Summer Classics

The 33rd annual Summer Classics movie series is presented by Bank of America, series sponsor since 2015. This year’s time-honored collection also has the distinction of each title being included in the National Film Registry as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films”.

Additional support is provided by WEDU PBS.

Tampa Theatre film programming is made possible in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, and by Publix Super Markets Charities.

Summer Classics

Do The Right Thing

Sunday, July 28

Mookie (Spike Lee) delivers pizzas for Sal Fragione (Danny Aiello) in the predominantly Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He and Sal’s younger son, Vito (Richard Edson), are friends, despite the racist reaction…

Sunday, July 28

3:00pm

Summer Classics

The Princess Bride

Sunday, Aug. 4

Once upon a time, a grandfather is reading his favorite book to his largely disinterested grandson (played a young Fred Savage). The story, he promises, has everything – “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases.…

Sunday, August 04

3:00pm

Summer Classics

Chinatown

Sunday, Aug. 11

Set in 1930s Los Angeles, Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir Chinatown follows private investigator J.J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson) as he delves into a web of corruption, deceit, and murder surrounding the water rights of the…

Sunday, August 11

3:00pm

Summer Classics

Casablanca

Sunday, Aug. 18

Casablanca lands so routinely in listings of the top two or three movies of all time, it’s become almost boring to call it great. It’s the definition of a Hollywood masterpiece. The scenes and the…

Sunday, August 18

3:00pm

Summer Classics

The Silent Clowns

Sunday, Aug. 25

Come experience time travel at Tampa Theatre as Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ underscores an afternoon of silent comedy classics from the genre’s all-time masters with all-new original musical accompaniment written and performed live by the…

Sunday, August 25

3:00pm