(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- This August, The ShowRoom Cinema invites audiences to celebrate the Garden State on the big screen with The Jersey Shore on Film, a special three-film series presented in collaboration with film historian and author Marci Mazzarotto. Executive Director of the Bread & Roses Film Festival and Associate Professor of Communication at Georgian Court University, Mazzarotto will introduce each screening and share insights into New Jersey's rich cinematic history. Copies of her acclaimed book, The Jersey Shore on Film—the first and only book dedicated entirely to the region's cinematic legacy—will be available for purchase at each event.
The series begins on Friday, August 7 at 7:30pm with Eddie & the Cruisers, the beloved cult classic in which a rock journalist investigates the mysterious disappearance of legendary Jersey Shore musician Eddie Wilson. The cast includes Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance, Michael Paré, and Tom Berenger.
On Friday, August 14 at 7:30pm, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere traces Bruce Springsteen's journey as he wrestles with fame, family, and the creation of his landmark album Nebraska. The evening will begin with a 7:00pm live pre-show performance by Marc Casuso of NASKA, celebrating the music and spirit of the Jersey Shore before the feature presentation. The cast includes Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, and Stephen Graham.
The series concludes on Friday, August 21 at 7:30pm with Kevin Smith's Dogma, the irreverent comedy that follows two fallen angels on a wildly entertaining journey through New Jersey. The cast includes Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, and Salma Hayek Pinault.
All tickets are $17 and are available at showroomcinemas.com. The ShowRoom Cinema is located at 707 Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The ShowRoom Cinema opened in Asbury Park, NJ, in April, 2009, as a single-screen, 50 seat movie theater, with a goal of bringing provocative and relevant independent movies and engaging special events to the city’s budding downtown. In 2012 the theater evolved into a 3-screen, independent cinema and became the leading entertainment destination in Asbury Park’s eclectic, art-infused downtown shopping district.
Through its eleven year run, The ShowRoom brought an important selection of independent, first-run films — including critically-acclaimed domestic and foreign features, documentaries, festival winners and shorts — to the Jersey Shore. It also hosted a variety of special one night only screenings, live performances and community-driven special events. The theater closed in 2020, but new owners Daria Parr and family are excited to welcome The ShowRoom back to Asbury Park. As the last year and a half has shown, the simple pleasure of seeing a new release on a big screen with a roomful of fellow film fans is an experience many of us didn’t realize we would miss until it was gone.
The ShowRoom will continue to deliver the same high quality film selection and impeccable customer service that the theater has become known for while working toward the big picture goal: restoring some of what was lost during the pandemic by inviting our cherished guests to share the energy and fun of going to the movies again.
