At the first-ever 'It's Movie Time at Harvard,' Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller wheels and deals on screen as 3,000 members and friends of the Harvard community look on.

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KSG faculty assistant Jessica Mele and Joseph Gagnepain share a blanket and a movie.

"It's a great use of this space," said Parker Conrad '02-'03. "It is a theater, after all," echoed Matthew Lincoln '03. Eileen McNeely, an instructor at the School of Public Health, brought her children, Taylor and Tatum, to the event. "I grew up with drive-ins," she said. "This is the kids' first experience of an outdoor film."

While midfilm rain showers sent many moviegoers scurrying for cover, nearly half of the crowd - equipped with everything from blankets to beanbag chairs - remained to the end, enjoying Bueller's escapades along with free popcorn and soda.

Above, Laura Hiller, a staff assistant at the Graduate School of Education, scoops up popcorn with a smile for some of the 3,000 viewers of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.' Below, Joanne Klys, a staffer at the Office of Human Resources, gets comfortable before the screening.

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