Shattuck Cinemas
2230 Shattuck Avenue,
Berkeley,
CA
94704
2230 Shattuck Avenue,
Berkeley,
CA
94704
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I was fortunate to attend a showing of J Edgar at the Shattuck back in November of 2011. Well maybe not for the movie, but to be able to sit in the cushy reclining seats. It was a pleasure to be in those seats with a well behaved audience, just that movie left a lot to be desired.
I did find the reminding signs about watching your belongings, but then with those whom I encountered walking from the BART to the theatre was a reminder.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m really happy I experienced this theatre, but in future visits to the Bay Area, I won’t go out of my way for it.
According to the box office attendant, the the auditoriums have the following seating capacities:
1 – 145
2 – 145
3 – 116
4 – 119
5 – 54
6 – 54
7 – 61
8 – 61
9 – 40
10 – 60
Total capacity: 855
2005 photo of the Shattuck Cinemas from Tom Spaulding.
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Shattuck Cinemas at night
Here is a March 2009 article about some renovations at the Shattuck:
http://tinyurl.com/74n29l
The theater can be seen in this mini-documentary by Gary Graver, at approximately 4:30 minutes:
http://tinyurl.com/67k2zd
The Shattuck Cinemas in June of 2008.
This is a May 2008 marquee shot.
Here is the website for the Shattuck Cinemas.
I love this theater. Even the smaller theaters (normally show artsy pictures) have curtains and stars on the ceiling. The large Egyptian theater is incredible, and the lobby architecture is very very nice. It may not be antique, but it’s clean and beautiful. Even the bathrooms are nice – they have old movie posters as decorations. There is a large variety of food and drinks too.
Another exterior photo here:–
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Nice photo of the Shattuck Cinemas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adawnphoto/45584482/
The opening date of the Shattuck Cinemas was 25th May 1988.