Big Backyard Movie Nights @ Crossnore
Join us for Big Backyard Movie Nights @ Crossnore presented by FaderRE.
Big Backyard Movie Nights is a film series created for kids, by kids. Working with a/perture, kids from Crossnore helped pick the four movies in the 2023 series! They chose movies that are just perfect for a big backyard celebration, outdoors at one of the coolest spots in town. From animated to spooky to sports – the movie picks offer something for everyone this season!

The Sandlot
Director: David Mickey Evans Run Time: 101 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1993
Starring: Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Tom Guiry
FREE a/ mobile screening Crossnore (1001 Reynolda Road @ the Sports Field). Come for some pre-film fun at 6:30. Film starts at dark (~8:30). Bring your own chairs and blankets. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from food trucks on site.
During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.
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Ratatouille
Director: Brad Bird Run Time: 111 min. Rating: G Release Year: 2007
Starring: Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Peter O'Toole
FREE a/ mobile screening Crossnore (1001 Reynolda Road @ the Sports Field). Come for some pre-film fun at 6:30. Film starts at dark (~8:15). Bring your own chairs and blankets. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from food trucks on site.
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart’s delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris’ finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.
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Shrek
Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson Run Time: 90 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2001
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Mike Myers, Vincent Cassel
FREE a/ mobile screening Crossnore (1001 Reynolda Road @ the Sports Field). Come for some pre-film fun at 6:30. Film starts at dark (~8:00). Bring your own chairs and blankets. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from food trucks on site.
It ain’t easy bein’ green — especially if you’re a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot — a wisecracking donkey.
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Casper
Director: Brad Silberling Run Time: 100 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1995
Starring: Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Christina Ricci, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson
FREE a/ mobile screening Crossnore (1001 Reynolda Road @ the Quad). Come for some pre-film fun at 6:30. Film starts at dark (~8:00). Bring your own chairs and blankets. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from food trucks on site.
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
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