Grand Central Terminal To Host Day-Long Film Festival

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Grand Central Terminal has served as the setting of some iconic moments in film. On screen, the historic transit hub has hosted deadly shootouts, spontaneous dance numbers and daring escapes from the law. This month, all those moments can be seen projected on the walls of the terminal's Vanderbilt Hall for the station's first-ever film festival.

Grand Central Cinema — a one-day film festival celebrating Grand Central in the movies — will be held Oct. 19. The festival will feature a montage of Grand Central in the movies, a seminar from an award-winning New York historian and a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 great "North by Northwest," according to a press release.

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All of the festival's programs will be free and open to the public, according to a press release. A ticket is required for access to the "North by Northwest" screening, but seats can be reserved for free.

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A number of food vendors based in Grand Central Terminal will be selling movie snacks throughout the festival.

Here's a full program for the film festival, courtesy of Grand Central Terminal:

Programs:

7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Grand Central Terminal Film Montage

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Q & A with the Grand Central Film Coordinator

12:30-1 p.m. Grand Central Film History Talk

6–10 p.m. Ticketed Screening Of Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest

Food vendors:

7-9:30 a.m.

• Café Grumpy
• Irving Farm
• Oren’s Daily Roast

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

• Great Northern Food Hall
• Li-Lac Chocolates
• Tri Tip Grill
• Wok Chi
• Zaro’s Family Bakery

6-8 p.m.

• Beer Table to Go
• Great Northern Food Hall
• Li-Lac Chocolates
• Shake Shack
• The Campbell
• Zaro’s Family Bakery

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