Bolton Arena – Christmas Drive In 20th & 21st December

FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER

THE FILM The Santa Clause (1994)

Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex-wife, Laura, and her husband, Neil, have tried and failed to break it easy to their 6-year-old son, Charlie, that Santa Claus isn’t real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads “The Night Before Christmas” and then receives an unexpected visitor on his roof. When Santa is startled by Scott’s calling out and falls off, he disappears, leaving only an 8-reindeer sleigh and a suit with instructions to put it on if he’s involved in an accident. Scott does so and is transported around the town dropping gifts through chimneys until he’s taken to the North Pole and informed by a group, who claim they’re elves, that he is now Santa. Charlie is proud of Scott’s new job, though he’s convinced it was a dream. Then his hair turns white, his beard refuses to stay shaved, he gains weight inexplicably, and he has a sudden love of junk food. Now he’s accepted it, there’s just one problem: how to keep it a secret from his disbelieving family.

THE EVENT Gates open at 15:00. Film will start at 16.00.

THE FILM ELF

Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

THE EVENT Gates open at 18:00. Film will start at 19:00.

SATURDAY 21ST DECEMBER

THE FILM Home Alone

When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O’Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

THE EVENT Gates open at 15.00 Film will start at 16.00

THE FILM The Grinch who stole Christmas (2000)

Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville, wherein live the Whos, an almost-mutated sort of Munchkin-like people who all love Christmas. Just outside of their beloved town lives the Grinch (Jim Carrey), a nasty creature that hates Christmas and plans to steal it from the Whos, which he equally abhors. Little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) decides to befriend the Grinch.

THE EVENT Gates open at 18:00. Film will start at 19:00.

FOOD & DRINK The Refresh Coffee cart will be open during the screening offering, festive drinks, snacks and festive goodies.

SCREEN LOCATION / PARKING The screen will be located in our car park