The Sag Harbor Cinema’s series of drive-in movies under the stars at Havens Beach will continue on Sunday evening with “Stand By Me,” Rob Reiner’s classic coming-of-age film. Set in 1959, the film follows four teenage friends (River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton, and Jerry O’Connell -- whose parents live in Montauk) who set off on an adventure through rural Oregon to find the body of a missing boy. Tickets are $50 per car. Gates open at 8:30, and the film stars at 9.
The Sag Harbor Cinema @ Home, its virtual series of first-run films and newly restored classics, has just added to its repertory “Son of the White Mare” and “Jazz on a Summer’s Day.” Directed in 1981 by Marcell Jankovics, a Hungarian animator, “Son of the White Mare” was released in the United States for the first time just last week.
The hand-drawn movie follows the three sons of a white mare on a quest to slay monsters and rescue three princesses. “This should-be classic, with its kaleidoscopic animation and vibrant mythos, is a unique contribution to the animated canon,” wrote Maya Phillips in The New York Times.
“Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” directed by Bert Stern, a photographer and filmmaker, was filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and features performances by such musical icons as Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Chuck Berry, and Dinah Washington.
Variety called the “outstanding feature-length documentary . . . a document of the medium, spanning most of the jazz styles and including a rich selection of top performers and material.”
Each virtual film can be rented for $10, “Son of the White Mare” for three days, “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” for five.
