LOS ANGELES, CA --Saturday, 9/26, - Free Tours of the Million Dollar and Morosco (Club 740) Theatres

Broadway Theatre History Review
Program begins at 11 am, Million Dollar Theatre (3rd & Broadway)

The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation (www.lahtf.org) celebrates the first year of our popular All About… theatre docu-tours on Saturday, September 26, 11am, at the Million Dollar Theatre at 3rd & Broadway. Admission is free and the public is invited. 

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In spite of all the buzz about digital projection, with many predicting the imminent demise of traditional film projection, this year’s Charlotte Film Festival will be deliberately emphasizing 35mm film to provide attendees with what this article in the Charlotte Observer calls “a different viewing experience:”

Let’s say that with emphasis: It’s showing films. Not digital entries that can be tossed up onto any screen, but 35mm pictures that have to be projected in traditional movie theaters.

Partnerships were the key to this quantum leap forward.

The film festival convinced EpiCentre Theaters and Regal’s Park Terrace Cinemas to provide a different viewing experience. The festival strengthened its bond with Queens University of Charlotte, which hosts eight workshops

Read more in the Charlotte Observer.

GRASS VALLEY, CA — The Del Oro Theater is currently running a series of classic films to raise funds to complete the creation of wall murals reflecting the town’s mining history. The theater was built in 1940.

Getz said he is confident the money will be raised to complete the project, which has been in the works since the design was unveiled in March 2007.

In the last week, the mural’s artist, John Pugh, has added another strip of the painting. Pugh has been working in bursts and during the night to get the project done, but there is no estimated date of completion, Getz said.

Read more in in The Union and at the theater’s website.

BROOKLINE, MA — The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a brand-new season of its popular Science on Screen series on Monday, Sep. 21 at 7 pm with a presentation of the Boston-based medical thriller “Coma” and a pre-screening talk by special guest Robin Cook, MD, author of the best-selling novel of the same name.

Something is not quite right at Boston Memorial Hospital. When her best friend falls into a coma after a routine operation, surgical resident Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) does some digging, and discovers that many other patients, all young and relatively healthy, have met the same fate.  She digs deeper, but her obsession with finding answers only antagonizes her superiors and alienates her ambitious boyfriend, Dr. Mark Bellows (Michael Douglas), who is reluctant to believe her suspicions of foul play.  The tension builds as Dr. Wheeler’s investigation leads her to a mysterious facility where she witnesses comatose bodies suspended on wires in a computer-controlled environment – and uncovers a chilling link to the black-market trade in human organs.

Before the film, Dr. Cook will discuss some of the medical and ethical issues portrayed in “Coma” and how those issues still resonate today.  Widely credited as the master of the medical thriller, Dr. Cook continues to dominate the category he helped create.  Since the publication of “Coma” in 1977, he has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce a succession of 27 New York Times bestsellers that have been translated into 40 languages. In addition to “Coma”, numerous feature films, television movies, and mini-series have been made from his work. 

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FLINT, MI — To top off a successful season for the US 23 Drive-in Theatre under its new management, they will open the Nightmare Castle on Friday, September 25. Details can be found at http://www.nightmarecastle.com. The drive-in is now open weekends only. They will have their final Customer Appreciation Weekend on Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 when admission will be $5.00. For the Nightmare Castle shows, admission will be $15 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under which includes the movie show and the Nightmare Castle attraction. The final Nightmare Castle show will be on Halloween night after which the drive-in will close for the season.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Celebrating its 11th year, the Newport Beach Film Festival is open for submissions. Take advantage of our Early Bird Deadline and save.

The 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 350 films from around the world, including feature length narrative, documentary, short, animated and student films that will compete for a series of Jury, Festival Honors and Audience Awards. The 2010 NBFF will host red carpet Opening and Closing Night Gala Celebrations, International Spotlight events, an Action Sports Film Series, an Environmental Film Series, a Family Film Series, a Collegiate Showcase, a Youth Film Showcase and a free Seminar Series.

The Festival runs from April 22nd to April 29th, 2010.

Newport Beach Film Festival
April 22 – 29, 2010

NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.
SUBMIT NOW AND SAVE!

www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com

LUMBERTON, NC — The Carolina Civic Center, born in 1928 as the Carolina Theater, is now showing a series of classic films in addition to its other programming.

The movie is part of the “Gotta See It on the Big Screen’’ fall series. The purpose of the series, he said, is to show classic movies the way they should be seen - on the big screen.

“These are films that television screens don’t do justice,” said Sceiford, the center’s executive director.

Read the story in the Fayette Observer.

In connection with the premiere of its animated film, “The Princess and the Frog,” the Disney Studio will invite the public in from November 25-Dec. 13 to see the film at newly renovated theater on-site. The premiere will also be held simultaneously at the Ziegfield Theatre in New York.

In celebration of Disney`s newest animated musical “The Princess and The Frog,” Walt Disney Studios is opening its Burbank gates to the public for a once-in-a-lifetime advance special engagement, welcoming Disney fans to experience its newest animated musical comedy Nov. 25-Dec. 13, 2009. The advance special engagement will also be featured in Clearview’s historic Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Following the film, fans on both coasts will also be treated to The Ultimate Disney Experience, an exciting extravaganza that will feature-for the first time ever-all nine of the Disney princesses (including the film’s Princess Tiana, Disney’s newest princess), as well as exciting Bayou games, movie archives, how-to presentations from Disney animators, Studio tours (for L.A. guests) and more. Tickets went on sale at midnight last night.

Read more in at Reuters.

ESTES PARK, CO — The 4th Annual Estes Park Film Festival will take place September 17-20 at the Historic Park Theatre in downtown Estes Park, Colorado. Built in 1913, the Park Theatre is the oldest operating movie theatre west of the Mississippi and is on the national register of historic places. Filmmakers from all over the world will travel to Estes Park to showcase their latest independent feature-length films, documentaries, and short films in one of Colorado’s historic cinematic landmarks. 

For a complete schedule of film screenings, parties, and panel discussions visit the official website or call 970-231-2580.

CHICAGO, IL — The most noted films of the Star Trek Series will be on the big screen again at the Portage Theater September 4th and 5th. “The Wrath of Kahn” & “The Search For Spock” will be shown for these two days as double features and in there 35mm format. Part of the proceeds for this event will be donated to the theater for help in there ongoing restoration of this historic sight.

I invite you to come and have a good time and experience theater as it should be.
http://startrekchicago.com/
www.portagetheater.org/