Summer Classic Film Series
Austin has changed a lot over the past decade, but one tradition you can always count on is the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, now in its 43rd year. We are presenting more than 110 films this summer, so look forward to more well-preserved film prints and dazzling digital restorations, romance and laughs and thrills and more. Escape the unbearable heat (another Austin tradition that isn’t going anywhere) and join us for a three-month-long celebration of the movies!
Admission & Ticket Information
- Online Advance Admission: $12 (includes a $1 preservation fee)
- Regular Admission: $12 (available at Paramount Box Office on day of show and includes a $1 preservation fee)
- Film Fan Admission: $7 (See more details.)
- FLIX-TIX: The Best Summer Movie Bargain! FLIX-TIX gives you 10 admissions, good in any combination to the Summer Classic Film Series, for only $60 ($50 for Film Fan members). FLIX-TIX also make great gifts! Purchase FLIX-TIX now.
- Parking: $5 Thanks to our friends at 600 Congress, covered & secure parking for film-goers is only $5! Parking Info
- *Double Features: When two movies that are screening in the same theatre are grouped under the same thematic heading, one ticket is good for both features when viewed back-to-back on the same day (except as noted).
Film Fan Club
Enjoy quintessential Film Fan benefits like discounted or free admission, convenient parking, complimentary popcorn, premium seating + much more. (After purchase, your badge will be ready for pick up in two working days. If you need to rush this order please call 512-474-1221 ext.1).
PDF Schedule
View and download a PDF of the entire Summer Classic Film Series.
We get the summer started with a weekend of characters and performers you’ll never forget
Apocalypse Now Redux
Sat, June 2 | 7:30pm | Paramount
1979/2001
202 min. | Color | DCP
Please note: this film has been moved to Saturday, June 2.
Vaudeville!
Celebrating the talented performers featured in the Harry Ransom Center’s Vaudeville! exhibition
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
We’re DEFINITELY Not in Kansas Anymore
These characters are stepping very far outside their comfort zones
Planet of the Apes
Sun, June 3 | 5:25pm | Paramount*
1968 – 50th Anniversary!
112 min. | Color | 35mm
Starman
Proof that David Bowie was as mesmerizing onscreen as he was onstage
Stage to Screen
Broadway smashes that became Hollywood hits
Screen to Stage
Hollywood hits that went to Broadway and…flopped
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Wed, June 13 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, June 14 | 9:15pm | Stateside*
1954
102 min. | Color | Digital
Gigi
Wed, June 13 | 9:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, June 14 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1958 – 60th Anniversary!
115 min. | Color | DCP
Screen to Stage to Screen
Beloved films that became Broadway musicals that became films of their own (phew!)
Summer Reading
Two stunning adaptations of two literary favorites
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
Father’s Day at the Paramount
Treat Dad to a double feature on this special day!
Fantastic Heroines
Join these remarkable women on their strange — and often dangerous — journeys
Dystopian Visions
In these staggering sci-fi classics, our future is anything but bright
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
There’s Something Screwy Around Here
Because who doesn’t love a good screwball comedy
Bringing Up Baby
Wed, June 27 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1938 – 80th Anniversary!
102 min. | B&W | Digital
It Happened One Night
1934
105 min. | B&W | DCP
This film has been cancelled. All purchases will be refunded.
Happy Anniversary, Tom!
This is a landmark year for three films starring one of the world’s favorite actors
Sleepless in Seattle
Sat, June 30 | 4:15pm | Stateside*
1993 – 25th Anniversary!
105 min. | Color | DCP
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
Back to School
Today we honor the cinema’s finest young troublemakers
O Coen Brothers, Where Art Thou?
Two of the most popular films from two of the most consistently great filmmakers
The Big Lebowski
Tues, July 3 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, July 5 | 9:00pm | Paramount*
1998 – 20th Anniversary!
117 min. | Color | DCP
Fargo
Tues, July 3 | 9:10pm | Paramount*
Thurs, July 5 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1996
103 min. | Color | DCP
Fright Nights
You haven’t seen these hair-raising favorites until you’ve seen them in a haunted movie palace
Night of the Living Dead
Fri, July 6 | 9:15pm | Paramount*
1968 – 50th Anniversary!
96 min. | B&W | DCP
Jaws
Sat, July 7 | 2:00pm | Paramount*
Sun, July 8 | 3:00pm | Paramount*
1975
124 min. | Color | DCP
Psycho
Sat, July 7 | 4:20pm | Paramount*
Sun, July 8 | 5:15pm | Paramount*
1960
109 min. | B&W | 35mm
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Sun, July 8 | 1:00pm | Paramount
1948 – 70th Anniversary!
83 min. | B&W | DCP
Defiant Women
Celebrating some of the cinema’s most iconic heroines
The Silence of the Lambs
Wed, July 11 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, July 12 | 9:35pm | Paramount*
1991
118 min. | Color | DCP
Aliens
Wed, July 11 | 9:15pm | Paramount*
Thurs, July 12 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1986
137 min. | Color | DCP
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Fri, July 13 | 7:30pm | Stateside
1928 – 90th Anniversary!
