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March 20, 2009
Remembering Cinerama (Part 23: Minneapolis)
REMEMBERING CINERAMA
Part 23: MinneapolisThe following is Part Twenty-three 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, film-by-film, historical record of when and where Cinerama and its multi-panel clones were exhibited. The easy-to-reference articles also 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 events took place.
Part 1: New York
Part 2: Chicago
Part 3: San Francisco
Part 4: Houston
Part 5: Washington, D.C.
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: DetroitAnd now… Part 23: Cinerama Presentations in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
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Turkish movie poster site
My name is Deniz Pinar. I’ve started a blog about Turkish Movie Posters beginning with Turkish Fantastic Cinema.
http://turkishposters.blogspot.com/
Vintage movie posters from Turkey: Erotica, Superheroes, Science Fiction, Spy/Bond, Kung-fu/Bruce Lee, Blaxploitation, Monster movies, Horror, Comedy, Spaghetti westerns, Post-Apocaliptica, French cinema, Classics, Exploitation, Turkish sexploitation, Turkish fantastic cinema, Bollywood, Made in Hong Kong, Bad Taste… Some of the posters came with a completely different graphic image in Turkey!
Deniz Pinar
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Science on Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Presents “Night of the Living Dead”
BROOKLINE, MA — Science on Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre takes a dark twist with a presentation of “Night of the Living Dead”, George A. Romero’s 1968 genre-defining zombie horror film on Monday, April 13 at 7:00 pm. This unusual program is the “brainchild” of psychiatrist Steven C. Schlozman, a self-described zombie film fanatic and pop culture enthusiast who will join us before the film to explore the theoretical neuroscience of zombies and the psychological effects they have on others.
What would the brain of a zombie look like? Why are zombies so (physically) unbalanced? Why are they always hungry? Why do normal people, in the absence of being infected, descend to sub-cortical zombie behavior in almost every zombie movie? And just what is it about the concept of the living dead that continually fascinates audiences? Zombie fans will have lots to chew on…
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3 Classic Ghost Films at the Loew’s Jersey Theater - March 27-28, 2009
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Chills In Early Spring
Three Classic Ghost Movies
— Two Screened In Studio Vault Prints!March 27 & 28, 2009
at the
Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre
54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ
Tel: (201) 798-6055 Web: www.loewsjersey.org Email:A Landmark Movie Palace Now Serving as A Not-For-Profit Arts Center
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Loew’s Jersey call for restoration volunteers - Saturday, March 21
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Even as our season of classic films and other events continues, Friends of the Loew’s is moving forward with a number of volunteer projects to improve our Loew’s Jersey Theatre.
So, this coming Saturday …
For weeks, several FOL volunteers have been working to remove decades of old bubble gum from more than two thousand metal seat parts from the Loew’s balcony. It may not sound very glamorous, it is nevertheless very important. Now, the next step is to disassemble those parts. All of this is in preparation for re-painting those parts, re-installing the seats and — FINALLY! — reopening the Loew’s balcony! We need three people to use pneumatic wrenches (the kind you see in auto-repair shops) to remove the bolts and disassemble the parts. It’s not really hard, and no special skills are needed. Come join the Balcony Team at the Loew’s!
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Ventura Film Festival details
VENTURA, CA — The Ventura Film Festival, which was started in 2004 by Jordan Older and his father, has recently concluded its first event of 2009 at the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, California with the Ventura Film Festival “Fun Day” on February 16, 2009 at 2pm.
The Ventura Film Festival is a combination online and traditional film festival requiring all submissions to be uploaded online and submitted via traditional means. The Ventura Film Festival has maintained that one of its main goals is to give a large part of any proceeds to forest and ocean preservation efforts. The Ventura Film Festival features independent films from around the world and from local filmmakers focusing on environmental issues such as forest and ocean preservation, humanitarian issues, surf, skate, extreme/action sports, sports, martial arts, and music films.
The Ventura Film Festival board of directors were present to show their selection of currently received entries for the 2009 Ventura Film Festival. The festival board includes Hollywood film makers Dustin Dean and U.S. Olympian John Godina who is the most decorated shot putter in U.S. athletics history. Ventura Film Festival is a green organization and accepts entries and submissions online at the festival’s official web site, http://venturafilmfestival.org Part of the profits from the Ventura Film Festival will go directly towards environmental issues such as forest and ocean preservation. The “fun day" served as a warm up for the main event of the 2009 Ventura Film Festival which takes place on July 5th.
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March 19, 2009
New Victoria news
PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND —
Hi there,
I have restarted the campaign to save the New Vic from further decay with the ultimate aim of reopening the cinema as a kinda-Cornerhouse affair.
NewVic.
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Plaza Twin movie theater in trouble
BLACKFOOT, ID — After some hard times following an extensive renovation, the end may be near for the Plaza Twin.
Bingham County’s last first-run movie theater could close their doors if business continues to be slow.
A new owner of the Plaza Twin Movie Theater, took over a year ago. He has completely renovated the inside, but a warning from a major movie supplier has him worried about his business' future.
Read the full story at KPVI.
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Single screen theater for Sale
Single screen movie theatre for sale in NW Wisconsin for $105,000. It’s a large auditorium with 262 seats. Good concession area, brenkert bx60 film projector, with parts projector—alpha platter system.
The community is about 2800. We sell tickets for $3. Mostly 2nd run movies…old owner ran 1st run movies and was very successful. I have lost my motivation.
We do really good business with local schools.
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March 18, 2009
Group forms to help neglected RKO Keith’s
FLUSHING, QUEENS, NY — Flushing’s Landmark RKO Keith’s Theatre is once again in the spotlight, an amazing, 23 years after its closure. This is the result of a bursting of the real estate bubble and the formation of a grassroots organization “Friends of the RKO Keith’s Flushing,” which managed to gather an also amazing 1,000+ membership in the first week of its conception.
Formed one short month ago, on the initiative of former Flushing resident and RKO neighbor, Ed Tracey. The group has tapped into a wellspring of interest, extending beyond Flushing’s boundaries, to include former residents and many others, who have attended graduations, dance classes, concerts or saw classic films at the theatre, in addition to current residents who see the potential of this venue. All this suggesting that the former show palace represents something much more than just another inert landmark.
The building located at 135-27 Northern Boulevard, Flushing Queens is now for sale again after the failure by the current owner to develop the site as a 19 story luxury condominium. Faced with the reality of a lasting and depressed real estate market, the survival of any developer is questionable and the sale of this property at a profit is extremely unlikely. Flushing may be left holding a foreclosed property, with little to show for those 23 years of vacancy.