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Go to Events page. Donate Paramount Film Series"The Breakfast Club" May 15, 2020 - May 16, 2020 Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy), brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and Andrew (Emilio Estevez), the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently—and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"The Man Who Knew Too Much" Jun 5, 2020 - Jun 6, 2020 Dr. Ben McKenna (James Stewart) is on vacation with his wife (Doris Day) and son in Morocco when a chance encounter with a stranger sets their trip, and their lives, on a drastically different course. The stranger, killed in front of the family in the marketplace, reveals an assassination plot to the Americans. The couple’s son is abducted in order to ensure the plot is kept secret, and suddenly the mother and father, with no help from the police, must figure out a way to get their child back. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Independence Day" Friday, July 3, 2020 - 7:30 PM In the epic adventure film `Independence Day,’ strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world’s major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Some Like It Hot" Jul 10, 2020 - Jul 11, 2020 After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band’s sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Friday Night Lights" Aug 14, 2020 - Aug 15, 2020 After being ousted as Dillon High’s football coach, Coach Eric Taylor must build a team from the ground up at East Dillon. Eric’s wife, Tami, also is challenged in her role as principal at West Dillon, as the parents of students who were zoned out of the district blame her for their kids being thrust into a less-than-desirable situation at East Dillon. While dealing with issues at their respective jobs, Eric and Tami also face challenges in their family life with teenage daughter Julie. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Young Frankenstein" Sep 11, 2020 - Sep 12, 2020 Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather’s experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor’s fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). Read More Buy Tickets ACAC presents In the Heights of Hollywood Saturday, September 26, 2020 - 7:45 PM Meet one of the top production designers in cinema, award-winning movie and TV designer Nelson Coates. A graduate of Abilene High School and Abilene Christian University, Nelson Coates has spent most of this year designing for the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights.” He earned the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award for Crazy Rich Asians.” At this event, Nelson will share big screen moments from his career and have a Q&A with Kaye Price-Hawkins, ACAC board member and organizer of this event. The ACAC will present Nelson with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Proceeds from this event benefit the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council’s HeARTS for the ARTS program that awards grants to local arts groups to help with programming for children and special needs populations. Please note that purchase of this ticket only includes the film screening program and dessert portion. For purchasing dinner or a table, please see Abilene Cultural Affairs Council website. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Giant" Oct 9, 2020 - Oct 10, 2020 Wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) shakes things up at home when he returns from a trip to the East Coast with a love interest, the refined Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor). Bick and Leslie get married, but she clashes with his sister, Luz (Mercedes McCambridge), and wins the admiration of the ambitious young Jett Rink (James Dean). Bick and Jett form a tense rivalry that continues to surface as the years pass and fortunes change in this sweeping drama. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"Hocus Pocus" Oct 30, 2020 - Oct 31, 2020 After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches’ book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"The Princess Bride" Nov 13, 2020 - Nov 14, 2020 A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel The Princess Bride” which earned its own loyal audience. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"It’s A Wonderful Life" Dec 11, 2020 - Dec 12, 2020 George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all – and it’s Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence – who then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn’t been for all his good deeds over the years. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Film Series"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" Thursday, December 31, 2020 - 7:30 PM After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien. Read More Buy Tickets Paramount Movie Value Card The Movie Fan’s Best Buy! This multi-use ticket is good for 12 admissions to any film on our Paramount Film Series. The card represents a significant discount over the the regular box office price. The card is good for one year from the date of purchase. Read More Buy Tickets Click here to resend tickets. :: For information, please contact 325-676-9620 Powered by...