Speakin' of Bruce on the big screen...

June 19, 2025

Letters To You contributor and filmmaker Joe Amodei recently launched a monthly "Movie Club" screening/discussion series in partnership with The Newtown Theatre in Newtown, PA. Next month's screening will be writer/director John Sayles' great 1983 film, the nostalgic teen-romance drama Baby It's You, which also was the first major film to license Bruce Springsteen's music for its soundtrack. The Asbury Park, NJ of yore is portrayed in the film, as well, in a sequence where the main characters visit the legendary town and even spend some time at the now-demolished Palace Amusements building, which still stood and was in operation when Baby It's You was filmed.

All Letters To You readers who'll be in or near Newtown, PA are invited to attend this special event on Wednesday, July 9, beginning at 7:30 p.m. After screening the film, Joe will be joined by Letters To You contributing writer and film-scholar Caroline Madden, as well as editor/publisher Shawn Poole, for an audience discussion/Q-and-A about the film and its enduring significance.

We hope that you can join us for this special evening. General-admission tickets are only $12 each, and your ticket-purchases will help to support the continued restoration and maintenance of the historic Newtown Theatre. Incidentally, all members of The Newtown Theatre get free admission to Baby It's You, as well as free admission to all other "Movie Club" screenings, along with other membership benefits. Click here for information on how to become a member of The Newtown Theatre.

Click here for more information on the Baby It's You screening, and to purchase tickets as a non-member of The Newtown Theatre. See you on July 9th!