Edward James Olmos & Helen Hunt + Free Outdoor Movies This Weekend at Plaza Classic Film Festival

The Plaza Classic Film Festival’s Plaza Outdoor series concludes this weekend with free movies and concerts just down the street from the Plaza Theatre.

This Friday and Saturday night, a free movie will be screened outdoors -- and as has become tradition, a performance by one of our many talented local bands will precede each movie.

This is also the weekend that Edward James Olmos and Helen Hunt will be making their guest appearances.

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Plaza Outdoors: What to Know Before You Go

This year's annual screenings will be just down the street from the Plaza Theatre on Oregon Street by San Jacinto Plaza. The movies start at 9 p.m. with the local musical flavor getting underway at 7:30 p.m.

The annual open-air showing is free to see, and both of this weekend’s movies are family-friendly.

Friday, July 28
Band: Soul Parade
Movie: Ghostbusters (PG)
Cost: Free

Saturday, July 29
Band: Feline Fox
Movie: Mamma Mia! (PG-13)
Cost: Free

Guest Appearances by Edward James Olmos, Helen Hunt

This is also the weekend that PCFF 2023 will feature special appearances by legendary actor Edward James Olmos, and Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt

Olmos will appear with one of his most iconic movies, "Stand and Deliver," at 7 p.m. Friday, July 28, and before the screening of the 1982 movie "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" (which he produced) at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 29.

Tickets to Stand and Deliver are $10 and can be purchased HERE. Tickets to Gregorio Cortez are also $10 and can be bought online HERE.

Helen Hunt, known for her co-starring role in the ‘90s television sitcom “Mad About You” and the cult classic disaster movie “Twister,” will appear with "As Good As It Gets," for which she won the Oscar, at 7 p.m. July 29 and before "Twister" at 1 p.m. July 30 in the Plaza Theatre.

Tickets are on sale HERE for As Good As It Gets and HERE for Twister.