ELECTRIC DUSK DRIVE IN & SECRET MOVIE CLUB present PARKING LOT CINEMA!

DOUBLE FEATURE HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE EDITION! Part of our VERY VALENTINE’S February 2021 Series.  Friday, March 5, 2021. 

6:30pm SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984 Written & Directed by John Hughes, Universal, 93 mns, Digital) 

8:40p FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986, Written & Directed by John Hughes, Paramount, 103 minutes)

IMPORTANT NOTES: Gates will open for the first feature at 5pm. If you are just attending the second movie, please arrive no earlier than 8pm so we can allow all FIRST FEATURE only attendees to leave and get you in quickly.

ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE PURCHASING TICKETS TO THE CORRECT MOVIE IF YOU ARE JUST SEEING ONE FEATURE INSTEAD OF BOTH. 

Also, our January-June 2021 drive-in screenings are subject to more potential weather postponements.  Please check your email and our social media (@secretmovieclub) before heading to the event just to make sure we haven’t postponed due to weather. 

We will re-schedule any postponed event to the nearest possible date. Anyone unable to attend the new date can request a refund up to 24 hours before the rescheduled event. 

FINALLY, WE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE SELLING ALTERNATE DESIGN MOVIE POSTERS DONE BY INCREDIBLE CURRENT GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. 

CHECK THE ADD-ONS. IF WE ARE SELLING A POSTER, YOU CAN VIEW, PRE-ORDER, AND PICK UP POSTER AT OUR CONCESSION TABLE AT EVENT UNDER YOUR NAME!

PARKING LOT: Glendale Sears Parking Lot, 211 W. California Avenue Street, Glendale, CA 91203 

HOW TO:  

Make sure when you purchase your ticket(s), you do the following:

1)PURCHASE A TWO FEATURE MAIN TICKET ($37) which includes a $25 car fee and the driver’s ticket. This gets you into BOTH features.

OR PURCHASE A SINGLE EARLY BIRD ($23) or DAY OF TICKET ($28) which includes the car fee and the first ticket for the driver. This gets you into the single FEATURE you select by title.

2) GO TO ADD ONS: Purchase either an additional $12 per person ticket (for BOTH Features) or an additional $8 per person ticket (for a SINGLE FEATURE) for however many other people after the first person will be in the car. You can always bring more people and pay at the gate as long as you have purchased the TWO FEATURE, EARLY BIRD, or DAY OF TICKET. 

3)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our table in the middle of the Parking Lot.

To attend, you need  a car with an FM radio or a handheld radio you bring yourself. We will space out cars to make sure folks can safely maintain 6 feet of distance. We ask that folks stay in their cars unless they are picking up concessions or using the restroom. Whenever you are out of your car, you are required to wear a mask for everyone’s safety. 

IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, PLEASE BRING A SMALL OR REGULAR SIZED CAR (sedan sized or smaller). We want to make sure EVERYONE gets a great space. SUVS, TRUCKS, CARS WITH HIGH ROOFS/RACKS/ITEMS ON ROOF often have to be parked further away from the screen to avoid sightline issues.

If you bring a larger car, arrive as near to when we open our gates as possible to get the best possible space.  

We are proud to continue our partnership with ELECTRIC DUSK DRIVE IN (https://www.electricduskdrivein.com) for our “Very Valentine’s” February 2021 series.

Our last Valentine’s Month Saturday is devoted to a pair of two of John Hughes’ greatest comedies which also feature awesome teenage romances.

First is Hughes’ directorial debut, SIXTEEN CANDLES, which tells the story of the worst day in the life of high school sophomore Samantha (Molly Ringwald) who discovers her whole family has forgotten her birthday as they get ready for the wedding of Samantha’s older sister. To add insult to injury, Samantha has fallen hopelessly in love with high school senior Jake who is already dating the prettiest girl in school.  Freshman nerd Ted (a hilarious Anthony Michael Hall) is full of confidence but very little real game as he tries to get Sam to go to that night’s high school dance with him.

From this simplest of set-ups, Hughes tells a 24 hour story of high school humiliation, comedy, longing, awkwardness with a surprising amount of honesty about high school life that catapulted John Hughes to the front rank of 80’s directors.

We follow this up with Hughes’ high water mark FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. Interestingly, Hughes always saw SIXTEEN CANDLES and FERRIS as connected. One movie was about the worst day in a teen’s life, the other was about the best day in a teen’s life. 

Here, wildly inventive high school junior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick in easily his best ever film role) ditches school and takes his girlfriend Sloane, and neurotic hypochondriac best friend Cameron, on a ditch day holiday to Chicago.  Vice Principal Ed Rooney suspects something is up and makes it his personal mission to hunt Ferris down, prove he’s lying about his sick day, and force him to repeat his junior year. On top of this, Ferris’s older sister Jeannie, furious that Ferris always gets away with murder, also decides Ferris needs to pay.

Will Ferris’s Day Off end in disaster or will he pull it off? Join us for what we hope will be a great final February pair of perfect comedies. 

Best always,

Craig Hammill

35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR PARKING LOT CINEMA SERIES

REFUNDS: 

We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry. 

HELPFUL PARKING LOT CINEMA TIPS:

Please make sure you know how to hit off your car headlights before attending. 

Bring warm clothes, blankets, a few layers just in case it gets chilly and you don’t want to run your car the entire movie (although you totally can if you want).

Make sure you know how to work your CAR RADIO so you can TUNE to any frequency you want. 

The earlier you arrive, the better space/closer to the screen you will get! Once you get parked, you can totally leave the lot, go to get food, come back. 

HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:

You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com or sales@electricduskdrivein.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.