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Paramount Theatre presents Summer Classic Film Series

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The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series is now in its 44th year. The series will feature more than 100 films, including well-preserved film prints and dazzling digital restorations, romance and laughs and thrills, and more.

Schedule of films

  • May 23: Casablanca
  • May 24: When Harry Met Sally (7 pm) and Moonstruck (8:55 pm) - double feature
  • May 25: The Wizard of Oz (1 pm)
  • May 25: It Happened One Night (3:15 pm) and His Girl Friday (5:15 pm) - double feature
  • May 26: My Fair Lady
  • May 28: The Thin Man (7 pm) and After the Thin Man (8:50 pm) - double feature
  • May 29: My Man Godfrey (7 pm) and Libeled Lady (8:50 pm) - double feature
  • May 30: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (7 pm) and Being John Malkovich (9:05 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • May 31: Godzilla (Gojira) (7 pm) and House (Hausu) (8:55 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 2: My Neighbor Totoro (1 pm)
  • June 2: Seven Samurai (3 pm)
  • June 4: 42nd Street (7 pm) and All That Jazz (8:45 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 5: West Side Story
  • June 11: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • June 12: Stagecoach (7 pm) and Only Angels Have Wings (8:55 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 13: Ninotchka (7 pm) and Destry Rides Again (9:05 pm) - double feature
  • June 15: The 400 Blows (3 pm) and Rushmore (4:55 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 16: The Iron Giant (1 pm)
  • June 16: Dr. No (3 pm) and On Her Majesty's Secret Service (5 pm) - double feature
  • June 18: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (7 pm) and Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice (9:10 pm) - double feature
  • June 19: True Grit (7 pm) and Midnight Cowboy (9:25 pm) - double feature
  • June 20: A New Leaf (7 pm) and Mikey and Nicky (9 pm) - double feature 
  • June 21: Losing Ground (7 pm) and To Sleep with Anger (8:45 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 22: The Secret Garden (1 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 22: Four Weddings and a Funeral (3:10 pm) and Notting Hill (5:20 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 23: Jaws (2 pm) and Jurassic Park (4:20 pm) - double feature
  • June 25: Young Frankenstein (7 pm) and Shaun of the Dead (9:05 pm) - double feature
  • June 26: This is Spinal Tap (7 pm) and Waiting for Guffman (8:40 pm) - double feature
  • June 27: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (7 pm) and Clue (8:50 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 28: Pretty in Pink (7 pm) and Say Anything (8:55 pm) - double feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 30: The Godfather (1 pm) and The Godfather Part II (4:15 pm) - double feature
  • July 1: Goodfellas
  • July 2: Apollo 13
  • July 3: Malcolm X
  • July 5: Selma - Stateside at the Paramount
  • July 7: The Goonies (1 pm)
  • July 7: Raiders of the Lost Ark (3:25 pm) and The Princess Bride (5:30 pm) - double feature
  • July 9: The Night of the Hunter (7 pm) and Out of the Past (8:50 pm) - double feature
  • July 10: The Big Sleep (7 pm) and Laura (9:10 pm) - double feature
  • July 11: The Sting - Stateside at the Paramount
  • July 12: The Big Lebowski (7 pm) and Bottle Rocket (9:15 pm) - double feature
  • July 13: Pather Panchali (1 pm), Aparajito (3:25 pm), and Apur Sansar (5:30 pm) - triple feature at Stateside at the Paramount
  • July 13: Napoleon Dynamite (7:30 pm)
  • July 14: Roman Holiday (2 pm)
  • July 14: Mamma Mia (5 pm)
  • July 15: A Nightmare on Elm Street (7 pm) and American Psycho (8:50 pm) - double feature
  • July 16: Gremlins (7 pm) and An American Werewolf in London (9:05 pm) - double feature
  • July 18: Cat People (7 pm) and House of Wax (8:30 pm) - double feature
  • July 20: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Stateside at the Paramount
  • July 21: The Dark Crystal (1 pm)
  • July 21: Ben-Hur (3:05 pm)
  • July 23: The Adventures of Robin Hood (7 pm) and The Black Swan (9 pm) - double feature
  • July 24: Black Narcissus (7 pm) and A Matter of Life and Death (9 pm) - double feature
  • July 26: Blancanieves - Stateside at the Paramount
  • July 27: Gulliver's Travels (1 pm)
  • July 27: An American in Paris (2:45 pm) and Singin' in the Rain (4:50 pm) - double feature
  • July 28: Singin' in the Rain (2 pm) and An American in Paris (4 pm) - double feature
  • July 29: All That Heaven Allows (7 pm) and Magnificent Obsession (8:45 pm) - double feature
  • July 30: Bullitt (7 pm) and The French Connection (9:10 pm) - double feature
  • August 1: Smokey and the Bandit (7 pm) and The Blues Brothers (8:55 pm) - double feature
  • August 3: Modern Times (1 pm)
  • August 3: Psycho (3 pm) and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (5 pm) - double feature
  • August 4: Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2 pm) and The Matrix (4:15 pm) - double feature
  • August 5: The Namesake
  • August 6: Eyes Wide Shut
  • August 7: The Apartment (7 pm) and Desert Hearts (9:20 pm) - double feature
  • August 8: Carol (7 pm) and Phantom Thread (9:15 pm) - double feature
  • August 9: Vagabond (7 pm) and Le Bonheur (9 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • August 10: Grey Gardens (3 pm) and Salesman (4:50 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • August 11: The Sound of Music
  • August 13: The Man Who Knew Too Much (7 pm) and To Catch a Thief (9:15 pm) - double feature
  • August 14: To Catch a Thief (7 pm) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (9:05 pm) - double feature
  • August 15: Strangers on a Train (7 pm) and Vertigo (9 pm) - double feature
  • August 16: Vertigo (7 pm) and Strangers on a Train (9:25 pm) - double feature
  • August 17: North by Northwest (2 pm) and Rear Window (4:35 pm) - double feature
  • August 18: The Never-Ending Story (1 pm)
  • August 18: Rear Window (3 pm) and North by Northwest (5:05 pm) - double feature
  • August 20: Spartacus
  • August 21, 22, and 24: 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • August 25: Cleopatra
  • August 27: Selena
  • August 28: The Last Waltz
  • August 29: Stop Making Sense (7 pm) and

