Alfresco Cinema Throughout August

Throughout August, Sky is transforming Heddon Street, the Regent Street food quarter, into an open-air cinema, showing some of Hollywood’s most iconic and stylish movies courtesy of TCM.

The Tuesday night movies will be shown on an enormous 27 square metre screen, with a state of the art sound system to bring the thrill of the silver screen to Heddon Street.

The line-up of classic movies starts on Tuesday 9 August at 8pm, to promote Sky’s ‘What Do You Want to Watch?’ campaign, as well as TCM’s ‘Summer Under The Stars’ season that air on the channel this August.

9 August – High Society – 1956
Starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Celeste Holm and Louis Armstrong. This classic musical remake of the 1940’s Philadelphia Story demonstrates that love will eventually, after much confusion and deliberation, conquer all.

16 August – North by Northwest - 1959
Cinema gold would not be complete without an Alfred Hitchcock drama. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason star in this iconic Hitchcock work, where mistaken identity most definitely leads to misadventure.

23 August - Cool Hand Luke - 1967
Paul Newman and George Kennedy both were nominated for Oscars in this 1967 drama, delivering powerful performances as they work in a prison chain gang. Watch out for appearances from a very young Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton.

30 August - An American In Paris - 1951
This Gene Kelly classic won six Academy Awards for his renowned performance. Dance sequences spun around Gershwin songs accent Kelly’s romantic pursuit of perfume shop clerk ‘Leslie Caron’ in her beguiling screen debut.

Each open-air screening will begin at 8pm in the seclusion of Heddon Street as diners eat alfresco and choose from a list of special dishes and drinks created with a movie theme by the following venues:

· Momo – Atmospheric North African celebrity favourite. Sample Momo unrivalled classic cocktails whilst enjoying a selection of sumptuous North African food. For information: 020 7434 4040

· Zinc – Simple grills, fresh seafood, salads, generous drinks and a relaxed atmosphere. Gorgeous Usherettes from Zinc will also be selling popular cinema snacks such as popcorn, hot dogs, nachos and ice cream. And for those who prefer a more refined night, customers can book a VIP table for up to six guests, which includes Veuve Clicquot Champagne and Fruits de Mer, costing £50.00 per person. Also checkout the selection of Zinc ‘movie’ cocktails that have been named after the films being shown.
Table reservations tel: 020 7255 8811

· Gabrielle’s – Serving traditional French food, with extra care taken on the presentation and passion put into the cooking. Crayfish cooked ‘Swedish style’. Eat as much as you like £20.00 per person. Table reservations tel: 020 7494 2234

· Strawberry Moons – Spread over two floors and with an extensive cocktail menu Strawberry Moons will be serving fresh fruit champagne cocktails for High Society and an American in Paris at happy hour price all evening - £3.00. For Cool Hand Luke and North by North West, classic cocktails such as Martini and Bloody Mary’s will cost - £2.35. Special Antipasti platters for all film nights run at £15.95, as well as the usual menu.
Table reservations tel: 020 7437 7400

· La Locanda – Has the atmosphere of an inn where you can enjoy good, homemade Italian food with friendly, informal service.
Table reservations tel: 020 7734 6689

21 July 2005