20 Movies & Events to See Before the Plaza Classic Film Festival Ends This Weekend

The Plaza Classic Film Festival is coming to a close this Sunday, August 13, but before then there a few movies and events you won’t want to miss!

The Plaza Classic Film Festival has been hosting movie lovers for the last 10 years in beautiful downtown El Paso and before it comes to end here are the highlights of this weekend’s movies and events you must see. Check out the complete schedule HERE.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

• $6
• Friday, August 11 at 1:00 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricial Neal, Hugh Marlowe

WarGames

• Cold Warriors
• $4
• Friday, August 11 at 3:00 p.m.
• Philanthropy Theatre
• Starring: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman

From Russia With Love

• Cold Warriors
• $6
• Friday, August 11 at 3:30 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• 80th Anniversary
• $8
• Friday, August 11 at 7:00 p.m.
• Film Talk takes place at 6 p.m. (Free at the Philanthropy Theatre)
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Voices of Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell

The Fox and the Sound

• Concert
• Free
• Friday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m.
• Oregon Street

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• 20th anniversary Cold Warriors
• $4
• Friday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m.
• Philanthropy Theatre
• Starring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner

The Big Lebowski

• Greatest Hits
• $8
• Friday, August 11 at 9:30 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

• Greatest Hits
• $6
• Saturday, August 12 at11:00 a.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote

Richard Dreyfuss signing

• Autograph Signing
• Free
• Saturday, August 12 at1:00 p.m.
• Foundation Room

The Secret of NIMH

• With Don Bluth & Gary Goldman Plaza Family
• $8
• Saturday, August 12 at 1:30 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Voices of Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, John Carradine, Derek Jacobi

Anastasia

• 20th anniversary Plaza Family
• Free
• Saturday, August 12 at 3:00 p.m.
• El Paso Museum of Art
• Starring: Voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Angela Lansbury

Postcards From the Edge

• $4
• Saturday, August 12 at 3:30 p.m.
• Philanthropy Theatre
• Starring: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman

Film Talk: Jaws

• Film Talk
• Free
• Saturday, August 12 at 6:00 p.m.
• Philanthropy Theatre

Jaws

• With Richard Dreyfuss
• $10
• Saturday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gray

Dusty Low

• Concert
• Free
• Saturday, August 12 at 7:30 p.m.
• Oregon Street

Xanadu

• Plaza Outdoor
• Free
• Saturday, August 12 at 9:00 p.m.
• Oregon Street
• Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck

Mad Max

• Australian version Plaza After Dark
• $8
• Saturday, August 12 at 10:00 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

El Mariachi

• Spanish with English subtitles Plaza After Dark
• $4
• Saturday, August 12 at10:00 p.m.
• Philanthropy Theatre
• Starring: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Jaime de Hoyos

Mr. Holland's Opus

• With Richard Dreyfuss (re)Discovery
• $10
• Sunday, August 13 at1:00 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas

Blazing Saddles

• $8
• Sunday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m.
• Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
• Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn