Dobie Theatre
2025 Guadalupe Street,
Austin,
TX
78705
2025 Guadalupe Street,
Austin,
TX
78705
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The Dobie Theatre was operated by Landmark Theatres since 1999 until it closed in August 2010. The four screen theatre was unique in that each auditorium was done in a specific style, Egyptian, French Tudor, Gargoyle Gothic, and Space Age Art Deco. It is located off the University of Texas campus on the second level of the Dobie Mall.
Since the late-1980’s the Dobie Theatre had been the theatre for independent and art films. The Dobie Theatre was the recipient of many awards such as Best Film Theatre, Best Independent Movie Theatre, Best Movie Programming and Best Local Film Talent Incubator.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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Recent interior views of the Dobie Theater can be seen here and here.
This is a recent night view of the Dobie Theater.
Landmark Theatres website.
According to this article about a new art cinema soon to open in Austin, Landmark will no longer be managing the Dobie in the fall of 2010 and that mall management is looking for a new operator for the theater: View link
Pretty nice inside and out.
The Dobie to close this Sunday. Very sad news.
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Is it still closed?
Bet it is tisloews.
It still looks like its in tact: the lobby is somewhat open to the public (the theaters I imagine are behind a hallway that’s locked. I spent the summer working at UT Austin and had walked through the mall a few times, it’s was pretty dead (then again it was the summer) with a stores appealing to mostly students. I’m wondering if SXSW will call upon the Dobie to provide the space they’ll be losing down at the Alamo South.
I was the GM that closed down the Dobie for Landmark. It was a sad sad day. I still miss it. I tried to save it every way I could with the little time I had, but it was not to be sadly.
The theatre closed in August of 2010.
I know alot of people would love to see something done with the space, but the rent is crazy expensive and without some serious hard work it could fail all over again.