Tickets for the five-event season that runs June 9 through August 18 go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 25, at denverfilm.org. There will be performances by local bands and comedians before the start of each film.
Film on the Rocks Schedule
2001: A Space Odyssey
Pre-Show: Big Dopes and comedian Al Jackson
Monday, June 9, 8 p.m.
When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pre-Show: The Martini Shot and comedian Steve Gillespie
Monday, June 23, 8 p.m.
Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening, the town is besieged by a pirate ship. The pirates kidnap the governor's daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), who's in possession of a valuable coin that is linked to a curse that has transformed the pirates into the undead. A gallant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) in love with Elizabeth allies with Sparrow in pursuit of the pirates.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Pre-Show: School of Rock and comedian Janae Burris
Monday, June 30, 8 p.m.
This one was made before millennials were born, but it did become one of the first memes. In the movie based off the Roald Dahl book, a sweet boy from a poor family dreams of finding one of five golden tickets hidden inside chocolate bar wrappers that will admit him to the eccentric and reclusive magical factory of Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). One after another, tickets are discovered by ghastly children — but will the lad find the last remaining one and have all his dreams come true?
Legally Blonde
Pre-Show: Blankslate and comedian Hannah Jones
Monday, July 7, 8 p.m.
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all, and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis). But there is one thing stopping him from proposing: She is too blonde. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard Law, determined to win him back.
Shrek 2
Pre-Show: Shrek Rave and comedian Georgia Comstock
Monday, August 18, 8 p.m.
After returning from their honeymoon and showing home movies to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn that her parents have heard that she has married her true love and wish to invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch: Fiona's parents are unaware of the curse that struck their daughter and have assumed she married Prince Charming, not a 700-pound ogre with horrible hygiene and a talking donkey pal.
Film on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway in Morrison, June 9 through August 18; general admission tickets are $25.
