Newfields Summer Nights: Brewster’s Millions

The beloved summer tradition, The National Bank of Indianapolis Summer Nights Film Series returns to Newfields on Fridays and select Saturdays this June, July, and August. Bring your friends and family and watch movies under the stars at Newfields. All you need is a chair or a blanket; concessions and beverages will be available for purchase. You are welcome to pack your own picnic (with non-alcoholic beverages only) if you’d like. For those who like to be prepared, sunscreen and bug spray are always a good idea. 

Brewster’s Millions

Brewster’s Millions poses a simple premise and ends with a not-so simple solution. The story begins with Montgomery Brewster’s (Richard Pryor) dream of becoming a major league baseball pitcher. As he notices someone in the stands taking his picture, he imagines the photographer must be a scout. Brewster soon realizes that the “scout” is actually a private eye working for a bloated lawyer group in charge of Monty’s great uncle’s estate. Although the fact that Monty’s great uncle is white barely plays into the plot of Millions, it does inform a certain posture the film has depicting race and class in 1984 New York City. Millions embodies a true “what would you do” film while still rooting for Brewster to make his millions. 

Directed by Walter Hill, 1985, 97 minutes, PG.  

2022 Summer Nights at Newfields Film Series Lineup

• Friday, June 3 | The Philadelphia Story 
• Friday, June 10 | Call Me by Name 
• Friday, June 17 | Brewster’s Millions 
• Friday, June 24 | Friday the 13th Part III 
• Friday, July 8 | To Sir, With Love 
• Friday, July 15 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story 13) 
• Friday, July 22 | Indy Shorts International Film Festival 
• Saturday, July 23 | Indy Shorts International Film Festival 
• Friday, July 29 | Cruella 
• Friday, August 5 | Gaslight 
• Saturday, August 6 | Encanto 
• Friday, August 12 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 
• Friday, August 19 | Chungking Express
• Saturday, August 20 | Guardians of the Galaxy 
• Friday, August 26 | Chocolat