Flickin Summer Movies

The "Flickin' Summer" movie series returns for a second season to the beautiful Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center in downtown Miami.  This year come out as the theater showcases four classic dance movies followed by an onstage dance party with DJ Pauer.  Get your tickets now through Ticketmaster for only $10!

Playing a movie every other Thursday during the summer, it's a cool way to spend a hot summer night!  

Come early to enjoy happy hour specials starting at 6 p.m., and stay afterwards to dance onstage with retro classics from DJ Pauer!  Furthermore, be sure to visit the Gusman box office in person to purchase your tickets any time before the day of show to receive 4 tickets for the price of 3! (Offer not valid day of show.)  Here is the movie schedule:

July 8, 2010 - Dirty Dancing

The Flickin' Summer kicks off with Dirty Dancing, the 1987 blockbuster romantic film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray. This coming-of-age drama documents a teenager's rebellion against her father by starting a relationship with a dance instructor during a family summer vacation. 

Dirty Dancing was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video, and the soundtrack generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles, including "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for best duet. 

July 22, 2010 - Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the sequel to the hit breakdancing film Breakin'. Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quinones), and Turbo (Michael Chambers), stars of the original film, return as they try to stop a developer from bulldozing a community recreation center.

The film also features dancer Viktor Manoel and a young Ice-T, who returned from the original, as well as an appearance by future pop star Martika. 

August 12, 2010 - Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever (1977) stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, an immature young man whose weekends are spent visiting a local Brooklyn discothèque. While in the disco, Tony is the king. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to temporarily forget his dead-end job and clashes with his unsupportive parents.

A huge commercial success, the movie helped to popularize disco music around the world and made Travolta, already well known from his TV roles, a household name.

August 26, 2010 - Footloose

Footloose (1984), a classic tale of teen rebellion and repression, features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. Teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the west. Though he tries hard to fit in, the streetwise Ren can't quite believe he's living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal.