backyard Activities Means Big Returns

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Yuba City, California: Backyard Movies Light Up Fourth of July Parties in Yuba City, California

by Open Air Cinema on 10. Jul, 2009 in Outdoor Movie Events

Backyard Movies in Yuba City, CaliforniaAmerican flags fluttered along the sidewalks of Kendall Court on Saturday as residents of the cul-de-sac and their surrounding neighbors celebrated Fourth of July with an old-fashioned block party. Barbecue, outdoor movies, fireworks- the works.

“We’re celebrating our independence as friends and families having fun — and eating hot dogs,” said Kayla Terry, 16.

The Yuba City neighbors turn the celebration into a three-tiered affair, starting with an outdoor movie showing of “Independence Day” on a sheet-turned-projection screen Friday night. Saturday’s event kicked off early, with a waterslide, barbecues and inflatable pools. Fireworks would later light up the night.

The point is for friends and strangers to come together and enjoy safe, clean fun, Toni Parhizgar said.

“I think in many ways that’s a lot of the American values,” she said.

Neighbors rolled barbecues down the sidewalk to join a growing group at the end of the cul-de-sac, which was expected eventually to grow to about 100 people. Down the street, children launched themselves onto an inflated waterslide with shrieks and splashing, then slid and slipped into a pool at the end. The crowds grew as friends and family gathered to watch the backyard movie.

“I know half of these kids didn’t know each other, but they are all getting along like they’ve been friends for days,” Soto said.

Excerpt from: “Neighborhood parties light up Fourth of July” By Ashley Gebb -Appeal-Democrat. Read full article at:

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