IOWA CITY, Iowa – The UI Athletics Department will open the gates to historic Kinnick Stadium on a Saturday night in June, but it won’t be for a football game. Instead fans will be invited to throw a blanket on the artificial turf and enjoy a movie on the biggest screen in the state of Iowa.
The UI’s first annual “Movie Night at Kinnick” will be staged Saturday, June 27. Admission will be free. Final details are yet to be determined, but the movie will likely begin at 7:30 p.m. Gates will open approximately an hour before show time, and 2015 Iowa football season ticket holders and their guests will be provided the first opportunity to enter.
Guests will have access to the playing field and the south grandstand. A limited selection of items will be available for purchase from the concessions stands, however, fans will only be allowed to bring bottled water on the playing field.
Fans will vote between three award-winning movies. Voting will begin Wednesday, April 29, and conclude on Friday, May 8.
Remember the Titans starring Denzel Washington — The year is 1971. After leading his team to 15 winning seasons, football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone, a tough, opinionated, and very different from the beloved Yoast. How these two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions plays out in a remarkable and winning story.
Field of Dreams starring Kevin Kostner — Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.
Madagascar — Four zoo animals are shipped back to their homeland by an animal rights group that feels they belong in the wild. When the ship capsizes, the animals find themselves stranded in Madagascar. Having had humans care for them their entire life, they know nothing about survival and must work together with the locals to help them fit in.
