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September 8, 2009
Christie and Time Anateus launch China’s largest commercial D-Cinema deployment
BEIJING, CHINA — Christie, the global leader in visual solutions for entertainment, business and industry, is pleased to announce that Time Antaeus (Time Antaeus) Media Group, a Chinese digital cinema industry leader, has selected Christie as its very important partner for its digital cinema deployment in China. This marks the country’s most extensive commercial effort to install 800 Christie CP2000 series DLP Cinema projectors in select cinemas by the end of 2010. These projectors will be installed together with 800 Time Antaeus Montage CDCS2000 D-Cinema Servers.
After conducting a series of extensive evaluations on the various solutions available, Time Antaeus opted for Christie’s acclaimed CP2000 DLP Cinema projectors based on their superior image quality and reliability. With their excellent brightness, contrast, true color reproduction and product integrity, the Christie CP2000 series projectors are widely popular among theater operators and have won numerous positive reviews from the industry. In addition, Christie’s proven leadership, with a commanding 70% worldwide market share that includes more than 7,500 systems worldwide – as well as an extensive understanding of the cinema industry – also motivated Time Antaeus to select Christie as a partner.
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Century 25 in San Jose becomes the Retro Dome
SAN JOSE, CA — The twin screen former Century 25 theater in San Jose, California has been rechristened the Retro Dome. One of the auditoriums has become a venue for live performances and and the other will be used to screen classic films.
Their enterprise kicks off Friday with “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” — a show they produced in San Francisco and later in San Jose.
Live productions will take place in one of the 40-year-old theater’s two auditoriums; in coming months, they plan to renovate the other auditorium to showcase neoclassic movies like “The Godfather” and serve concessions tied to the show or movie’s theme (cannoli, anyone?).
Read more in the San Jose Mercury News.
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September 4, 2009
Proctor’s rally today
TROY, NY — I heard on the news this morning that there is a rally today at the Proctor’s Theatre to protest the proposed conversion of this theatre into office and retail space. They are going to use a government grant to destroy a beautiful theater which is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. I am headed over there now.
Gregg
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Historic Park Theatre hosts its 4th Annual Film Festival
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.
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City shutters Columbus Theatre for code violations
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Columbus Theatre was shut down suddenly by the City of Providence on Tuesday, August 25 due to code violations uncovered by a deputy fire marshal. The inspection was triggered by a complaint from a parent of a contestant in a beauty pageant held at the theater the preceding weekend. Other businesses in the building have been allowed to remain open.
Among the violations cited were a fire suppression system that does not meet the current code, electrical deficiencies, storage of paint cans and “other items” in the basement, at least one broken door, and missing exterior decorative tiles. The theater is still waiting for the full list of violations. The cost of the fire suppression system alone is estimated at more than $100,000. As a result of the closure, at least four events, including two film festivals, have been forced to find alternate venues.
For the complete story, read The Providence Journal, 8/28/09.
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Smadar possibly to be owned by movie-goers
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — The Smadar Theater in Jerusalem’s German Colony neighborhood is going to be closed. Will it end up as yet another luxury building site?
Last week hundreds of devoted movie-goers offered to buy the place, each one will pay $1000 per share, and keep Smadar opened. Their hope is that city council will declare Smadar a site for preservation.Thousands already signed a petition.
“There is a huge response because people don’t want to lose the fabric of their identity, which is their pride and an important part of daily life. People don’t want this to be taken away from them in favor of economic real estate initiatives. They want a share in designing the place they live in, and I believe this is wonderful.”
Read more at Ynet.
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Dickinson Theatres “Fall Back Movie Specials”
$5.00 Tickets Monday-Thursday
~ All Seats ~ All Shows ~ All Day ~
3D Presentation Extra$5.00 Combo Monday-Thursday
Medium Popcorn and Medium Soft Drink
Including free refillsTuesdays are “BYOB"
Bring your own bowl for
Free Popcorn with Unlimited RefillsDickinson is running this special for all of their Kansas City area theaters.
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September 3, 2009
Complete 35MM package for sale
We are selling a complete 35MM package, everything except the screen. The asking price is $12,000.00 delivered to your door.
- Kelmar FM-35 Component Engineering Failsafe
- Century Projector C
- ST-500 5 Tier platter system with Makeup Table
- Century Sound Head R5
- Sony DFP-D2000 Digital/Analog processor
- Sony DFR-D2000 Digital/Analog film reader
- Kelmar electric automated changeover
- Xetron 1000 Lamphouse with power supply
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Reflections on the influence of “The Wizard of Oz”
As noted in an earlier posting here on Cinema Treasures, the “Wizard of Oz” will be shown in over 400 theaters on September 23 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of its original release. In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, Ray Harryhausen, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Zack Snyder and others reflect on the iconic film’s influence and legacy.
That may sound like a lot of attention for an artifact from the FDR administration, but there’s a timeless quality to the cinematic adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel that still transports new generations over the rainbow. The movie remains an essential reference point — this December in James Cameron’s much-ballyhooed sci-fi epic “Avatar,” for instance, when the main character arrives on a dazzling jungle planet, moviegoers will hear a familiar line: “You’re not in Kansas anymore.” Cameron chuckled when asked about the line. “Yeah, it’s my favorite movie; I had to get it in there somewhere,” he said. Cameron is not alone in his ongoing romance with “Oz.” To mark the anniversary, The Times interviewed creators in film, television, music and books who have never wearied of the cinematic trip down the yellow brick road.
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Financing sought to re-open theater in San Bernardino
SAN BERNARDINO, CA — The city council has approved a loan application to The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to enable Maya Cinemas to re-open the 20-screen multiplex in downtown San Bernardino, CA formerly operated by CinemaStar. The plan would remodel the facility and add an IMAX screen.
In April, a City Council majority voted to let the EDA apply to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to borrow $9 million to finance Maya Cinemas' project.
The money would have been borrowed against San Bernardino’s future allotments of Community Development Block Grants in what’s called a Section 108 loan.
In May, the council voted to extend the deadline for Maya Cinemas to complete the first phase of its project to Dec. 31.
Read the story here in the San Bernardino County Sun.