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Plaza Outdoor |
“You’ve read the ad, now see the movie!” was the tagline, rooting Airplane! in absolute parody of Hollywood clichés and disaster movies from beginning to end. This was the hugely successful debut of gut-busting trio Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and ... read more |
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1980 | PG | Comedy, Romance | d. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 13 at 09:00 PM
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Signature Classic |
When Audrey Hepburn’s husband is murdered, attempts on her own life lead her to discover she’s suspected to be hiding a quarter of a million dollars stolen by her husband and his war buddies. Desperate for a way to find ... read more |
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Sponsored by Charlotte's Furniture 1963 | Not Rated | Comedy, Mystery | d. Stanley Donen Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 9 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Plaza Art House |
Agnès Varda (the only female director of the French New Wave) eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A ... read more |
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Sponsored by Moleen Foundation 1962 | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | d. Agnès Varda Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 7 at 07:30 PM
Digital French with English Subtitles
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(re)Discovery |
The Brothers Warner finally saw fit to give Busby Berkeley full directing control over the third of five “Gold Diggers” films - but this was no freshman outing for the former Army parade director. Berkeley had already mined plenty of ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1935 | Not Rated | Comedy, Musical | d. Busby Berkeley Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 14 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm
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Successful, single Doris Day and pretty playboy Rock Hudson share a party line back in the day when most people didn’t have their own private connection. When his phone hogging gets to be too much, their spite for one ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1959 | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance | d. Michael Gordon Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 9 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm
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Plaza Outdoor |
Return with us to those days of yesteryear...sort of...as Mel Brooks plays a washed up movie director who with two faithful friends, decides to bring back the art of the silent film (along with his career and that of co-stars ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1976 | PG | Comedy, Comedy | d. Mel Brooks Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Paul Newman Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 6 at 09:00 PM
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Signature Classic |
The Greatest Musical Ever Made: The Technicolor extravaganza from the inspired directorial team of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen returns to the Plaza Classic Festival! In 2008, a packed Plaza crowd erupted into spontaneous applause after every song and ... read more |
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With Special Guests Debbie Reynolds and Nick Clooney Sponsored by 1952 | Not Rated | Comedy, Musical | d. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 7 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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In this beloved Disney romp, Fred MacMurray plays a tinkering science professor who formulates a rubbery anti-gravity substance he dubs “Flubber,” which he uses to save the college basketball team and to convert his old jalopy into a flying machine. ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Comedy, Family | d. Robert Stevenson Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 7 at 01:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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In Jerry Lewis' debut as a director, he plays a happy-go-lucky, non-talking bellboy at the posh Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. Shooting took place on location and Lewis would film during the day and perform in the nightclub at ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1960 | Not Rated | Comedy, Comedy | d. Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 11 at 01:30 PM
Digital
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The Dude abides! In this off-beat parody of film noir from the Coen brothers, Jeff Bridges plays “Dude” Lebowski, a laid-back slacker with a penchant for bowling and joint-smoking, who is mistaken for a millionaire – also named Lebowski ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1998 | R | Comedy, Crime | d. Ethan and Joel Cohen Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 14 at 10:00 PM
Digital No one under 13 admitted
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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 04:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Jerry Lewis co-wrote this comedic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, co-starring bombshell Stella Stevens in her 1960s heyday. Lewis plays Dr. Julius Kelp, a nerdy chemistry professor, who creates a potion that releases his suave but bullying alter-ego, “Buddy ... read more |
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Sponsored by J.L. and Patricia Jay 1963 | Not Rated | Comedy, Sci-Fi | d. Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 11 at 03:30 PM
Digital
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In this western comedy, Bob Hope plays an old west dentist who you wouldn’t want anywhere near your molars. Buxom Jane Russell stars as a fictionalized version of Calamity Jane, who marries ‘Painless’ Potter (Hope) in an attempt to ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1948 | Not Rated | Comedy, Western | d. Norman Z. McLeod Bob Hope, Jane Russell Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 7 at 10:00 AM
Archival 35mm
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Plaza Outdoor |
You’re lucky, he’s lucky, I’m lucky, we’re all lucky to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show on the big screen! The quintessential cult classic is a treat regardless of whether it’s your first or hundredth viewing.
Brad Majors (Barry ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1975 | R | Comedy, Musical | d. Jim Sharman Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Meat Loaf Arts Festival Plaza
Saturday, Aug 7 at 09:00 PM
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Plaza Art House |
“The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has their reasons.”
To say that Jean Renoir’s 1939 film is a masterpiece (if not THE masterpiece) is not only true, but perhaps counterproductive to the first time viewer. While ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1939 | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | d. Jean Renoir Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 07:30 PM
Digital French with English Subtitles
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Plaza Art House |
Toshiro Mifune, perhaps Japan’s most iconic actor, is the strong silent type – and deadly with a sword. In this indispensable chapter in Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s samurai collection, Mifune plays a disaffected ronin (a samurai without a lord) who ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Action, Comedy | d. Akira Kurosawa Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 7 at 04:00 PM
Digital Japanese with English Subtitles
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