    Purple Rain 

    (8:45 pm)
  • August 30: Giant
  • August 31: Gone with the Wind

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series is now in its 49th year. The series will feature more than 100 films, including well-preserved film prints and dazzling digital restorations, romance and laughs and thrills, and more.

All films are at Paramount Theatre unless stated otherwise.

Schedule of films

  • May 26: Casablanca
  • May 27: The Neverending Story (3 pm) and Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Heat (7 pm)
  • May 28: Jaws (3:30 pm) and Cinema Paradiso (7 pm)
  • May 30: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Escape from New York

Celebrating Black Excellence in Cinema

  • June 6: Stormy Weather (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 7: Carmen Jones (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 9: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: School Daze (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 10: The Wiz (3 pm)
  • June 10: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Rocky II (7 pm)
  • June 11: The Terminator (1 pm) and Robocop (4 pm)
  • June 13: F for Fake
  • June 14: Pan’s Labyrinth
  • June 15: Beauty and the Beast - 1946 (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 16: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Serial Mom

The Hustons: Celebrating actress Anjelica Huston and her father, director John Huston

  • June 17: The Witches (1 pm) and The Royal Tenenbaums (3:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 18: Double Feature - The Maltese Falcon (2 pm) and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (4:10 pm)

Majestic Ball Week: Pride screenings leading up to the 2nd Annual Majestic Ball

  • June 20: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Bound
  • June 21: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • June 23: Moonlight
  • June 24: Tangerine (1 pm ) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (3:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 25: Lawrence of Arabia

The Pfeifferverse

  • June 27: The Age of Innocence
  • June 28: Dangerous Liaisons
  • June 29: Scarface
  • June 30: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Hackers

