CineArts 5 at Pleasant Hill
2314 Monument Boulevard,
Pleasant Hill,
CA
94523
2314 Monument Boulevard,
Pleasant Hill,
CA
94523
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Century Theatres
Architects: Vincent G. Raney
Previous Names: Century 21, Century 5
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News About This Theater
- Feb 22, 2014 — The 'dome' remembered
- Apr 15, 2013 — Fans of Pleasant Hill's 'dome' movie theater file appeal to stop demolition
- Mar 16, 2013 — Film buffs try to save Pleasant Hill's 'dome' movie theater
- Dec 9, 2012 — Pleasant Hill's domed theater may soon be history
- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
- Oct 15, 2009 — The Contra Costa International Jewish Film Festival
- Dec 21, 2007 — Update: One of the few Dimension 150 Theaters left.....
- Apr 26, 2004 — New Effort To Preserve The Dome
- Nov 24, 2003 — Pleasant Hill Officials Say Dome Is Out With The Old
Built in 1966 with a giant curved screen, this Dimension-150 theater was opened as the Century 21 on February 21, 1967. It expanded to a five screen multiplex in December 25, 1973.
Although the original domed auditorium is still intact, the screen has been changed to a standard flat replacement. The CineArts showed primarily art house films and is one of a dwindling number of domed movie houses in the country. It was closed on April 21, 2013 and was demolished at the beginning of May 2013.
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Mark it as demolished, please. Happening right now. :(
Man they didn’t waste any time :(
I remember the Century dome theatre at the Cross Road Shopping Center,(Monument and Buskirk)it was gigantic in side and a huge screen. Back in 1975 I watched ‘Jaws’ there with my brother for the first time and in ‘79’ saw ‘Apocalypse Now’ then afterwards going to Leatherby’s creamery to get a Banana Split with my girlfriend. The shopping center had a bunch of stores to like Montgomery Wards and Thirfty’s. Will never be the same not seeing the art house dome anymore while driving to work.
Now there’s a Dick’s Sporting Goods in its place. It makes it look just like every other off-highway shopping center.
Sometime between December 21st and 28th of 1973 the Century theatre expanded from (1) screen to (5) screens. These were the films that were playing:
1) Papillon (playing in the dome)
2) Ash Wednesday (with co-feature Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
3) American Graffiti
4) Paper Moon (with co-feature Harold & Maude)
5) The Sting
On or around December 20th 1974 the Century theatres opened a major motion picture into multi-theatres. Although this is standard practice today, I believe this was the first time the Century theatres had done it. Here are the films that were playing:
1) The Trial of Billy Jack (with co-feature Five Easy Pieces)
2) The Towering Inferno
3) The Towering Inferno
4) The Towering Inferno
5) Earthquake
During the week of December 20th 1976 the Century theatres held a special sneak preview of the Peter Bogdanovich film NICKELODEON. Price of admission for one was just a nickel (I believe all the proceedings went to charity).
The 4-screen addition opened on 12/25/1973
Saw so many movies there. Even continued when they would play mainstream new releases, after converting to an art house, simply because it was the largest screen in the area. I saw a lot of movies in the smaller theaters, behind the Dome, too, but those auditoriums, frankly, were mostly sub-par. Sad to see the Dome go.
The Century 21 opened on February 21st, 1967. Grand opening ad posted.
1973 grand opening ad also posted.
Another ad:
Century 22, 23, 24 and 25 opening 25 Dec 1973, Tue Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) Newspapers.com