Hey mate, take a trip down under with “Walkabout”

Take a trip down under in the LOC Packard Campus Theater with the Friday Night Foreign, “Walkabout” (1971, 20th Century Fox), screening tonight at 7:30.

In English with Australian accents, the movie tells the story of two children stranded in the Outback and their cultural meeting with an Aborigine on walkabout, that is, a periodic return to nomadic life, or something. With Jenny Lucien and John Agutter. 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Saturday on Mount Pony, “The Music Man” (Warner Bros, 1962) screens at 2 p.m. As of Wednesday afternoon, reservations in the 200-seat theater were completely booked for this movie, but show up early Saturday afternoon to get on standby.

A classic feel-good musical based on the Broadway show, “The Music Man” has some pretty famous songs: Gary, Indiana and 76 Trombones come to mind.

With Robert Preston, Shirley Jones of Partridge Family fame and Ronny (Ron) Howard, when he was just a wee boy. Yup, he’s the same Ron Howard who played Richie Cunningham on Happy Days a decade later. 2 hours and 31 minutes.

Free movies on Mount Pony play every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7:30, unless otherwise noted, in the Packard Campus Theater at 19053 Mount Pony Rd., Culpeper

Coming Soon
August 14 “Walkabout” (20th Century Fox, 1971)
August 15, 2 p.m. “The Music Man” (Warner Bros., 1962)
August 20 “Baby Face” (Warner Bros., 1933)
August 21 “Roman Holiday” (Paramount, 1953)
August 22, 2 p.m. “The Bargain” (Paramount, 1914), “The Great Train Robbery” (Biograph, 1903) and “Roping a Bride” (Sellig, 1915); silent and shorts with live music by Andrew Simpson
August 27 “The Shootist” (Paramount, 1976)
August 28 “The Last Picture Show” (Columbia, 1971, Rated R)
August 29 “Footlight Parade” (Warner Bros., 1933)

Reservations: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. one week in advance at (540) 827-1079 ext. 79994.