Wollombi Classic Film Festival 2017

Wollombi Classic Film Festival – February 24 to 26 2017.

Tickets $100 for full festival weekend - $65 for gala opening night + 2 films of your choice - $50 for 3 films of choice on Sat/Sun only.

A weekend of classic cinema spanning from the 60's to the 90's, featuring an opening night Garden Cocktail (Disco) Party in the Grays Inn Garden with a screening of Saturday Night Fever, live music, canapés, complimentary Noyce Brothers Wines & more. 

Located in the historic Lower Hunter Valley village of Wollombi this is an event no movie buff should miss.

A huge variety of accommodation is available in Wollombi including free camping at the Wollombi Tavern.

We look forward to seeing you!

FESTIVAL PROGRAM:

The festival kicks off with a bang, or maybe a shimmy, on the Friday night with our huge Gala Opening Night & Garden Cocktail (Disco) Party including a screening of legendary Saturday Night Fever. Not only does this film have one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time by The Bee Gees, it also has a dramatic depth underestimated by many as we watch Tony Ramero (John Travolta) struggle to forge his own identity in an conservative Italian migrant family from Brooklyn. Think a disco version of Rocky!

On the Saturday we have 2 daytime screenings in St Michael’s Church with an 11am screening of the historical Australian drifter classic Sunday Too Far Away at 11am & then at 3pm the fantastic 80’s thriller Gorky Park featuring an all star cast including William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, Brian Dennehy & Ian Bannen.

At 8pm we return to the Grays Inn Garden for a screening of the iconic film that is The Hustler. Paul Newman gives a rare performance as pool room hustler Fast Eddie Felsen. With an incredible cast including Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, George C Scott as the ruthless Bert Gordon & Piper Laurie as Eddie’s troubled girlfriend this morality & redemption tale is sure to be another great night of cinema under the stars.

We hit the home stretch on Sunday at 11am with some serious laughs & quirkiness with The Big Lebowski at St Michael’s Church. Arguably one of the Coen brothers best films (they don’t make bad ones) The Big Lebowski is hands down one of the best films to come out of Hollywood in the 90’s.

The festival finishes at 2pm with a screening of the gangster classic Bonnie & Clyde featuring the roguish Warren Beatty & the stunning Faye Dunaway. Based on the mythical figures that were The Great Depression criminals Bonnie & Clyde we once again travel deeper into the motivations & mindset of a criminal duo who cut a swath through the US & died as violently as they had become with others.