reported by Fran Dee, CyberScreenwriter.com

Hitchcock, Bogart, Astaire, Hepburn, Grant ... even Stallone. It's an all star film legends line up at this year's HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, presented with Citi, in association with the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation.

Continuing the popular tradition of presenting "stars under the stars," the free outdoor festival will return for the 14th season with screenings each Monday evening at sunset, beginning June 19 and running through August 21. This year's opening night film will be the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, "THE BIRDS," starring Tippi Hedren, based on the Daphne du Maurier story. The festival will end with the crowds cheering for the Italian Stallion when the 1976 favorite "ROCKY" is projected on the big screen, celebrating the film's 30th anniversary.

The films will be projected in 35mm onto a screen 20 feet high by 40 feet wide. Bryant Park is located at 42nd Street and the Avenue of the Americas. Food and refreshments will be available at Bryant Park concession stands, which will remain open throughout the evening. Each presentation will show on Monday evenings starting at sunset. Classic animation provided courtesy of Warner Bros.

For more information, call the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival hotline at (212) 512-5700. For film series information, visit the festival's website at http://www.aolcityguide.com/newyork/hbobryantparkfilm