The Stratford library’s 24th annual outdoor film festival highlights the Best Picture Oscar nominees from 1968. All films are free and open to the public. Popcorn and lemonade will be served.

• On Wednesday, July 9 at 8:15 p.m. "Doctor Doolittle" will be shown in the Amphitheatre. The film is the delightful children’s fantasy about the magical doctor who could talk to the animals. Rex Harrison and Anthony Newley star. Patrons are invited to picnic early and bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread. In the event of rain, film will be shown in the air-conditioned Lovell Room.
  


• On Wednesday, July 16 at 8:15 p.m. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" will be shown in the Amphitheatre. The film is the sentimental favorite starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy (in his final screen appearance) as a long-married couple whose daughter brings home a black man as her fiancé. Film is shown uncut and outdoors in the library’s scenic amphitheatre. Patrons are invited to picnic early and bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread. In the event of rain, film will be shown in the Lovell Room. Free and open to the public, popcorn and lemonade will be served.

• On Wednesday, July 23 at 8:15 p.m. "The Graduate" plays in the Amphitheatre.
  Mike Nichols’ ground-breaking comedy made Dustin Hoffman a star playing a recent college graduate who gets involved with the wife of his father’s business partner. Anne Bancroft steals scenes as the sultry Mrs. Robinson and the classic score is by Simon and Garfunkle. Film is shown uncut and outdoors in the library’s scenic amphitheatre. Patrons are invited to picnic early and bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread. In the event of rain, film will be shown in the Lovell Room. Free and open to the public, popcorn and lemonade will be served.
  


• On Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 8:15 p.m. "Bonnie & Clyde" will play in the Amphitheatre.
  In the controversial crime drama about the legendary 1930s bank robbers, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway star with Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Estelle Parsons offering solid support. Film is shown uncut and outdoors in the library’s scenic amphitheatre. Patrons are invited to picnic early and bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread. In the event of rain, film will be shown in the Lovell Room. Free and open to the public, popcorn and lemonade will be served.

For more information on this and many more programs, call the Stratford Library Public Relations & Programming Office at (203) 385-4162 or visit the library Webs ite at: www.stratfordlibrary.org