Brat Pack Movies at Miller: Pretty In Pink

Aug 21, 2012,    8:15 p.m.

FREE 

Miller Outdoor Theatre

6000 Hermann Park Drive

Houston, TX 77030

Love the 80’s?!?  It's John Hughes week at Miller Outdoor Theater.  Bring something to sit on, (blanket, towel, tarp) we will sit on the hill, on the right side of you are facing the stage. You can bring food and drinks, just no glass containers.  

The movie starts at 8:15.

Meet time 7:30 to get a good spot. Look for the Yellow BCO Sign

John Hughes crafts an exemplary '80s Brat Pack romance out of the standard Cinderella story in Pretty in Pink.

Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is a teenager who lives in the dingy part of town with her terminally underemployed dad (Harry Dean Stanton). She works at a record store with eccentric Ionia (Annie Potts) and is considered a misfit at her uppity high school, but somehow she rises above them all. Her oddball best friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer), is hopelessly in love with her, so he causes trouble for her romantic pursuits.

When local rich kid Blaine (Andrew McCarthy) develops a fascination with her, they go out on a date together. Visiting the home bases of each social clique, they are basically ridiculed for their audacity to date one another.

When Blaine eventually asks the delighted Andie to the prom, he is threatened by his rich friend Steff (James Spader). The romance versus high school social politics finally culminates at the big night of the prom.

Location & Map

Miller Outdoor Theatre is located at 6000 Hermann Park Drive in Hermann Park, just south of the Museum of Natural Science and the Houston Garden Center.

Click here for map of Hermann Park:  http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/files/8/