Choose Your Fighter

  • July 5: Enter the Dragon
  • July 6: Mortal Kombat

Vampire Weekend

  • July 7: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Near Dark
  • July 8: Double Feature - The Hunger (7 pm) and Ganja & Hess (9:05 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount

BFFs (Big Friends Forever)

  • July 9: Double Feature - My Neighbor Totoro (2 pm) and The Iron Giant (3:55 pm)

Harry Ransom Center: Drawing the Motion Picture

  • July 11: Malcolm X
  • July 12: The Red Shoes
  • July 13: Raging Bull
  • July 16: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (3:30 pm) and Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Face/Off (7 pm)

Foreign Film Anniversaries

  • July 18: 8 ½ - 60th anniversary
  • July 19: Touki bouki - 50th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 20: Bicycle Thieves - 75th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 21: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Velvet Goldmine
  • July 22: Mary Poppins (3 pm) and Robert Rodriguez Presents: The Road Warrior (7 pm)

Let’s Dance Double Feature

  • July 23: An American in Paris (2 pm) and The Band Wagon - 70th anniversary (4:25 pm)
  • July 25: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Orlando
  • July 26: Lost in Translation - 20th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 28: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • July 29: Sleeping Beauty (1 pm) and Vincent Price double feature of House of Wax - 70th anniversary (3:15 pm) and Theatre of Blood (5:05 pm)
  • August 1: Safety Last (Stateside at the Paramount)

The Big Milestones

  • August 2: The Big Chill - 40th anniversary
  • August 3: The Big Lebowski - 25th anniversary
  • August 4: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Blade - 25th anniversary
  • August 5: The Sandlot - 30th anniversary (2 pm)

Kids These Days

  • August 5: Valley Girl - 40th anniversary (4:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • August 6: Bye Bye Birdie (2 pm) and Hairspray - 35th anniversary (4:30 pm)
  • August 7: Dazed and Confused - 30th anniversary

Play It Cool

  • August 9: The Great Escape
  • August 10: Cool Hand Luke
  • August 11: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: RRR
  • August 13: 101 Dalmatians (1 pm)

The Tube

  • August 12: The Truman Show - 25th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • August 13: Network (3:30 pm)

Texas Archive of the Moving Image Presents

  • August 15 National Lampoon’s Animal House - 45th anniversary
  • August 16: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • August 17: Alien
  • August 18: Batman: The Movie
  • August 20: Big (4 pm) - 35th anniversary (Stateside at The Paramount)
  • August 19: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Clash of the Titans
  • August 20: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Fireworks (Hana-bi) (7 pm) - Stateside at The Paramount

Hitchcock Week

  • August 22: Shadow of a Doubt
  • August 23: The Birds
  • August 24: Psycho
  • August 26: Rear Window (1 pm) and Psycho (4 pm)
  • August 27: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Sans Soleil - 40th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)

Epic Finish

  • August 29: Amadeus
  • August 30: Barry Lyndon
  • August 31 and September 1: 2001: A Space Odyssey - 55th anniversary
  • September 2: Labyrinth (3:30 pm) and Robert Rodriguez Presents: What’s Up, Doc? (7 pm)

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series is now in its 49th year. The series will feature more than 100 films, including well-preserved film prints and dazzling digital restorations, romance and laughs and thrills, and more.

All films are at Paramount Theatre unless stated otherwise.

Schedule of films

  • May 26: Casablanca
  • May 27: The Neverending Story (3 pm) and Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Heat (7 pm)
  • May 28: Jaws (3:30 pm) and Cinema Paradiso (7 pm)
  • May 30: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Escape from New York

Celebrating Black Excellence in Cinema

  • June 6: Stormy Weather (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 7: Carmen Jones (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 9: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: School Daze (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 10: The Wiz (3 pm)
  • June 10: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Rocky II (7 pm)
  • June 11: The Terminator (1 pm) and Robocop (4 pm)
  • June 13: F for Fake
  • June 14: Pan’s Labyrinth
  • June 15: Beauty and the Beast - 1946 (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • June 16: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Serial Mom

The Hustons: Celebrating actress Anjelica Huston and her father, director John Huston

