2 posts tagged “paramount summer films”

Nominated for eight Academy Awards and ranked as one of the 100 greatest American films of all time by the American Film Institute, the 1971 film “The Last Picture Show” returns to the big screen tonight as part of a double feature with the equally esteemed film “Hud.” Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and adapted from a Larry McMurtry novel by the same name, “The Last Picture Show” follows two friends, Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges), in the 1950s Texas town of Anarene. This film marks Bogdanovich’s first feature film as director and actress Cybil Shepherd’s big screen debut. 6 p.m. Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave. $7. 472-5470, www.austintheatre.org. — Shannon McGarvey (Originally featured in the Austin American-Statesman and on Austin360.com)

Cybil Shepherd in "The Last Picture Show"

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
Britain’s favorite umbrella-clad Edwardian nanny descends to earth and returns to the big screen in the Disney classic “Mary Poppins,” based on the children’s literary series by P. L. Travers. Julie Andrews stars as the heavenly rescue-nanny Poppins who takes hold of the unruly Banks household and, more specifically, it’s unruly children. With the help of Bert, Dick Van Dyke’s cockney chimney sweep character, Poppins whips the house into shape with an endless carpetbag, a little magic and songs such as the familiar “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” Andrews’ role in “Mary Poppins” earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1965 and, perhaps, paved the way for her other award-winning roles in “The Sound of Music” and “Victor/Victoria.” —Shannon McGarvey (Originally featured in the Austin American-Statesman and in Austin360.com)

Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins