The fifth Plaza Classic Film Festival, Aug. 2-12, can be summed up with two words: Al Pacino. The legendary actor brought his “Al Pacino: One Night Only” retrospective to the Plaza Theatre in honor of the centennial restoration of the Mills Building. Oscar-winning costume design icon Edith Head was the subject of an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of Art. Former Hitchcock stars appeared — Tippi Hedren with The Birds, and Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint with North by Northwest (she also appeare with On the Waterfront). Former child star Mary Badham introduced To Kill a Mockingbird. The Plaza Classic Film Club was created for high school film buffs.
Guests
- Actor Al Pacino
- Actress Tippi Hedren
- Actress Eva Marie Saint
- Actress Mary Badham
- Actress Jackey Raye Neyman Jones
- Film restorer Ben Solovey
- Critic Gerald Peary
- Critic Sam Adams
- Paramount archivist Randall Thropp.
- Paramount archivist Jaci Rohr
- Filmmakers Viviana Garcia-Besne and Alistair Tremps
- Filmmaker Charlie Minn
- Documentarian Jackson Polk
- Journalist-historian Jeff Berg
Events
- Al Pacino: One Night Only”
- Exhibits: “Designing Woman: Edith Head at Paramount” and “Reel Glamour: Jewelry From the
- Paramount Archive,” July 14-Sept. 9, El Paso Museum of Art
- “This Property is Condemned,” staged reading
- Texas Film Round-Up
Music
- Cigarettes After Sex
- Fixed Idea
- Glass Tables
- The Iveys
- Late Nite Social Club
Movies
- 8 Murders a Day (with Charlie Minn)
- Alexander Nevsky
- An American in Paris
- A Night to Remember
- A Place in the Sun
- Art House for Kids: NYICFF Shorts
- Band of Outsiders
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- Belle de Jour
- The Big Lebowski
- The Birds (with Tippi Hedren)
- The Blob
- Branded to Kill
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Casablanca
- Courage of Lassie
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Donnie Darko
- Duck Soup
- El Paso Discoveries: Texas Film Round-Up
- El Sicario, Room 164
- Elvis on Tour
- The Endless Summer
- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial w A Trip to the Moon
- Godzilla (Gojira)
- The Good, The Bad, The Indie, Vol. 8
- The Great Escape
- The Illusionist
- The Incredible Shrinking Man
- The Invisible Man
- Jackson Polk Showcase (with Jackson Polk)
- Kids-N-Co Showcase
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- The Land Before Time
- Lassie Come Home
- L’Avventura
- Local Flavor: Shorts Showcase
- Local Flavor: Shorts Showcase 2
- Looking for Richard
- Love Before Breakfast
- The Love Parade (with Sam Adams)
- Made in West Texas (with Jeff Berg)
- Mad Love
- Magical Melies Matinee
- Manos, The Hands of Fate (moved to Camino Real Hotel, with Ben Solovey and Jackie Raye Neyman Jones)
- Marnie (with Tippi Hedren)
- Microcosmos
- Midway, with The Battle of Midway
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
- Mothra
- My Man Godfrey
- The Mystery of Picasso (with Sam Adams)
- North by Northwest (with Eva Marie Saint)
- Nothing Sacred
- On the Waterfront (with Eva Marie Saint)
- Perdida (with Vivianna Garcia Besne and Alistair Tremps)
- Playtime
- Pulp Fiction
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Sabrina
- Samson and Delilah
- Santa Sangre
- Shanghai Express
- Shine a Light
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- The Sting
- Summertime
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- They Were Expendable
- This Gun For Hire (with Sam Adams)
- Thunderbirds Are Go
- Titanic (1953)
- To Be Or Not to Be
- To Kill a Mockingbird (with Mary Badham)
- Tommy
- T.O.R.R.: Dawn of the Red
- The Towering Inferno
- Wattstax
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Wings (silent)
- Wings of Desire
