New Theatre Replaces One Destroyed by Flood in May 2010

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – November 10, 2011 -- Tuesday, November 15 will be Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) / Red Carpet Day at the new Regal Cinemas Opry Mills Stadium 20 & IMAX as part of the theatre's Grand Opening preview week celebration. In addition to more than a dozen other popular films, theatregoers that day will get special screenings of Cannes Film Festival hit "The Artist," "My Week With Marilyn," starring Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branaugh, and 2011 NaFF winners "Weekend" (Bridgestone Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature) and "The First Grader" (Southwest Airlines Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature).
 
Movies, popcorn and soft drinks are $2 all day and all proceeds benefit NaFF. Clear Channel is the day's sponsor. The $2 promotion extends the length of the preview days, Monday-Wednesday, November 14-16, with a different charity benefiting each day. For a complete lists of films, times and charities, please visit: http://www.regmovies.com/cinemas/OpryMillsStadium20.aspx.
 
The official grand opening of the theatre will be Friday, November 18 with first-run features including "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1" and "Happy Feet 2" in IMAX 3D.
 
“Regal Entertainment Group is eager to open our Opry Mills Stadium 20 & IMAX.  Prior to the flood, this location with its IMAX presentation attracted moviegoers from across Middle Tennessee.  We believe our returning patrons will be impressed with this all-new facility,” stated Dick Westerling, Regal Entertainment Group Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising.  “Opening during the busy holiday movie season is the perfect time to offer this state-of-the-art theatre to our loyal patrons in Nashville.”
 
"Regal has always been such a great partner for the festival, hosting our spring festival in Green Hills for over ten years," said Ted Crockett, interim executive director for NaFF. "We're thrilled that they not only chose us as one of the benefactors of the preview, but that we were given the opportunity to program films like 'The Artist," which will be the first chance filmgoers in Middle Tennessee get to see it."

Nashville Film Festival is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and receives funding from the NEA, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, The Brooks Fund, The Frist Foundation and The Memorial Foundation.
 
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Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) is a cultural arts institution that inspires, educates and entertains through an annual celebration of the art of motion pictures, year-round events and community outreach. Founded in 1969 by Mary Jane Coleman as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, the organization’s signature eight-day April festival, now known as the Nashville Film Festival presented by Nissan, is the longest running film festival in the South. It also ranks among the most prestigious, continually garnering accolades and notice from a wide range of entertainment and trade publications, including the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal online, MovieMaker Magazine, Film Festival Today, IndieWire, Variety, Billboard, New York and Script Magazine. Since 2004, the Festival has more than doubled its attendance to almost 26,000 and on average screens more than 250 films from 48 nations around the globe each year. In 2012, the festival marks its 43rd year. It is hosted at the Regal Green Hills Stadium 16 in Nashville, Tennessee.
 

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The Artist