Movies at Hollywood Forever Cemetery - Showing Jaws this July 4th

For you rich kids not familiar with the weekend movie screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary by Cinespia, I'm about to fill you in on one of my favorite summer activities. Hollywood Forever is a cemetery located smack dab in the middle of Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd and Gower. Although the neighborhood is not exactly the most pristine, once you go behind the gates of the cemetery, you will see why some of Hollywood's elite are buried here. Within the cemetery grounds is an open field like area with a big wall front and center. During the summer, every Saturday (and now to due to such popularity Sunday) they screen old movies outdoors in this open setting. The movie starts at 9:00, but everyone gets there at 7:30 (when the gates to the cemetery open) to pick nick on the lawn. There is a DJ who spins pre movie music while you feast of Trader Joe's best munchies and down bottles of wine (yes, you can bring alcohol onto the grounds). It's not uncommon for the producers of classic films or the actors themselves to introduce the movie and watch them with the rest of us. It's $10 per person to get in and $5 for parking. Attendance has dramatically increased over the last few years, so I suggest getting there an hour before the gates open to ensure you get in (6:30pm). My friends and I have have a pre pick nick bottle of wine to drink in line while we are waiting to get in which makes the time fly. If you can find street parking, all the better.

Jaws is the feature film this July 4th. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it, but this would be such a fun film to see at the cemetery! Here's the list of upcoming screenings:

• July 4th - Jaws
• July 5th - Brazil
• July 12th - The Wicker Man (this movie is creepy as hell, I am definitely going to this one)
• July 18th - Bride of Frankenstein
• July 19th - Kenneth Anger Films
• July 25th - The Muppet Movie (I am just tossing this out there, but if you happen to be a rich kid who sometimes enjoys a green, all natural substance this is the movie to partake - everyone does it)

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