Events for The Paramount Theatre

Turk Pipkin & Kinky Friedman: Two Gentleman of Bologna

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Doors/Bar @ 7 pm | Show @ 8 pm
The Paramount Theatre
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These two local legends take turns with satirical and insightful perspectives taken from some of their more outrageous and moving magazine, editorial and book excerpts.

Dave Attell

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Dave Attell is one of the dirtiest, riskiest, yet sharp-witted comedians on the scene today. His popularity skyrocketed when he joined The Daily Show in 1999 as host of a regular segment called "The Ugly American", and then again when he developed the hugely popular Comedy Central series Insomniac. As a stand-up comic, he doesn't censor himself or think about what may be offensive, all he wants to do is tell a good joke. The comedian is currently touring to promote Comedy Central's remake of The Gong Show, which he hosts.

Suessical

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0500

Shows @ 2 & 4:30 pm
The Paramount Theatre
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"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters and stories hit the stage in this unforgettable musical adventure by Broadway veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens.

Cardinals w/ Ryan Adams, Neal Casal, Chris Feinstein, Jon Graboff & Brad Pemberton

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

The infinitely prolific musician Ryan Adams began assembling the Cardinals for the breakout double-disc album Cold Roses in 2005. Since that recording, Adams and his flock of Cardinals have created a whopping six albums, the latest of which, Cardinology, will hit stores at the end of October. The band's recent stint as an opening act for Oasis has put them on another level, and their live performances are reportedly epic. See it for yourself at The Paramount Theatre on Monday night.

The Magnetic Fields

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Doors/Bar @ 7 pm | Show @ 8 pm

Known worldwide for a mixture of sounds, styles, & moods, The Magnetic Fields' music ranges from exuberant blasts of power-pop noise, to electro-country meditations, to euro-pop. Only using a modest number of instruments, with no synthesizers, composer and producer Stephin Merritt creates a textural wall of sound underlying clever lyrics about love, loss & desire. For a musical group who “only plays in theatrical venues where the red velvet chairs remind people to be quiet,” there couldn’t be a more perfect venue than the historic Paramount Theatre.

Max Payne

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0500

15th annual Austin Film Festival Presents:
MAX PAYNE

Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

Individual tickets ($9) available 30 minutes prior to screening at theatre if capacity allows.
Film Passes ($42) available online or at 512-478-4795 for entry into ALL 190+ AFF Film screenings ahead of individual ticket-holders.

W.

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Writer: Stanley Weiser
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Thandie Newton, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell, Toby Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Ellen Burstyn, Rob Corddry, Scott Glenn

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone (2007 AFF Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Recipient) is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. W. takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

SLUMDOG MILLIONARE

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:30:00 -0500

Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Director: Danny Boyle (in attendance)
Cast: Dev Patel, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan
Regional Premiere

The story follows an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning it all on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Austin Film Festival presents DANNY BOYLE PRESENTS... SHALLOW GRAVE

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0500

Writer: John Hodge
Director: Danny Boyle (in attendance)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, Keith Allen

Three friends discover their new flat mate dead but loaded with cash.

Adam Resurrected

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:30:00 -0500

IN A WORLD GONE MAD, GOING INSANE WAS JUST A WAY TO FIT IN.

15th annual Austin Film Festival Presents:
ADAM RESURRECTED
Director: Paul Schrader | Writers: Noah Stollman
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Ayelet Zurer

Adapted from the novel, ADAM RESURRECTED is a searing journey through the post-WWII psyche that illuminates the indistinct lines between freedom and captivity, truth and artifice, tragedy and comedy.

At the center of the story is Adam Stein, once a popular German cabaret star who now, in the early 1960s, is living in a very different kind of three-ring circus: an experimental insane asylum in the Negev Desert in Israel. Brilliant, manipulative, exquisitely talented and exuberantly free-spirited, Adam outsmarts his doctor, rebelliously leads his fellow patients, philanders with the institutions ravishing nurse and resists all attempts at a cure. But when Adam encounters a young boy, it sparks powerful memories of the events that shattered Adam when his own identity was blurred by a Nazi commandant.

Individual tickets ($9) available 30 minutes prior to screening at theatre if capacity allows.
Film Passes ($42) available online or at 512-478-4795 for entry into ALL 190+ AFF Film screenings ahead of individual ticket-holders.

