‘Screen on the Green – Movies Under the Sky – 7-14-08’
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
HBO has cancelled the long-running Screen on the Green program for 2009, according to a representative from HBO’s consumer affairs department.
Reader TJ tipped us that we should look into this; someone at the National Mall permits desk told him HBO was no longer sponsoring the event. A call to the hotline at 877-262-5866 still yielded the old 2008 schedule, but if you stay on the line all the way through you can get connected to consumer affairs. Representative Melana confirmed for me that the program had been cancelled. No word on if it will return.
UPDATE: If you’re looking for a replacement outdoor screening option Katie wrote about two happening just across the river in Crystal City and Rosslyn, both metro-accessible.
Well I used to say something in my profile about not quite being a “tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy” but Tom stole that for our about us page, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to express that I am a man of many interests.
Hmm, guess I just did.
My tastes run the gamut from sophomoric to Shakespeare and in my “professional” life I’ve sold things, served beer, written software, and carried heavy objects… sometimes at the same place. It’s that range of loves and activities that makes it so easy for me to love DC – we’ve got it all.
Oh no! I wonder why? Of course, it’s been 8 years or so since I attended one … maybe others had the same issue.
Oh dude, that’s so sad. I loved Screen on the Green. Dude.
That’s a big ol’ boo. At least Arlington is still doing them!
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Where in Arlington?
@Burnt Couch: Both Rosslyn and Crystal City are doing them – http://www.welovedc.com/2009/04/20/nova-outdoor-movie-nights/
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I believe they have some by the Nationals Park too
Probably never! Oh well – stick to NoVa or Bethesda/Silver Spring
Is there anyone we can contact about this???? Why are they cancelling the one on the Mall me and at least 100 of my friends look forward to it each year. We go to every movie!
You can call the toll-free number above and ask for consumer affairs when the operator comes on at the end. Whether they’ll care I can’t tell you but you can certainly express your disappointment.
No!! This was my favorite summer activity in DC! Is it cancelled completely or just HBO won’t be hosting it anymore but someone else will? Maybe they need a government bailout!
Join the Save “Screen on the Green” in the District of Columbia Facebook Group at
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Together, we can save SOTG! We all have memories and experiences that we can use to convince someone to aid our restoration of a landmark event.
All good things come to an end. Now many we can have Wii on the Mall?
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The NIH Film Festival (every August) is also great fun. http://filmfestnih.org/
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The George Washington University presents “Films on the Vern: From Reel to Real”
Wednesdays, July 8 – August 12
GW’s Films on the Vern Outdoor Movie Series will showcase real people or events that have affected the world in which we live. Movies will be shown every Wednesday night from July 8 through August 12, 2009 at 8:30pm on GW’s Mount Vernon Campus Quad, with the exception of the last film on August 12, which will be shown at GW’s Outdoor Pool on the Mount Vernon Campus. For all the movies, the rain location is the Eckles Library Auditorium. GW’s Mount Vernon Campus is located at 2100 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007. All movies are FREE and open to the public. Visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/mvcl/whamv/fotv for more information. 202-242-6673, mvcl@gwu.edu
It’s time for YOU to help save ‘Screen on the Green’. Take a minute to send an e-mail to some of the largest regional and national companies in America. To take your stand:
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2) Try the link; it should open up your e-mail program. Click SEND.
3) If that doesn’t work, copy the subject, body, and e-mail addresses (into the BCC line) into your e-mail client and SEND.
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First Shakespeare at Carter Barron, now Screen on the Green. My two annual “must do” outdoor DC events gone. Poof into thin air. As with everything else we enjoy that disappears, it’s about money.
Rock Creek Park is a national shame, Metro is a transit mismanagement poster child, and our professional baseball experiment is a taxpayer-funded business horror film in which not even the wealthy potential patrons are interested.
With DC taxpayers getting squeezed for more and more money, a totally self-serving DC Council and a surprisingly obnoxious, narcissistic mayor, after 10 years, I’m ready to move on. DC’s value as a place to live is going down faster than the economy.
Suggestions for my next place to live ??
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