Name: Cinema Under the Stars: A Town Called Panic
Start: 2010-07-24T19:30:00
End: 2010-07-24T22:30:59
Location: Workhouse Arts Center

The Workhouse Film Institute presents a new outdoor movie series: Cinema Under the Stars. With a low ticket price of $20 per vehicle (or $15 for FOW members), you may bring as many people as you can fit in your car! Pack your blankets, drive to the Workhouse and prepare for an unforgettable night of entertainment!

All films begin at 8:30pm, with doors opening at 7:30pm for Family Fun Hour, featuring music, games, trivia contests and other surprises! Snacks, drinks and pizza will be available for purchase beginning at 7:30pm.

Information About the Film:

A Town Called Panic

Audience Award Winner at Fantastic Fest 2009 and the first stop-motion animated feature selected to Cannes, A Town Called Panic follows the wacky, hilarious and often surreal adventures of three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town which never fails to attract the weirdest events. Each speedy character is voiced—and animated—as if they are filled with laughing gas. With hysteria a permanent feature of life in this papier-mâché burg, will Horse and his equine paramour—flame-tressed music teacher Madame Longray (Jeanne Balibar)—ever find a quiet moment alone? A sort of Gallic Monty Python crossed with Art Clokey on acid, A Town Called Panic is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y.

Special Note: This is an outdoor event, under a large tent; please check the Workhouse website for inclement weather updates. In light rain, the event will go on as scheduled; in the event of heavy rain or storms, pre-purchased tickets will be honored at other screening dates or refunded. When possible, cancelled films will be rescheduled for future dates this summer. Please contact the Workhouse Arts Center at 703-584-2900 for further questions or clarifications of this policy.  Doors open for food and drink at 7:30pm. Unless listed otherwise in the event description, all shows are suitable for general audiences. Late seating is at discretion of the house manager and only during appropriate breaks in the performance.