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The Peasants
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
From the directors of Loving Vincent, The Peasants is a cinematic pageant about a 19th-century Polish village where a beautiful maiden marries a widowed landowner while nursing a burning love for his son.
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Winner of 5 Academy Awards, Kramer vs. Kramer is a ground- breaking drama about the heartbreak of divorce and the struggle between work and family. It is a film of rare emotional insight, of painful images and of questions without answers.
The Sweet East
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
In this sprawling celebration (or indictment… you be the judge!) of American counterculture, teenage Lillian is separated from her schoolmates only to find herself on a trip that encounters the woods, the radicals, the cities, and the avant-garde.
Easy Rider (1969)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Easy Rider shows the real and metaphorical journey of two bikers (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) as they travel from Los Angeles to Florida. Along the way, they realize the fabric of 1960s American culture is so fundamentally flawed.
Hundreds of Beavers
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
Nostalghia (1983)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Filmed in Italy while isolated from his native Russia, Andrei Tarkovsky’s NOSTALGHIA is a brooding, darkly poetic vision of exile. Drenched with homesickness, this mystical collision of cultures is shot with a beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide.
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The film that turned Bob Rafelson into the leader of the so-called American New Wave, the film that established Jack Nicholson as the prime actor of his generation, and a beautiful lesson in cinematography by László Kovács.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Long unavailable for theatrical screenings, and still not on any streaming service, George Romero’s masterpiece of zombie horror returns to the big screen to celebrate its 45th anniversary, blocks away from the first US premiere here in Pittsburgh!
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Peter Bogdanovich helped usher in the New Hollywood era with this breathtakingly-assured coming-of-age drama. The black and white cinematography shimmers with life and the film is teeming with sharp, atmospheric details and even sharper dialogue.
Taxi Driver (1976)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Winner of the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, TAXI DRIVER stars Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's classic film of a psychotic New York cabbie driven to violence by desperation.

Coming Soon

Mark your calendar with these upcoming Harris Theater screenings.  

Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World Poster 

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
April 13-17

    
Bushman Poster 

Bushman
April 15-18

    
The Beast Poster 

The Beast
April 19 - May 2

    
The People's Joker poster 

The People's Joker
May 4, 5, 9

    

    

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About The Harris Theater

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Harris Theater is one of the most active arts facilities in the region showing art films nearly every day of the year.

Formerly known as the Art Cinema, the Harris Theater represents a milestone in the redevelopment of Liberty Avenue. The Art Cinema was the first moving picture house in Pittsburgh to commercially show art movies until competition from other city theaters led to its conversion to an adult movie house in the 1960s. As part of its mission to transform the Cultural District, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust purchased and restored the facility leading to further conversions of run-down properties along the Liberty Avenue corridor. With a total of 194 seats, including a fully restored balcony, the Harris Theater officially opened to the public for movies and live performances on November 9, 1995. The theater is one of the few that has retained 35mm film projectors that are utilized regularly.

The Harris was named through a gift from the Buhl Foundation after John P. Harris, co-founder of the Nickelodeon—the first theater solely dedicated to the showing of motion pictures—and a Pennsylvania State Senator. The Harris Theater features contemporary, foreign, and classic films.

Films For All

The Harris Theater has installed the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description to patrons for digital films that offer these features. Films with captioning and audio description available will be noted when available.

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Concessions

Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.

Directions

The address is 809 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Call the Harris directly at 412-930-8053.


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