  • June 17: The Witches (1 pm) and The Royal Tenenbaums (3:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 18: Double Feature - The Maltese Falcon (2 pm) and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (4:10 pm)

Majestic Ball Week: Pride screenings leading up to the 2nd Annual Majestic Ball

  • June 20: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Bound
  • June 21: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • June 23: Moonlight
  • June 24: Tangerine (1 pm ) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (3:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • June 25: Lawrence of Arabia

The Pfeifferverse

  • June 27: The Age of Innocence
  • June 28: Dangerous Liaisons
  • June 29: Scarface
  • June 30: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Hackers

Choose Your Fighter

  • July 5: Enter the Dragon
  • July 6: Mortal Kombat

Vampire Weekend

  • July 7: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Near Dark
  • July 8: Double Feature - The Hunger (7 pm) and Ganja & Hess (9:05 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount

BFFs (Big Friends Forever)

  • July 9: Double Feature - My Neighbor Totoro (2 pm) and The Iron Giant (3:55 pm)

Harry Ransom Center: Drawing the Motion Picture

  • July 11: Malcolm X
  • July 12: The Red Shoes
  • July 13: Raging Bull
  • July 16: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (3:30 pm) and Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Face/Off (7 pm)

Foreign Film Anniversaries

  • July 18: 8 ½ - 60th anniversary
  • July 19: Touki bouki - 50th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 20: Bicycle Thieves - 75th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 21: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Velvet Goldmine
  • July 22: Mary Poppins (3 pm) and Robert Rodriguez Presents: The Road Warrior (7 pm)

Let’s Dance Double Feature

  • July 23: An American in Paris (2 pm) and The Band Wagon - 70th anniversary (4:25 pm)
  • July 25: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Orlando
  • July 26: Lost in Translation - 20th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • July 28: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • July 29: Sleeping Beauty (1 pm) and Vincent Price double feature of House of Wax - 70th anniversary (3:15 pm) and Theatre of Blood (5:05 pm)
  • August 1: Safety Last (Stateside at the Paramount)

The Big Milestones

  • August 2: The Big Chill - 40th anniversary
  • August 3: The Big Lebowski - 25th anniversary
  • August 4: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Blade - 25th anniversary
  • August 5: The Sandlot - 30th anniversary (2 pm)

Kids These Days

  • August 5: Valley Girl - 40th anniversary (4:45 pm) - Stateside at the Paramount
  • August 6: Bye Bye Birdie (2 pm) and Hairspray - 35th anniversary (4:30 pm)
  • August 7: Dazed and Confused - 30th anniversary

Play It Cool

  • August 9: The Great Escape
  • August 10: Cool Hand Luke
  • August 11: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: RRR
  • August 13: 101 Dalmatians (1 pm)

The Tube

  • August 12: The Truman Show - 25th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)
  • August 13: Network (3:30 pm)

Texas Archive of the Moving Image Presents

  • August 15 National Lampoon’s Animal House - 45th anniversary
  • August 16: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • August 17: Alien
  • August 18: Batman: The Movie
  • August 20: Big (4 pm) - 35th anniversary (Stateside at The Paramount)
  • August 19: Robert Rodriguez Presents: Clash of the Titans
  • August 20: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Fireworks (Hana-bi) (7 pm) - Stateside at The Paramount

Hitchcock Week

  • August 22: Shadow of a Doubt
  • August 23: The Birds
  • August 24: Psycho
  • August 26: Rear Window (1 pm) and Psycho (4 pm)
  • August 27: Hyperreal Film Club Presents: Sans Soleil - 40th anniversary (Stateside at the Paramount)

Epic Finish

  • August 29: Amadeus
  • August 30: Barry Lyndon
  • August 31 and September 1: 2001: A Space Odyssey - 55th anniversary
  • September 2: Labyrinth (3:30 pm) and Robert Rodriguez Presents: What’s Up, Doc? (7 pm)

WHEN

WHERE

The Paramount Theatre
713 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
https://www.austintheatre.org/film/classic-film-series/

TICKET INFO

$8-$14

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