The summer season in the Hamptons, which usually kicks off with a host of parties and benefits, is starting off in a different way this year: with a socially distanced drive-in movie event that will benefit food pantries on the East End of Long Island.
The brainchild of Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of Blade helicopter service, the two-night fundraiser — which will screen the new Kenneth Branagh-directed Disney+ fantasy film Artemis Fowl — is taking place at Bridgehampton's Hampton Classic Horse Show grounds on June 12 and 13. "It's certainly the first live movie event in months.
I think it will really be the first [event] anybody here is doing," says Andrew Saffir, founder of The Cinema Society, whose co-hosts include actor Bob Balaban and producer.
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