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Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 15 at 10:00 AM
The Texas Film Round-Up will be making its first trip to El Paso as part of the August film festival, offering free digitization for anyone wanting to convert their old 8mm, 16mm, VHS (or other media) home movies.
Sunday from 1pm - 7pm. |
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1:00 PM |
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Local Flavor |
Bart Weiss, founder and director of the Dallas Video Festival, will present a selection of short films by Texas filmmakers and discuss the latest developments in independent cinema. A great opportunity to see some of the diverse work being ... read more |
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Special Guest Presenter Bart Weiss Sponsored by Philanthropy Theatre
Sunday, Aug 15 at 1:00 PM
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1:30 PM |
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Signature Classic |
Another classic story re-told by Walt Disney and his famous animators, Sleeping Beauty is a noteworthy classic for a number of reasons (not the least of which was its nearly decade long production schedule).
Based on the famous Brother’s ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1959 | Not Rated | Animation, Family | d. Clyde Geronimi Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 15 at 1:30 PM
Archival 35mm |
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3:30 PM |
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Plaza Art House |
Arguably the masterpiece of legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai set a new standard for cinema around the world. It is an engrossing tale of a poor farming village forced to hire wandering ronin (masterless samurai) to help ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1954 | Not Rated | Action, Adventure | d. Akira Kurosawa Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Philanthropy Theatre
Sunday, Aug 15 at 3:30 PM
Digital Japanese with English Subtitles |
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4:00 PM |
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Signature Classic |
Renowned comedian Buster Keaton is a southern locomotive engineer chasing, and being chased, by Yankees along miles of railway track during the Civil War. Considered to be one of the greatest comedies, Civil War films and train movies ever ... read more |
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With Live Organ Accompaniment by Walt Strony Sponsored by Modern Iron Works Inc 1926 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 15 at 4:00 PM
Archival 35mm |
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7:00 PM |
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Signature Classic |
Paul Newman and Robert Redford define “chemistry” in their first screen pairing as the affable title characters, outlaw buddies who rob the Union Pacific Railroad, elude a crack team of trackers and riflemen hired to hunt them down, and eventually ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1969 | PG | Adventure, Western | d. George Roy Hill Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 15 at 7:00 PM
35mm |
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7:30 PM |
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Local Flavor |
Set in the sweltering desert of the Southwest U.S., ILEGALES defines the raw motives and realities of illegal immigration on the U.S./Mexico border. Written from the perspective of the immigrants themselves, the film captures the social, economic, and political impact ... read more |
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With cast and crew in attendance Sponsored by Eric and Charlotte Pearson 2010 | Not Rated | Drama, Drama | d. Ric Dupont Shirley Rumierk, Luis Bordonada, Omar Leyva Philanthropy Theatre
Sunday, Aug 15 at 7:30 PM
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