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SEATTLE, WA – The popular outdoor movie series — Movies at the Mural Presented by Prime Video — is back this summer at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre for five weeks beginning July 25.
Moviegoers are invited to picnic on the Mural Amphitheatre’s gently sloping lawn at the best outdoor movie setting in Seattle.
Food and beverages will be available in the Seattle Center Armory Food & Events Hall, as well as at food carts on the Seattle Center grounds before the start of each showing.
This year’s series features five film favorites, both classic and contemporary, which are fun for all ages, shown on a 40-foot state-of-the-art screen. Each screening will be preceded by a short film created by students at Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University and alumni of the UW Professional & Continuing Education's (PCE) Film & Video Production certificate program. Movies begin at dusk (about 9 p.m.)
• Ratatouille, July 25 – Presented in partnership with Bite of Seattle (July 25-27), this beloved Pixar flick follows the unlikely alliance between a culinary-skilled rat and a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant. Rated G; runs 1 hour and 51 minutes.
• The Princess Bride, August 1 – This beloved Movies at the Mural staple blends comedy, adventure, romance, and fantasy, and comes complete with all the fencing, chasing, escapes, silly accents, and rodents of unusual size, audiences have come to expect. Rated PG; runs 1 hour and 38 minutes.
• E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, August 8 – In this 1982 Spielberg classic, a young boy and his siblings discover a stranded gentle alien and work together to keep its existence a secret before government intervention turns things awry. Rated PG; runs 2 hours.
• Say Anything, August 15 – In a critically acclaimed tale of first love, a noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. Rated PG-13; runs 1 hour and 40 minutes.
• Wicked, August 22 – Misunderstood and green-skinned Elphaba and pink and popular Glinda forge a profound friendship at Shiz University. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads. Rated PG; runs 2 hours and 40 minutes.
The film series is presented by Prime Video with support from official sponsors including Coors Light, Ticketmaster, T-Mobile and Truly. The movies are free, and seating is first-come, first-served. For information on cancellations due to rain, call Seattle Center Customer Service at 206-684-7200 or visit seattlecenter.com after 2 p.m. on the day of the event.
For additional information about Movies at the Mural Presented by Prime Video visit seattlecenter.com.
About Seattle Center
Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts, and family gathering place in the core of our city and region. Seattle Center’s 74-acre campus, centered around the International Fountain, is part of the Uptown Arts & Cultural District and home to Climate Pledge Arena; more than 30 cultural, educational, sports, and entertainment organizations; and a broad range of public and community programs. In everything it does, Seattle Center’s mission is to create exceptional events, experiences, and environments which delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities.
Seattle Center has expanded its role to provide maintenance and public safety services for Seattle’s new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle’s downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and the Seattle Aquarium. Seattle Center supports managing these new waterfront public spaces in partnership with the non-profit Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which offers the community a range of recreational and cultural programming.
Thanks to the support of Official Seattle Center Partners – Alaska Airlines, The Climate Pledge, Coors Light, Pepsi, Premera, Symetra, T-Mobile, and WaFd Bank – Seattle Center is the #1 arts and entertainment destination in the Pacific Northwest with 12 million annual visitors, generating $1.864 billion in business activity and more than $631 million in labor income annually.
Contact:
Madison Miller
425-246-5468 madison@whyforgood.com
