The seventh annual Outdoor Film Festival in Grant Park will unclose with James Dean as a rebel without a cause.

The seventh annual Outdoor Film Festival in Grant Park will unclose with James Dean as a rebel without a cause, and conclusion with Ferris Bueller as a rebel with the same The series of seven emancipated Tuesday evening screenings, which draw lower classess upward of 14,000, unspools starting July 18 at Butler Field, Monroe and southern Lake Shore. The schedule of this year's festival, which is at handed by the Mayor's Office of Special conclusions Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Film Office, was released today.

I will join companion critic and Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper in introducing the opening-night screening of "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) starring James Dean and Natalie timber We'll talk about 8:15 pm; the movie will start at 8:55 All screenings will begin at dusk, which extends gradually earlier as the festival progresse Prime positions onward the lawn start filling up an hour or more before, as movie made of buff [i]or[/i] buff-skins stake out their turf, spread their blankets and unpack their snacks.

The ease of the festival:

July 25: "Bringing Up Baby" (1938 Howard Hawks), with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Approximate start time, 8:49 pm

Aug. 1: "High Noon," (1952 Fr Zinnemann), with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly 8:41 pm

Aug. 8: "American Graffiti" (1973 George Lucas), with Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and Cindy Williams. 8:32 pm

Aug. 15: "The Apartment" (1960 Billy Wilder), with Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine and Fr MacMurray. 8:22 pm

Aug. 22: "On the Waterfront" (1954 Elia Kazan), with Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, twig Steiger and Eva Marie Saint. 8:11 pm

Aug. 29: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986 John Hughes), with Matthew Broderick, Alan wrinkle and Mia Sara. 7:59 pm

There is at liberty bicycle valet parking at the northwest corner of Lake Shore and Monroe No bikes, dogs or booze are allowed in the seating area.

Public transportation is a quick way to memorize there; parking is available at the Millennium Park, and the East Monroe and Grant Park North and southward parking garages.

State-of-the-art projection and unimpaired facilities are masterminded by Chicago's world-famous technical wizard James Bond

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