Sundown Film Festival
Celebrating its sixth year in 2011, the Sundown Film Festival is one of the community's favorite summertime family events. The festival features films projected on a giant screen on the lawn of the Kansas Historical Society. Films are free and museum admission is a low $1.50 in honor of the Kansas 150 commemoration of 150 years of Kansas statehood. Concessions available.
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July 15 |
Picnic (1955) When a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic, passions are ignited. William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell. Shot in Halstead. |
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July 22 |
Sarah Plain and Tall (1991) When a single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower for a bride, she fights homesickness to help him raise his two children. Glenn Close, Christopher Walken. |
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July 29 |
Mars Attacks! (1996) (PG-13) When the Earth is invaded by Martians with a cruel sense of humor, resourceful earthlings wage their own war. Jack Nicholson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan. Portions shot in Burns and Wichita. |
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August 5 |
Wyatt Earp (1994)
One of the West's most famous individuals finds danger as a lawman. He moves westward from Missouri to Kansas to Arizona, where he takes on the cowboy gang. Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman. Portions set in Wichita. although not filmed in Kansas. |
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Tips for enjoying the Sundown Film Festival:
- Bring your blankets and/or lawn chairs.
- Come early, because the plaza fills up fast! Set up on the grass, then stroll over to the museum to visit our main gallery for $1.50 from 5 to 9 p.m. The store will also be open until 9 p.m.
- The movie starts at sundown, usually around 9 p.m.
- Bug spray is always a good idea on a muggy summer night.
- The concession stand closes about 30 minutes into the film. Support the festival by buying concessions and/or making donations!
- In case of rain, the event will be moved inside to the museum lobby.
