From rocket dreams and dapper spies to sky-high stunts and Austen-era antics, The Galileo Open Air Cinema takes movie lovers on a wild ride through time and genre this week.
Think chasing stars with Jake Gyllenhaal, saving the world in style with Colin Firth, feeling the adrenaline rush with Tom Cruise or matchmaking under the moonlight with Anya Taylor-Joy.
So book your spot here, swing by when the doors open, grab your snacks and soak in all the picnic vibes before getting cosy in front of the silver screen with your fellow film fanatics.
Here is what’s on the silver screen this week:
5 November: October Sky
October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen and Laura Dern.
John Hickam (Chris Cooper) is a West Virginia coal miner who loves his job and expects his sons, Jim (Scott Miles) and Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal), to follow in his footsteps. But Jim gets a football scholarship, and Homer becomes interested in rocket science after seeing Sputnik 1 crossing the sky.
John disapproves of his son’s new mania, but Homer begins building rockets with the help of friends and a sympathetic teacher (Laura Dern). Rocketry, he hopes, will prove his ticket to a better life.
- Day: Wednesday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8pm
- Genre: Drama
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
6 November: Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 spy action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, and is the first in the Kingsman film series based on the comic book series of the same name.
Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organisation, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognises potential in the youth and recruit him to be a trainee in the secret service.
Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.
- Day: Thursday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8pm
- Genre: Action Adventure
- Age restriction: 16 L V
- Tickets: Webtickets
7 November: Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film starring Tom Cruise as Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell.
The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanour put him at odds with other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman (Val Kilmer).
But Maverick isn’t only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he’s also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis).
- Day: Friday
- Location: Zevenwacht Wine Estate
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8pm
- Genre: Action Drama
- Age restriction: 13 PG L S
- Tickets: Webtickets
8 November: Emma
Emma is a 2020 British period romantic comedy film based on Jane Austen’s 1815 novel of the same name, and stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Miss Emma Woodhouse.
Following the antics of a young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who lives in Georgian- and Regency-era England and occupies herself with matchmaking – in sometimes misguided, often meddlesome fashion – in the lives of her friends and family.
- Day: Saturday
- Location: Blaauwklippen Wine Estate
- Time: Gates open at 5pm, and the movie starts at 8pm
- Genre: Romance Comedy Drama
- Age restriction: 10-12 PG D P
- Tickets: Webtickets
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