The City of Milton, in conjunction with the area Tom Thumb Stores, will present Big Screen on the Blackwater – a three week series of holiday movies in historic downtown Milton. Just like Milton’s annual Bands on the Blackwater, participants will enjoy downtown with a lawn chair or blanket and watch a movie the nights of Dec. 5, Dec. 12, and Dec. 19.
But if it is too cold outside, don’t worry. You can watch the movies from the comfort of your car.
“We are going to have a 25-foot inflatable screen alongside the Blackwater River,” said Katie Nichols, the City of Milton Parks and Recreation Department’s events coordinator. “You can watch the movie from the comfort of your car and tune in with your radio to enjoy this free outdoor holiday–themed movie.”
The movies will start at 6 p.m. on South Willing St. in Milton.
This year Santa Claus will be at the movies all three weeks at the South Riverwalk Pavilion starting at 5 p.m.
Concessions will be available at the event.
The City of Milton Parks Department is asking as a courtesy to other movie goers, no smoking please.
Don’t forget to check out our website for information regarding all city sports and activities at www.ci.milton.fl.us or contact the Milton Community Center at 983-5466.
Big Screen on the Blackwater Lineup
Dec. 5 – Rise of the Guardians – a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy film based on William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX. Set about 300 years after the book series, the film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost to stop Pitch Black from engulfing the world in darkness. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Dec. 12 – Shrek the Halls, Merry Madascar and Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – This is a triple animated holiday feature with the ever popular animated troll “Shrek”, the mischievous penguins from Madascar, and the wooly mammoth from Ice Age, Manfred, and his sloth friend, Sid.
Dec. 19 – Polar Express – a 2004 American motion capture computer-animated musical Christmas fantasy film based on the children's book of the same title by Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express is listed in the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the first all-digital capture film. This was Castle Rock Entertainment's first animated film.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Holiday movie line up announced for Big Screen on the Blackwater