You may know all about the funky trailer park on top of the stylish Grand Daddy Hotel on Long Street, smack in the vibey heart of Cape Town. But the newest twist of fun in the trailer park is the Pink Flamingo, a laid-back retro outdoor cinema, complete with popcorn in paper cones. Films are screened on Wednesday and Saturday nights, with old school Merrie Melodies cartoons and other shorts tossed in to the mix.Hotel guests watch for free, otherwise it's R50 a head for a director's chair seat - or splash out at R200 for a VIP seat in the front row on the leather sofa (VIPs get drinks and snacks included, others fork out at the cash bar nearby).
This has got to be one of the best places in town to give a red carpet screening of any authentically independent film - film students, amateurs or just tight cliques of the cinematic uber-who's-who will love the spot.
Right now, the lineup is The Big Blue, Taxi Driver, The Endless Summer, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Follow them on Twitter (@pinkflamingocin) and get specials like free tequila shots for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.Fun, creative, unpretentious - perfect Cape Town.
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