[SkateDC] Screen on the Green Monday (8/2/10) - Bonnie and Clyde [Off Topic]

[George Marinkovich]

Last SotG flick of the season...

Monday, August 2 - BONNIE AND CLYDE. Meet Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. They rob banks. Explosive (if romanticized) crime drama, set during the Depression, follows the Barrow gang's crime sprees from Kansas to Texas. (1967) 111 Min. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/)

Once again I will be staking out space with blue and gray tarps as close to front and center (with respect to the screen) as possible when I arrive sometime before 7 pm.  I will try to set up here:  http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3867485 center of the screen as close to the front of the screen as possible.  I will be wearing blaze orange.  I will have a working mobile with me (upgraded to a new one with Arabic numerals, 301-367-8374).  The film should start sometime after sunset (8:18 pm).

Screen on the Green info:  http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/Screengreen.htm

Let me know if you're coming (and how many you are) so I can reserve the proper amount of space.  The weather looks good!

The location is the National Mall west of 4th Street, between Madison and Jefferson Drives.

There will be food vendors on the Independence Ave. side of the American Indian Museum (including Curbside Cupcake, DC Slices, Sauca and the Sweetflow Mobile).

Closest Metro stations are Archives/Navy Memorial, Smithsonian and L'Enfant Plaza.

Parking:  I'm recommending parking at L'Enfant Promenade where free on-street parking opens up at 6:30 pm.  You can probably get closer (it's at least a 6 block walk) but there should be spaces available there and I hate driving around looking for parking.

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Cheers,
George

P.S.  This Week's Contest

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The 1967 release of "Bonnie and Clyde" inspired this Looney Tunes cartoon parody, which featured the legendary voice of Mel Blanc. In other words, what is the title of the Looney Toons short?  Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches

The D.C area has its own history of violent criminal duos. In 2002, this duo spread fear throughout the region by randomly shooting and killing 13 people in a sniper rampage.  John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo

In a 1991 film, Warren Beatty (Clyde Barrow) played this famous gangster and metropolitan Las Vegas developer.  Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

John Dillinger, a contemporary of Bonnie and Clyde, robbed his first bank in 1933 in this Ohio town.  New Carlisle

Bonnie and Clyde met their end near the town of Gibsland in this state, which holds an annual Bonnie and Clyde Festival.  Louisiana

Bonus Question: Bonnie and Clyde, like many other criminals, have found their way into American pop culture. Most recently, the fugitive Colton Harris-Moore spurred the American imagination. What was his nickname?  Barefoot Bandit