Friday, May 08, 2009

Inspiration: Backyard Movies


when i was in college by boyfriend, now husband, started showing movies in the yard of the little house we shared with our three roommates. it started small...just the housemates and our close friends and then became larger and larger. we'd throw blankets out and pop popcorn, eat, drink beer, hang a sheet from the trees, bring out the old projector and watch an awesome movie. people would drive by and slow down as they saw what we were doing. it was awesome and i miss that. now that we have a yard and the newly purchased side lot, we've discussed starting this tradition again. we have the perfect location for it and i am so excited! as soon as i get the side lot looking somewhat manageable...it's on!
any suggestions on a good movie to show outside in the summer?

6 comments:

  1. i want a dlp projector so bad for this reason, i've been saying for years that i'm going to get one but never do. some day...

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  2. We had a rotating movie night with friends and did this outside several times last year! Some movies that seemed to do well outside were "Roman Holiday, "Frieda" and "Titus" (...I think it's a Judy Taymor thing...), "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" (the old ver.) and..."Blade Runner." So fun--Enjoy!

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  3. oh thank you for the movie suggestions. we did a cohen brothers marathon last time we did it. love roman holiday and charlie!

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  4. Fellini...Also The girl on the Bridge....my fav of all time...it's french with Vanessa Paradis...Johnny Depp's girlfriend totally beautiful!!! So funny cause I was just bugging hubbie to start this up in our backyard!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. ha. great movies. i guess great minds think alike. ;)

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  6. Is that your backyard? Love the tiki torches!

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