Press Release: Crystal Screen - By The Numbers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2010
CONTACT: Angela Fox, 703-412-9430

Crystal Screen: By The Numbers

Movie Fans Counting Down the Days Until Crystal Screen Returns

Crystal City (Arlington, VA) –After three months of audience voting, the results are in. The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is proud to announce the movies in their 2011 outdoor movie series Crystal Screen: By The Numbers.

“Each year our film festival gets bigger and better,” said Angela Fox, President/CEO of the Crystal City BID. “We just finished our most popular season yet, and look forward to next year’s run. The attendees had a lot of fun and did a great job selecting the line up, so we know that Crystal Screen: By The Numbers will be fantastic.”

The festival will begin on June 6, 2011 with Harrison Ford in Air Force One. A diverse selection of movies, which will run sequentially, follows including: The Sixth Sense, Oceans 11, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and (500) Days of Summer. The series will close on August 29, 2011 with Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. From comedy, to drama, to suspense, there is something for everyone at Crystal Screen: By The Numbers.

The schedule for Crystal Screen: By The Numbers is:

Date Movie
June 6, 2011 Air Force One
June 13, 2011 Four Weddings and a Funeral
June 20, 2011 16 Candles
June 27, 2011 District 9
July 4, 2011 HOLIDAY (NO MOVIE)
July 11, 2011 50 First Dates
July 18, 2011 Oceans 11
July 25, 2011 Apollo 13
August 1, 2011 The Sixth Sense
August 8, 2011 The 40-Year-Old Virgin
August 15, 2011 10 Things I Hate About You
August 22, 2011 (500) Days of Summer
August 29, 2011 2001: A Space Odyssey

Crystal Screen annually attracts thousands of visitors throughout the metropolitan area. The festival is shown in one of Crystal City’s many welcoming green spaces, owned, managed, and donated for the festival by Vornado/Charles E. Smith. Convenient to Metro and Crystal City’s many restaurants, Crystal Screen offers the perfect opportunity for a leisurely and affordable night out for dinner and a movie – whether a take-out picnic on the grass or a traditional sit-down dinner.