The Fox Theatre, which has been celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1929 Peachtree Street landmark’s saving this year, continues its trip down memory lane with the just-announced lineup of the 2015 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival.
It kicks off June 4 with “The Goonies,” selected by Fox followers on its Facebook page. Highlights include classics celebrating their own round-number anniversaries including a singalong screening of “The Sound of Music” (50th anniversary), “Back to the Future” (30th anniversary and featuring throwback pricing), “The Breakfast Club” (also 30th) and “Braveheart” (20th).
Here are the features scheduled to splash across the Fox’s 26-foot-high-by-56-foot-8-inch-wide big screen (7:30 p.m. unless noted):
June 4: "The Goonies"
June 6: "Back to the Future"
June 18: "Beetlejuice"
June 20: "The Princess Bride"
July 16: "Jaws"
July 18: "The Breakfast Club"
July 30: "Ghostbusters"
Aug. 2: "The Sound of Music" (1 p.m.)
Aug. 15: Saturday morning cartoons (10 a.m.)
Aug. 15: "Braveheart"
Aug. 16: Legends of silent film program (4 p.m., with Ken Double on the Mighty Mo theater organ)
Aug. 29: "Frozen" (1 p.m., singalong)
General admission tickets, $8 through May 31 (except for "Sound of Music," $15 advance, $20 day of show; and "Back to Future," $3.50). On June 1, prices rise to $10 advance, $12 day of. Screening-tour package: $35 (except for "Sound of Music," $40). Available at the Fox ticket office, 1-855-285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org.
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