CLASSIC FILM SERIES
It’s time for you to add the Harbor Theater Classic Film Series to your winter calendars. This year we present a special film series, “Movies That Were Worthy of the Best Film Oscar,” featuring six classic films that didn’t win the Oscar but have stood the test of time.
Join us for these classic films on the second Thursday and Saturday of each month at 2:00 p.m., from October through March! Tickets are available at the door, with doors opening at 1:30 p.m. for each show. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience these timeless cinematic masterpieces!
All shows are at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 Adults; $8 Members.
FEBRUARY 15 ONLY!
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
(1962)
2 hours 9 minutes
Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird is a poignant drama set in the racially divided South of the 1930s. The story follows young Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, as they navigate childhood and grapple with complex moral issues under the guidance of their father, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck). Atticus, a principled lawyer, defends Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of assaulting a white woman, exposing the deep prejudices of their small Alabama town. Through Scout’s eyes, the film explores themes of justice, compassion, and the loss of innocence, delivering a powerful message that resonates to this day.
Directed by Robert Mulligan, the film was critically acclaimed for its faithful adaptation of Lee’s novel, its emotional depth, and Peck’s career-defining performance. The movie earned three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Gregory Peck, Best Adapted Screenplay for Horton Foote, and Best Art Direction (Black-and-White). It was nominated for a total of eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Mary Badham (Scout), Best Director, and Best Cinematography. Although it lost the Best Picture award to Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird remains an enduring cinematic masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriters: Harper Lee, Horton Foote
Universal Pictures
“A moving, mature and socially responsible production which emphatically reveals the power and promise latent in Hollywood and made visible only when its unique resources are properly used.”
Allan Morrison
Jet Magazine
“Atticus Finch is a film hero in a way we don't often think about - resilient, caring, empathetic, loving, dignified, and keen to make a better world.”
Matt Neal
ABC Radio (Australia)
“Peck's performance, in tortoiseshell glasses and a cream linen suit, is mesmerizing and serious.”
Kate Muir
Times (UK)
“I got so much more from this story as an adult, and it's a shame that my adolescent stubbornness kept me from the movie for so many years.”
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
MARCH 13 & 15, 2025
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
(1971)
R | 1 hour 58 minutes
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges), live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy (Cybill Shepherd), while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife, Ruth (Cloris Leachman). As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Producer: Stephen Friedman
Screenwriters: Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Larry McMurtry
Columbia Pictures
“An American classic in every sense.”
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
“The Last Picture Show is a masterpiece. It is not merely the best American movie of a rather dreary year; it is the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane.”
Paul D. Zimmerman
Newsweek
“The Last Picture Show is an exceptional and original work, not so much a movie-movie as a film buff's film, an exercise in regret and a reminder of various losses.”
Charles Champlin
Los Angeles Times