Best Picture Nominee ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ UTEP Friday Night Flick

UTEP's Friday Night Flick movie series continues this Friday, Feb. 17, with a low-priced screening of the 2016 biographical war drama, Hacksaw Ridge.

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Hacksaw Ridge stars Andrew Garfield as WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Doss saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa without firing or carrying a gun, according to the movie description on the film's official website. The movie is rated R.

A total of five Hollywood blockbusters make up the spring 2017 lineup collectively known as Friday Night Flick, formally the Get Reel Film Series.

Tickets are $2 for UTEP students, faculty, staff and alumni (with valid miner gold card), $3 for the rest of us and can be purchased at any UTEP Ticket Center location

Movie Time

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the movie starting promptly at 6 p.m. in the Union Cinema, located on the first floor of UTEP’s Union Building East.

Concessions

Soft drinks and snacks will be available at the concession stand for a few bucks, including a $5 hotdog, popcorn and drink Movie Combo. Outside food and drink is not allowed.

Parking

Parking at the UTEP Sun Bowl Parking Garage or S-1 parking lot is free. The parking garage is located near the corner of Sun Bowl Drive and University Avenue next to the University Book Store. The S-1 parking lot is at the corner of Schuster Avenue and Hawthorne Street. Click HERE for visuals and map.