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Thursday Movie Night screenings start at 7 p.m. in the National Automobile Museum Theatre. The West Wind El Rancho Drive-In will sell popcorn, candy, hot dogs and soft drinks at each movie night. • May 28 –The Elvis Presley classic, Easy Come Easy Go. • June 25 –Jeff Bridges in Tucker The Man and His Dream. • July 30 – Get ready for Hot August Nights with Grease starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. • Aug. 27 – It’s 2 Fast 2 Furious featuring car racing and undercover cops with Eva Mendez, Paul Walker and Ludacris. • Sept. 24 – Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry. • Oct. 29 –Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me starring Mike Myers. • Nov. 19 – Enjoy The World’s Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins. |
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Movie Cars: Cinematic stars on wheels and movie nights at the auto museum
Movie Cars: Cinematic Stars on Wheels will be showcased in a new exhibit at the National Automobile Museum, The Harrah Collection, in downtown Reno.
Monthly Movie Nights, featuring many of the cars in the Cinematic Stars on Wheels exhibit, will begin on Thursdays starting May 28 and will continue through Nov. 19. Special movie night pricing is $10 for both entrance to the Museum and the featured film. Movie nights begin at 5:30 p.m. to provide plenty of time to enjoy the Museum and the special Movie Cars exhibit before the film starts at 7 p.m.
Monthly Movie Nights, featuring many of the cars in the Cinematic Stars on Wheels exhibit, will begin on Thursdays starting May 28 and will continue through Nov. 19. Special movie night pricing is $10 for both entrance to the Museum and the featured film. Movie nights begin at 5:30 p.m. to provide plenty of time to enjoy the Museum and the special Movie Cars exhibit before the film starts at 7 p.m.
Movie Cars
Five cars from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles will join eight National Automobile Museum Cinematic Stars on Wheels for the special exhibit. Some of the most famous movie car stars in the exhibit from the Petersen Automotive Museum include:· The 1966 “Mongrel T” Custom Roadster by George Barris and used in the 1967 Elvis Presley film Easy Come Easy Go.
· The 1946 Ford “Grease Lightning” hot rod was used in the movie Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
· The 1998 VW Beetle “Shagmobile” was in the Mike Myers film, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
· The 2002 Jaguar XKR featured in Die Another Day starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry.
· The sassy pink Honda S2000 seen in 2 Fast 2 Furious, starring Eva Mendez, Paul Walker and “Ludacris.”
Cars from the National Automobile Museum include:
· The 1912 Rambler that was in the film Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
· The Museum’s 1910 Sterns was used as a pattern for a car built forTitanic.
· The 1960 Flying Caduceus which had a cameo role in The World’s Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins.
· The 1938 Phantom Corsair featured in the 1938 film The Young In Heart featuring Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks.
· The 1892 Philion featured in both the 1942 film, the Magnificent Ambersons starring Joseph Cotton and Agnes Moorhead and the 1951 film Excuse My Dust featuring Red Skelton.
· The 1949 Mercury seen in the 1955 film, Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean.
· A 1948 Tucker as seen in the 1988 film Tucker The Man & His Dream starring Jeff Bridges
The National Automobile Museum is open Mon. – Sat. from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Sun. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $4 for children 6 to 18 years. Children age 5 and younger are free. Parking is free. For more information, call (775) 333-9300 or visit www.automuseum.org.
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