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LOC Summer Movies on the Lawn -Jurassic Park

  • North Lawn Thomas Jefferson Building 10 First Street Southeast Washington, DC United States (map)

The series is part of the Library's annual programming theme to explore America's changemakers. It kicks off with Walt Disney’s first live-action movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and ends with the first film in which computer-generated characters interacted with human actors on screen:

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July 11: Mary Poppins (1964)
July 18: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
July 25: A League of Their Own
August 1: Jaws
August 8: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 
August 15: Jurassic Park 

Each film will feature a pre-screening concert co-presented by Washington Performing Arts. Details regarding the performances will be revealed throughout the duration of the series.

Earlier Event: August 15
Beres Hammond