Regency Village Theatre
961 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
961 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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As a projectionist of almost 33 years, some of these titles bring back memories. I remember running many of the above titles as a “co-feature” in some of the “dollar houses” I started out in. Great movie line-up above Mike, and a great time in the movie industry as well. Wish I could go back in time.
VILLAGE: The 1970s
National General Corporation (NGC): 1970-73
Mann Theatres: 1973-79
RE = Re-Issue/Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of an engagement from another theater)
RPE = Reserved-Performance “Roadshow†Engagement
02.06.1970 … THE HAPPY ENDING (4 weeks)
03.04.1970 … THE KREMLIN LETTER (5 weeks)
04.10.1970 … HALLS OF ANGER (2 weeks)
04.24.1970 … TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE (6 weeks)
06.03.1970 … THE LANDLORD (7 weeks)
07.22.1970 … COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (4 weeks)
08.19.1970 … LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (17 weeks)
12.16.1970 … HUSBANDS (1 week for Oscar consideration)
12.25.1970 … LOVE STORY (26 weeks)
06.23.1971 … PLAZA SUITE (6 weeks)
08.04.1971 … THE LAST RUN (6 weeks)
09.15.1971 … JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (5 weeks)
10.20.1971 … T.R. BASKIN (8 weeks)
12.15.1971 … MACBETH (1 week for Oscar consideration)
12.22.1971 … HAROLD AND MAUDE (3 weeks)
01.12.1972 … SUCH GOOD FRIENDS (4 weeks)
02.10.1972 … MADE FOR EACH OTHER (6 weeks)
03.22.1972 … THE GODFATHER (16 weeks)
07.12.1972 … PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT (6 weeks)
08.23.1972 … THE HERO (1 week)
09.01.1972 … ULYSSES (RE, 2 weeks)
09.13.1972 … THE GODFATHER (RE, 1 week)
09.20.1972 … THE GODFATHER / THE BOSTON STRANGLER (RE, 1 week)
09.27.1972 … THE FRENCH CONNECTION / MAS*H (RE, 1 week)
10.04.1972 … HICKEY & BOGGS / RETURN OF SABATA (1 week)
10.11.1972 … CANCEL MY RESERVATION (1 week)
10.18.1972 … HEAT (4 weeks)
11.15.1972 … RAINBOW BRIDGE (3 weeks)
12.06.1972 … THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (2 weeks)
12.22.1972 … AVANTI! (7 weeks)
02.07.1973 … STEELYARD BLUES (4 weeks)
03.07.1973 … THE LONG GOODBYE (3 weeks)
03.28.1973 … BAXTER (2 weeks)
04.11.1973 … THE EMIGRANTS (1 week)
04.18.1973 … THEATRE OF BLOOD (2 weeks)
05.02.1973 … CABARET / THE BOY FRIEND (RE, 1 week)
05.09.1973 … MAN OF LA MANCHA / CACTUS IN THE SNOW (1 week)
05.16.1973 … PETE ‘N’ TILLIE / FRENZY (1 week)
05.23.1973 … HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER / YOU’LL LIKE MY MOTHER (1 week)
06.01.1973 … WHAT’S UP, DOC? / PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (RE, 1 week)
06.06.1973 … BILLY JACK / BANANAS (1 week)
06.13.1973 … PAPER MOON (10 weeks)
08.22.1973 … ROMEO & JULIET (RE, 7 weeks)
10.10.1973 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks)
10.31.1973 … JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL (7 weeks)
12.18.1973 … SERPICO (10 weeks)
02.27.1974 … MAN ON A SWING (4 weeks)
03.29.1974 … BADLANDS (3 weeks)
04.19.1974 … BLAZING SADDLES (MO, 5 weeks)
05.24.1974 … THE BLACK WINDMILL (4 weeks)
06.19.1974 … THE TERMINAL MAN (5 weeks)
07.24.1974 … THE WHITE DAWN (3 weeks)
08.14.1974 … CHINATOWN (MO, 2 weeks)
08.28.1974 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10.09.1974 … THE GAMBLER (9 weeks)
12.12.1974 … BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (2 weeks for Oscar consideration)
12.25.1974 … FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (7 weeks)
02.12.1975 … THE STEPFORD WIVES (6 weeks)
03.26.1975 … SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK (6 weeks)
05.07.1975 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (8 weeks)
07.02.1975 … NASHVILLE (13 weeks, Stereo)
10.01.1975 … 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR (11 weeks)
12.19.1975 … THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (8 weeks)
02.15.1976 … THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (4 weeks)
03.10.1976 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH / CALIFORNIA REICH (1 week)
03.17.1976 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (1 week)
03.24.1976 … THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX (6 weeks)
05.05.1976 … END OF THE GAME (3 weeks)
05.26.1976 … WON TON TON (3 weeks)
06.16.1976 … LIFEGUARD (1 week)
06.25.1976 … THE OMEN (15 weeks)
10.08.1976 … MARATHON MAN (10 weeks)
12.19.1976 … A STAR IS BORN (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.18.1977 … THIEVES (6 weeks)
04.01.1977 … BLACK SUNDAY (11 weeks)
06.17.1977 … EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (4 weeks)
07.13.1977 … ORCA (1 week)
07.20.1977 … GREASED LIGHTNING (2 weeks)
08.03.1977 … ONE ON ONE (6 weeks)
09.16.1977 … THX 1138 (RE, 5 weeks)
10.19.1977 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (8 weeks)
12.16.1977 … SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.15.1978 … THE FURY (7 weeks)
