Red Vic Movie House

According to the publication SFist, there is a proposal to turn the former Red Vic into “a food-centric incubator space where budding entrepreneurs and retailers can get their sea legs before moving on to their own commercial kitchens or storefronts”. Story here: http://sfist.com/2011/10/25/red_vic_movie_house_could_become_fo.php

The Red Vic has plans to close with a final screening of Harold and Maude on July 25. If you are in the area, try to get to the theater this month or next for one last time!

I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.

Another photo of the [color=red]Red Vic[/color] can be seen here.

Here is a recent close-up of the Red Vic Movie House.

Sorry no photos from my trip. The exterior didn’t change. But the inside is still great. For a Saturday afternoon, the theater itself was pretty full. I sat in the theatre seats in the middle to truly experience the 3-D.

Before the movie, the filmed messages that the Red Vic shows are nothing sort of awesome. If you attend, you can get your popcorn in a bowl. One of the filmed messages urges you to return your bowl to the counter and throw out your trash or get attacked by the seat monster. Several people joked about it as we were leaving after the movie. It was really a good time. I hope something is playing that Id like to see when I return in November.

This is a recent photo of the Red Vic Movie House.

This is a view of the Red Vic marquee.

The Red Victorian opened July 14, 1980 at 1659 Haight Street (its original address prior to its move to the one listed above). The opening feature was “Casablanca.”

The Red Vic seats 143 people.