Austin Film Festival presents VISIONEERS

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:15:00 -0500

Writer: Brandon Drake
Director: Jared Drake
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, James LeGros, D.W. Moffet, Judy Greer, Missi Pyle
Regional Premiere

When people around him begin to spontaneously explode, George tries to ignore them, like the rest of the population. But as the epidemic increases, he is told by his doctor that the dreams he’s having are the first symptom.

Austin Film Festival presents WENDY & LUCY

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Director: Kelly Reichardt
Writers: Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Larry Fessenden, Will Oldham
Regional Premiere

A woman’s life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. Her car breaks down, her dog is taken to the pound and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions.

Austin Film Festival presents SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:30:00 -0500

Writer/Director: Charlie Kaufman (in attendance)
Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Catherine Keener
Regional Premiere

A theater director (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play. Directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman (writer of “Being John Malkovich” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”)

Austin Film Festival presents THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Writer/Director: Sean McGinly
Cast: Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Ricky Jay, Griffin Dunne, Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt
Regional Premiere

A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.

Austin Film Festival presents TWO LOVERS

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0500

Writers: James Gray, Richard Menello
Director: James Gray (in attendance)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Elias Koteas, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini

A depressed young man’s life is turned around after he moves back in with his parents in Brooklyn and two women enter it a beautiful volatile neighbor trapped in an affair and the lovely daughter of a close family friend. The third film from the actor/director team of Phoenix & Gray following the acclaimed We Own the Night and The Yards (which screened at AFF 2000). e new assistant to an illusionist in decline.

Mo Rocca

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Doors/Bar @ 7 pm | Show @ 8 pm
The Paramount Theatre
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Contributor to the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood,” and NPR, Mo is known for his off-beat news reports and satirical commentary sure to be at its height in this election year.

KGSR Presents Ray LaMontagne w/ Leona Naess

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Ray LaMontagne's blue-collar work ethic has brought him a long way from Lewistown, Maine, where he woke up one morning to Stephen Stills playing on the radio and decided - in that moment - that he was going to be a singer-songwriter. With a relevance to the working man of America that makes him all that more inspiring in these troubled times of war and economic uncertainty, LaMontagne's latest album, "Gossip in The Grain," promises to be a work of honesty, unity, and craftsmanship unheard since the last time a hardworking man began to talk of the times a-changin.

Sweeny Todd - A Musical Thriller

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Doors/Bar @ 7 pm | Show @ 8 pm

This over-the-top production is the live experience of the musical that inspired the Tim Burton and Johnny Depp movie. When the infamous demon barber takes up with his crafty neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, the two embark on a delicious plot to slice their way through London’s upper crust. Justice is served—along with lush melody, audacious humor and hair-raising excitement.

K.D. Lang

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:00:00 -0600

Dame Edna

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0600

This Broadway legend and Tony winner is simply hilarious as she takes the stage with her lilac-colored hair (which she claims is natural) and over-the-top eyeglasses.

Rockapella

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0600

Often imitated; never duplicated, this certifiably unique pop musical group has taken the previously stodgy music genre of a cappella and brought it full-force into the 21st century.

VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR & Other Eric Carle Favorites

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0600

Retold on stage in black light, The Very Hungry Caterpillar follows the wonderful adventures of a very tiny and very hungry caterpillar that progresses through an amazing variety of foods towards his eventual metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly.

Shows @ 2 & 4:30 pm

TUNA DOES VEGAS

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0600

They’re back…starring the incomparable duo Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, Tuna Does Vegas re-unites the lovable and eccentric characters from the ‘third smallest town in Texas’ as they take a rambling romp in Sin City.

Tues - Fri 8 pm, Sat 2 & 8 pm, Sun 2 & 7:30 pm

JIm Gaffigan "The Sexy Tour"

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:00:00 -0600

Shows Friday and Saturday at 7 & 10pm

Comedy Central Live will be taping this performance of well-known comedian Jim Gaffigan! A star of television and film, Gaffigan’s clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His recent one-hour Comedy Central Special, Beyond the Pale, has catapulted Gaffigan to be one of the most popular touring and recorded comedians in the country today.

GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0600

The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.
* Majestic Series Subscribers must attend the 4 pm showing

Shows @ 4 & 7:30 pm*