The San Jose Downtown Association (SJDA) brings downtown San Jose another year of movies under the stars with its newly rebranded Starlight Cinemas. Join your neighbors each Wednesday evening this summer by grabbing a lawn chair and a cozy blanket to catch some free movies underneath the night skies of downtown San Jose. The list of movies for this year’s free movies include classics such as Caddyshack, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Casablanca. More recent flicks playing that will be Shaun of the Dead and the updated Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo & Juliet.

The SJDA’s production of free movies was formerly called Cinema San Pedro and Cinema St. James. The series of free films is now entitled Starlight Cinemas and the movies will be played at three rotating locations throughout downtown: San Pedro Square, Historic District, and the SoFA District. All movies begin at dusk.

Starlight Cinemas
Wednesday Evenings, June 10 - August 26, 2009
Locations and movie schedule below
Movies begin at dusk
BYOC - Bring your own chair or blanket

San Pedro Square

June 10: Blazing Saddles (1974/ Rated R/ 93 minutes) (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)
July 8: Caddy Shack (1980/ Rated R/ 107 minutes) (Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray)
August 12: Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975/ Rated PG/ 91 minutes)

Historic District

June 17: To Catch a Thief (1955/ NR/ 106 minutes) (Gary Grant, Grace Kelly, John Williams)
July 15: Casablanca (1942/ NR/ 102 minutes) (Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman)
August 19: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951/ NR /122 minutes) (Vivien Leigh,Kim Hunter, Marlon Brando)

SoFA District

June 24: Mad Hot Ballroom (2005/ Rated PG/ 105 minutes)
July 22: Romeo & Juliet (1996/ Rated PG-13/ 120 minutes) (Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes; John Leguizamo; Harrold Perrineu)
August 26: Shaun of The Dead (2004/ Rated R/ 99 minutes)(Simon Pegg; Kate Ashfield; Nick Frost; Lucy Davis; Dylan Moran)