BLOW-UP + BLOW OUT at Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Schedule

Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Stateside at the Paramount | Austin, TX

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Paramount Summer Classic Film Series Presents
Blow-Up + Blow Out
Anniversary Double Feature!
State Theatre
Wednedsay, August 26, 2026 (Originally scheduled for Sunday, June 28, 2026)
Doors: 6:00pm
Blow-Up: 7:00pm
Blow Out: 9:05pm
Due to a burst water main resulting in minor flooding in the State Theatre auditorium, we unfortunately have to postpone this event.
Current ticket holders' seats are saved and they will receive communication about the new date.

Have additional questions? You can reach our Box Office team at [email protected] or at (512) 474-1221.

Blow-Up
60th Anniversary!
(1966, 111min/color, DCP) Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, John Castle, and Jane Birkin. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s first English-language feature. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave, and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era. Blow-Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film by one of cinema’s greatest artists.
Blow Out
45th Anniversary!
(1981, 108min/color, DCP) John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, and Dennis Franz. Directed by Brian De Palma.
In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances, as a film sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. To uncover the truth, he enlists the help of a possible eyewitness to the crime (Nancy Allen), who may be in danger herself. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on moviemaking.
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Stateside at the Paramount, 713 Congress Ave,Austin, Texas, United States

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