Great Cinematic Romances Featured at Monday Night Movies at the Ringling

Sarasota, FL – May 20, 2008 – Film-lovers and romantics alike will enjoy this summer’s Monday Night Movies series Both Sides of the Lens: Great Cinematic Romances on The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s Historic Asolo Theater screen. Monday Night Movies is presented with the Sarasota Film Festival and begins on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 7 p.m. and continues through June 30, 2008.         

            The six-film series will explore the work of some of Hollywood’s most famous couples and the ways in which their off-screen chemistry sizzles on the silver screen.   

• May 26; 7 p.m.

The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Bogart meets Bacall in Raymond Chandler’s classic tale of a bad heiress and the hardboiled private eye who falls for her.

• June 2, 7 p.m.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Staring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

Mick Nichols directs Burton and Taylor in the Edward Albee’s story of a marriage on the rocks (with a twist.)

• June 9, 7 p.m.

Adam’s Rib starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn

George Cukor tells the story of two lawyers (Tracy and Hepburn) whose decision to face off in court hilariously impacts their otherwise happy marriage.

• June 16, 7 p.m.

McCabe and Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie

The 1970’s “it” couple Warren Beatty and Julie Christie star in Robert Altman’s classic anti-western, the story of two hustlers who find one another in the wild west.

• June 23, 7 p.m.

The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy

Powell and Loy, Hollywood’s first power couple, star Nick and Nora Charles, the wittiest detectives in the history of movies and attempt to solve a murder.

• June 30, 7 p.m.

The Long Hot Summer starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Newman and Woodward married after the completion of this adaptation of William Faulkner’s story of a drifter who brings changes to a southern family.

            Tickets are available for Monday Night Movies by calling the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office at 941.360.7399.  Tickets are $7 per film or $36 for the six-film series. For more information visit www.ringling.org.

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida State University, is the largest museum/university complex in the nation.  It preserves the legacy of John and Mable Ringling, educating and enabling a large and diverse audience to experience and take delight in a world-renowned collection of fine art; Cà d’Zan, the Ringling’s historic mansion; the Circus Museum; the Original Asolo Theater; and historic architecture, courtyard, gardens and grounds overlooking Sarasota Bay.

The 10-day Regal Entertainment Group Sarasota Film Festival has grown into one of the leading film festivals in North America.  The mission of the Sarasota Film Festival is to present unique and quality cinema in a festival atmosphere for the purpose of educating, stimulating and entertaining audiences. The Festival supports and encourages the filmmaker by supplying essential networking opportunities and open dialogue with intelligent, creative and inquisitive consumers of film. The Festival attracts audiences from local, national, and international markets as well as promotes Sarasota, Manatee and surrounding Gulf Coast communities as cultural centers which contribute to the financial and cultural success of our region. For more information visit www.SarasotaFilmFestival.com  or call  941.364.9514.

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General Admission includes the Ringling Museum of Art, special exhibitions, Ca' d’Zan Mansion, Circus Museum, and Mable’s historic Rose Garden, all on 66 acres of lushly landscaped grounds. Adults are $25; senior citizens (65 and over) are $20; children ages 6-17 are $5.  Free Admission for children 5 and under accompanied by an adult, museum members.  Advance tickets are available by calling 941.358.3180. Visit Ringling.org for more information.

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida State University, is one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation.  It preserves the legacy of John and Mable Ringling, educating and enabling a large and diverse audience to experience and take delight in a world-renowned collection of fine art; Ca' d’Zan, the Ringling historic mansion; the Circus Museums; the Original Asolo Theater; and historic architecture, courtyard, gardens and grounds overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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