The 2016 Rooftop Series presented by Rohrbach Associates PC Architects
Thirteen dates, summer through fall, featuring well-loved classics, beneath the stars and above the streets of Iowa City. Specialty drinks, cake, giveaways, karaoke, costume contests--you never know what we’ll add to each screening to butter up your Rooftop experience. Join us for these very fun, special shows, and buy tickets early as seating is limited, and Rooftop shows do sell out!
Doors open with seating and pre-show fun at 8pm. Screening at dusk. In the case of inclement weather, the screening will occur indoors
Tuesday AND Thursday SOLD OUT!
Let's Go Crazy! FilmScene pays tribute to Prince with a Very Purple Birthday Party and a screening of the artist's masterpiece rock opera as our annual summer Rooftop Series kickoff!
A night of Purple Champagne, Raspberry Berets, Little Red Corvettes, Diamonds and Pearls... plus birthday cake for all! Tuesday night pre-party downstairs in our Screening Room.
9pm Pre-party | 10pm Showtime
"In Purple Rain, Prince performs with demonic verve. He is both pop idol and artist; when he struts himself into a sweat or delivers his primal scream, he’s both ferocious and adorable, and he knows it." —City Pages, original 1984 film review
"'Purple Rain'" is that rare critical and commercial success that justifies every scrap of hyperbolic praise." —Billboard, album review
A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father (Clarence Williams III), the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero). But another musician, Morris (Morris Day), looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.