81 min. | B&W | DCP
What’s My Line
Iconic actors. Unforgettable dialogue. The rest is history.
Iron and Wine Presents
Hosted by Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) – Free small popcorn!
Foreign Favorites
A few of the finest films from around the world
Spectacular Spoofs
The pinnacles of parody
Airplane!
Sat, July 21 | 3:00pm | Stateside*
Sun, July 22 | 5:30pm | Stateside*
1980
87 min. | Color | DCP
Blazing Saddles
Sat, July 21 | 4:45pm | Stateside*
Sun, July 22 | 3:45pm | Stateside*
1974
95 min. | Color | DCP
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
Pioneers and Prodigies
Beloved icons of music as seen in biopics, concert films, and genre-bending blends of both
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
People and Places
Riveting films that take us deep into the heart of a specific time and place
Days of Heaven
Mon, July 30 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Tues, July 31 | 9:25pm | Paramount*
1978 – 40th Anniversary!
94 min. | Color | 35mm
The Last Picture Show
Mon, July 30 | 8:50pm | Paramount*
Tues, July 31 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1971
118 min. | B&W | DCP
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sun, August 5 | 1:00pm | Paramount
1993 – 25th Anniversary!
76 min. | Color | 35mm
Jukebox Musicals
Romantic classics that took existing songs and made them into something new
Hard Boiled Cinema
Crime doesn’t pay…unless you make it into a movie
Double Indemnity
Wed, Aug 8 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, Aug 9 | 8:55pm | Paramount*
1944
107 min. | B&W | 35mm
The Maltese Falcon
Wed, Aug 8 | 9:00pm | Paramount*
Thurs, Aug 9 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1941
100 min. | B&W | 35mm
Soundtrack Saturday
High school sounds so much better on the big screen
American Graffiti
Sat, Aug 11 | 5:10pm | Paramount*
1973 – 45th Anniversary!
110 min. | Color | 35mm
Martinis and Manicures
Join us for the wildly popular Martinis & Manicures!
Hitchcock Week
The master is back for another round
The Lady Vanishes
Tues, Aug 14 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Wed, Aug 15 | 9:00pm | Paramount*
1938 – 80th Anniversary!
97 min. | B&W | DCP
Dial M for Murder
Tues, Aug 14 | 8:55pm | Paramount*
Wed, Aug 15 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
1954
105 min. | Color | 35mm
Shadow of a Doubt
Thurs, Aug 16 | 7:00pm | Paramount*
Fri, Aug 17 | 9:25pm | Stateside*
1943
108 min. | B&W | Digital
Vertigo
Thurs, Aug 16 | 9:05pm | Paramount*
Fri, Aug 17 | 7:00pm | Stateside*
1958 – 60th Anniversary!
128 min. | Color
35mm 8/16 | Digital 8/17
North by Northwest
Sat, Aug 18 | 2:00pm | Paramount*
Sun, Aug 19 | 5:05pm | Paramount*
1959
136 min. | Color | 35mm
Rear Window
Sat, Aug 18 | 4:35pm | Paramount*
Sun, Aug 19 | 3:00pm | Paramount*
1954
112 min. | Color | 35mm
Family Film Festival
Movies to spark the imagination and inspire a new generation of classic movie lovers
70MM Week!
Because the big screen deserves BIG films
2001: A Space Odyssey
Tues, Aug 21 | 7:30pm | Paramount
1968 – 50th Anniversary!
164 min. | Color | 70mm
Lawrence of Arabia
Sat, Aug 25 | 3:00pm | Paramount
Sun, Aug 26 | 2:00pm | Paramount
1962
216 min. | Color | 70mm
Wild Westerns
The frontier beckons
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Tues, Aug 28 | 7:30pm | Paramount
1948 – 70th Anniversary!
126 min. | B&W | 35mm
Once Upon a Time in the West
Thurs, Aug 30 | 7:00pm | Paramount
1968 – 50th Anniversary!
165 min. | Color | DCP
The Last Weekend
The Summer Film Series draws to a close with two epic romances
*Double Features: When two movies that are screening in the same theatre are grouped under the same thematic heading, one ticket is good for both features when viewed back-to-back on the same day (except as noted).
Transit Options
While finding parking in downtown Austin can be a challenge, finding a transit line that gets you there is easy! Try transit to and from the Paramount Theatre. It costs less than covered parking and you’ll avoid circling the city looking for a spot. Nearby transit stops include 8th/Congress, 11th/Congress, 8th/Lavaca, 8th/Guadalupe or take MetroRail to the Downtown Station.
Transit Routes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 37, 801, 803, 985 and MetroRail will get you there!
Plan your trip (online): http://www.capmetro.org/planner
Plan your trip (on your smartphone): http://www.capmetro.org/app
