Friday, June 22, 2012

[UPDATED] Free film (to watch) tonight in Tompkins Square Park: The French thriller 'The Axe'

Hey, the Films on the Green Festival is back ... and tonight in Tompkins Square Park, there'll be a free screening of the dark thriller "The Axe" ("Le Couperet!") by acclaimed director Costa-Gavras, adapted from the bestselling novel by Donald Edwin Westlake.

Let's take a look at the trailer for the 2005 film ... there'll be lots of shooting!



The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the City of New York Parks & Recreation sponsor the Films on the Green series. [Updated] The movie starts at 8:30 p.m., per the Films on the Green Festival website.

H/t to Esquared for letting us know about the series...

UPDATED:
Due to the storm and all... the organizers have rescheduled the movie to SATURDAY night.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What time does it start Grieve?
Melanie

EV Grieve said...

Ah! Yes! 8:30 per the website.

Scooby said...

Silly question - Is this subtitled by chance?

EV Grieve said...

@Scooby

Oui!

Yes, there are subtitles...