AUBURN – Andrew Poore hopes to reintroduce a dozen movie classics to Flagship Cinemas’ giant screen.

“I’ve never seen these on the big screen,” Poore said, nodding to a calendar that includes “Casablanca,” “The Godfather” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

A surprising number of young people have missed them entirely.

Some of the 16- and 17-year-olds who work in the theater have never seen “Jaws” or “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.”

“They just hear that something is 30 years old and might have poor special effects when compared to today’s movies,” Poore said.

They are missing unforgettable movie experiences, he said.

The concept grew out of a tribute Poore kicked off last fall, after screen legend Paul Newman died.

For a week, he showed “The Sting.” There was little publicity for the showing of the Oscar-winning film. However, about 150 people came out.

“It made me think that there might be a market for this sort of thing,” Poore said. He consulted with staffers from the cinema chain’s 11 theaters and came up with a yearlong schedule. The plan is to show a classic film for one week each month.

Up first: Robert Wise’s 1965 Oscar winner for Best Picture: “The Sound of Music.”

The Flagship Cinemas’ director of operations plans to run each film for seven days, in both a matinee and an early evening show.

By offering several showtimes over several days, he hopes to give people every opportunity to see the films.

Locally, the classics will be shown only at Flagship’s Auburn theater. Outside the area, the movies will be screened in Thomaston; Derry, N.H.; New Bedford, Mass.; and Homestead, Fla.

In each case, the films will be digitally projected from the best available DVD. For all but two of the films, the source DVD will be in high definition.

“People can see all of the films at home,” Poore said. “It’s not the same, though.”