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August 10, 2009
New drive-in theater to open in Goochland County, Virginia
As mentioned earlier this year, a new drive-in is scheduled to open in Goochland County, Virginia (between Richmond and Charlottesville) later this month:
The drive-in theater in Goochland is under construction now and is scheduled to be opened this month.
The location in Goochland County is a perfect location for both Richmond and Charlottesville families.
The drive in theater will also host classic car shows, a kids' playground, retro movie nights and community oriented events.
Read the full story in the Examiner.
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Director John Hughes - Don’t You Forget About Him.
There was a time in the world of movies, somewhere between 1984 and 1989 when director John Hughes ruled the screens. With a successful string of theatrical hits like “Sixteen Candles”, “Weird Science”, “The Breakfast Club”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “Planes Trains & Automobiles” and “Uncle Buck”, his films not only addressed and embraced the rather tedious social lives of young people, but also brought a new degree of fun to screen comedy. Several of his films ushered in the era of the “Brat Pack” in the 1980s, which included young stars like Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall.
I was saddened to hear that John Hughes died of a heart attack in New York City last Thursday August 6, 2009 – this following what has seemed like an unfortunate string of celebrity deaths this summer, including Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson (both of them on the same day, no less).
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Capital 4 Theater merge plan
JEFFERSON CITY, MO — According to this story, the Capital 4 Theater will be closed on August 27, 2009 and its operation “merged” into a revamped Capital 8 which is nearby.
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August 7, 2009
“MAD, MAD WORLD” screening at Cinerama Dome
HOLLYWOOD, CA — Stanley Kramer’s “IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD MAD, WORLD” is scheduled for a single performance Monday August 24, 2009 at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood in the historic Cinerama Dome. “MAD WORLD” will be presented in 70mm Ultra-Panavision with the original sound configuration of 5 stage channels and mono surround.
Starring a virtual who’s funny in Hollywood, “MAD WORLD” played a record 66 weeks at the Cinerama Dome.This print, struck in 2003 runs 176 minutes including the police radio calls during intermission. This is the most complete print of “MAD WORLD” available.
When the film premiered on November 7, 1963 at the Cinerama Dome, the running time was over 200 minutes. 2 weeks into the run editors from United Artists came to The Dome and Warners Cinerama in NYC and cut almost 30 minutes out of the prints. Then back at the studio, they cut the negative to reflect the cuts made at the two theatres. Although extensive searches have be made throughout the years, the cut footage has never been found. This was actually a common practice in the 1960’s with films including “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA,” “CLEOPATRA” “2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.”
Tickets are available on line at http://www.arclightcinemas.com or at the theatre boxoffice.
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Music Hall celebrates 90th
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA —
Tuesday, August 18
The Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenue [east of Broadview], 416-778-8163
Doors Open at 7: pm
Plaque Presentation at 7:30 pm
Silent Film Presentation at 8:pm [1 hour]
Tickets $1.00 Available in advance, at the Music Hall box office,
or at the door.Read more at the Riverdale Historical Society.
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August 6, 2009
Plaza de Oro Theatre undergoing auditorium renovations
SANTA BARBARA, CA — Metropolitan Theaters Corp. has announced it will be performing auditorium renovations at its Plaza de Oro location, the theater will remain open during the renovation period, but will have one of its two auditoriums closed for renovation at any given time. At the time of this post, the renovation work is 50% complete, and work has just begun on the final auditorium.
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Regal Cinema Grimsby re-opening
GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND — The classic Odeon Grimsby is set to reopen as the Regal.
Mr Harris said: “We’ve been working behind the scenes for weeks. The building has been extensively refurbished and renovated.
“Both my son and I have been involved in the cinema industry for a long time.
“The ticket prices have been set low at £4 for under 12s and £5 for over 12s, on purpose and we are also going to be selling our sweets at very reasonable prices.
“Unlike many empty cinemas, it was fully equipped, and the work we had to do was simply finishing touches.
Read the full story in This is Grimsby.
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August 5, 2009
Remembering Cinerama (Part 37: Toledo)
REMEMBERING CINERAMA
Part 37: ToledoThe following is Part Thirty-Seven in a series of retrospectives on Cinerama, the legendary motion picture process that kicked off the widescreen revolution. The series focuses on providing a market-by-market historical record of when and where Cinerama and its multi-panel clones were exhibited. The easy-to-reference articles serve to provide nostalgia to those who experienced the Cinerama presentations when they were new and to highlight the movie palaces in which the memorable screenings took place.
Part 1: New York City
Part 2: Chicago
Part 3: San Francisco
Part 4: Houston
Part 5: Washington, DC
Part 6: Los Angeles
Part 7: Atlanta
Part 8: San Diego
Part 9: Dallas
Part 10: Oklahoma City
Part 11: Syracuse
Part 12: Toronto
Part 13: Columbus
Part 14: Montreal
Part 15: Northern New Jersey
Part 16: Charlotte
Part 17: Vancouver
Part 18: Salt Lake City
Part 19: Boston
Part 20: Philadelphia
Part 21: Fresno
Part 22: Detroit
Part 23: Minneapolis
Part 24: Albuquerque
Part 25: El Paso
Part 26: Des Moines
Part 27: Miami
Part 28: Orange County
Part 29: Pittsburgh
Part 30: Baltimore
Part 31: Long Island
Part 32: Kansas City
Part 33: Milwaukee
Part 34: Nanuet/Rockland County
Part 35: Denver
Part 36: WorcesterAnd now… Part 37: Cinerama Presentations in Toledo, Ohio.
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Promotion causes spike in Tuesday moviegoing
Some theaters in New Jersey are cashing in on a partnership with a local cable company that’s suddenly selling out screenings, on Tuesdays.
As a way to get people to switch to its Triple Play option of phone, cable and internet services —or keep customers from defecting to rival FiOS — Cablevision began offering a rewards card that included two free movie tickets a week. The tickets were only good at Clearview Cinemas, a Cablevision subsidiary, and valid only on Tuesdays.
Clearview officials won’t say how much attendance has increased, but on recent Tuesday nights in towns like Madison, Parsippany and Red Bank, the lines of moviegoers spilled onto the sidewalk. Popular films at theaters in some towns routinely sell out — almost unheard of before.
Read the full story in the Star-Ledger.
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August 4, 2009
Candlelight vigil at Islip Theater
ISLIP, NY — Tonight at 7:30PM in front of the Islip Theater there will be a candlelight vigil to show support for saving the theatre.
More info and the petition for the cause is available here.