Previews - Movies and stars

Beginning June 1, Atlanta audiences will have two warm-weather opportunities to watch movies under the stars. The difference is that Piedmont Park’s month-long movie event Screen on the Green takes place under the real summer skies, while the stars above the Coca-Cola Fox Theatre Summer Film Festival only twinkle from the ceiling of the lavish movie palace — yet can be nearly as impressive as the real thing.

Singalongs and music from the “Mighty Mo” organ precede all of the Fox Theatre films, while Screen on the Green’s movies each offer singalong opportunities of their own. Baby boomers and their kids can croon along to the title tune of The Beatles’ classic A Hard Day’s Night (June 1). The Wiz (June 8), the African-American take on The Wizard of Oz, features the catchy “Ease on Down the Road.” The playing-hooky comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (June 15) showcases Yello’s irresistible “Oh Yeah.” Audiences will join Audrey Hepburn for choruses of “Moon River” during Breakfast at Tiffany’s (June 22) while the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (June 29) features such singing opportunities as “Candy Man” and various Oompa-Loompa songs.

The Fox Theatre’s summer film festival mixes recent hits with a handful of classics. The highlights among the vintage films are Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12), an homage to the kind of cliffhangers that played at the Fox back when it opened. The epic spaghetti western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (July 17) features panoramic shots that belong on as big a screen as possible. The Fox also presents a double feature of Humphrey Bogart’s The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo (Aug. 3) and the original Helen Keller story The Miracle Worker (June 18).

The newer films include the Oscar-winner Crash (June 1), the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (June 5), the fantasy epic The Chronicles of Narnia (June 26), the gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain (June 29), Tyler Perry’s family comedy Madea’s Family Reunion (July 9), Peter Jackson’s King Kong (July 20), the computer-animated comedy Ice Age: The Meltdown (July 23), the comic book adventure V for Vendetta (July 31) and Keira Knightley’s Pride and Prejudice (Aug. 6). The recent concert film Coachella (July 8) features Oasis, the White Stripes and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Later in August will feature some of this summer’s films, once we know which ones are the hits.

Screen on the Green. Thursdays at sunset. The Meadow at Piedmont Park, 10th St. at Monroe Drive. 404-885-4646. www.tcmscreenonthegreen.com. The Coca-Cola Fox Theatre Summer Film Festival. 660 Peachtree St. $7. 404-881-2100. www.foxtheatre.org.