Part of our SECRET MOVIE CLUB CULT CLASSIC NIGHT (ST. PATRICK’S DAY EDITION!) March 2021 Series. Wednesday, March 17, 2021. 745p THE DEPARTED (2006, Directed by Martin Scorsese, Written by William Monahan, Warner Brothers 151 mns, Digital)
IMPORTANT NOTES: Gates will open at 6:15pm. Please plan to arrive by 7:15pm (30 minutes before the show) to get the best possible space.
Also, our January-June 2021 drive-in screenings are subject to more potential weather postponements (mostly WIND and RAIN). 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 AN EARLY BIRD ($23) or DAY OF TICKET ($28) which includes the car fee and the first ticket for the driver.
2) GO TO ADD ONS: Purchase an additional $8 per person ticket for each person after the driver in the car.
As long as you purchased the EARLY BIRD or DAY OF ticket, you can always pay for additional people in your car at the gate.
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.
This St. Patrick’s Day, we decided it was time to celebrate in true Irish-American style with a completely irreverent movie about Irish American gangsters in Boston.
That’s right. Martin Scorsese’s stunning powder keg of a crowd pleaser, THE DEPARTED starring a murderer’s row of talent-Jack Nicholson, Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga. . .
What’s so surprising about THE DEPARTED is how thoroughly Scorsese makes this remake of the Hong Kong action blockbuster INFERNAL AFFAIRS his own.
The set-up is pure pulp brilliance. Super smart police cadet Billy Costigan Jr. (Di Caprio) gets assigned to go deep undercover in local Irish Mafia Boss Frank Costello’s gang.
Meanwhile, Costello has groomed Billy Sullivan (Matt Damon) to go deep undercover in the Boston Special Investigations Unit. So each side has a mole but neither side knows the identity of the other side’s mole.
From there, the movie achieves a surprisingly effective amount of anxiety and tension as we watch, bite our nails, and wonder who, if anyone will come out alive, from this dangerous game of cat and mouse.
Scorsese found a way (as he almost always does) to pour his own anxieties about faith, the current condition of the United States, and moral character into a movie that just as easily could have not worked.
Instead, what we get is one of Scorsese’s most purely enjoyable and dynamic movies. All about Irish-Americans. As we celebrate in the most irreverent of ways on St. Patrick’s Day.
Best always,
Craig Hammill (Irish-American)
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.