Movies

Summer Outdoor Movies returns for its 8th season at Central Library with four films inspired by the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Grab your bug spray and blanket and spend your Fridays under the stars at the library. The series is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Fitzgerald in Saint Paul.

Films are cancelled in case of rain.

This week: The Great Gatsby

Summer Outdoor Movies kicks off with Robert Redford's 1974 classic retelling of The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.