05.03.1978 … METAMORPHOSES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.26.1978 … AMERICAN GRAFFITI (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.16.1978 … GREASE (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 70mm-Dolby Stereo from 10th week)
09.29.1978 … DEATH ON THE NILE (10 weeks)
12.08.1978 … THE BRINK’S JOB (1 week for Oscar consideration)
12.15.1978 … OLIVER’S STORY (4 weeks)
01.12.1979 … DAYS OF HEAVEN (MO, 6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.23.1979 … THE DEER HUNTER (RPE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.08.1979 … PLAYERS (3 weeks)
06.29.1979 … BLOODLINE (3 weeks)
07.20.1979 … RUST NEVER SLEEPS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo & Rust-O-Vision)
08.03.1979 … NORTH DALLAS FORTY (9 weeks)
10.05.1979 … “10†(10 weeks)
12.14.1979 … THE JERK (8 weeks)
Days of Heaven originally played at the Bruin in the Fall of 1978, it was later booked into the Village as a filler in early 1979 when Oliver’s Story died a quick death.
Charlie, I went to Westchester High… long time ago..
I wanted to retrack and say i didn’t mean to imply Days of Heaven was panned by critics. I remember liking it a lot. Wasn’t it Richard Gere’s film just before “American Gigolo”?. I just dont remember Days of Heaven being a blockbuster, hence the question why it moved from the Bruin to the Village after it’s first run.
Thanks for the correction, Michael. I saw Days of Heaven at the Village based entirely on the outstanding review it received contemporaneously in the L.A. Times; I had always assumed that was the film’s opening engagement.
well i know how you feel aerick,im only 25 and its bringing back memories for me too.i almost forgot all about the tower in westwood,but i did find a business card of thiers,and rhino(orig location) in my desk drawer.i was more of a record person than a theatre person,now thats changed though.any of you local guys go to uni (university high school)?
charlie
yes, the Tower did have 2 stories and I remember the little classical music annex as well. Those stores were narrow if I remember, certainly not the size of the Sunset one.
Thanks Michael. I still am not sure which theatre I must have seen “Days of Heaven”. I am curious why they would “re release” it at a larger theatre such as the Village, I dont' remember thinking it did too well. Didn’t Cimino’s ‘Heavens Gate’ open soon after ‘Days of Heaven’?
this thread brings back memories of moving viewing in LA during my teen years. I remember being 16 or so but into maturer films. I must look up to see if the Laemelle (sp?) theatre is still in westwood around the block, I remember seeing Woody Allen’s “Interiors” there and “Being There” (if I remember correctly). I wonder which theatre I would have seen Bertolucci’s “La Luna” with Jill Clayburgh? Oh how I wish I could remember.
stevebob & Aerick:
“Days Of Heaven” didn’t play the VILLAGE until early 1979. The film opened initially at the BRUIN in September 1978.
Tower was definitely on Westwood through the 1990s- about the middle of the first block south of the UCLA campus (Westwood and Le Conte[?]). They had something called the “Classical Annex” a door or two down but that was gone by 1995.
Glendon was a block east of Westwood, but Tower did have an entrance on Glendon, behind the Plaza.
LeComte! thats the street i couldnt think off,but yea its on the east side of the street.im pretty sure its a resturant now though.
I think Tower was on Glendon, on the east side of the street. about a half block before LeComte.
from my memory tower was south of the ucla entracne on westwood,i want to say the street was laconte,but im not sure.it had 2 stories,i had sumer school at ucla in 97 and it was still in business.if you were heading to ucla it was on the right hand of the street.
Days of Heaven definitely opened at the Village in 1978.
Where was Tower Records located? In the mid-70s, the Wherehouse at the corner of Broxton and Kinross was Westwood’s major record store; the nearest Tower was the original location on the Sunset Strip.
well i can say for sure the tower records closed in the late 90s,its now a italian garden.bullocks left in the early 90s…..
I used to take the bus up from Westchester to Westwood in the late 70s to go this theatre, and others in westwood. I LOVED the big screen viewing. I was probably 15 or 16 (but looked older). I remember seeing “10” here and The Shining and definately “Christiane F” because it was a late showing. Remember that well. I do believe Christiane F was the last film I saw there as I moved to San Francisco for school in summer of 1982. I never returned to see films in LA since then. It was a great theatre. I was trying to figure out where I saw “Days of Heaven”. Somewhere in Westwood.
sad to hear if Westwood has declined. it was such a great place to hang out and walk around the streets in 1979/81. I remember Tower Records, Champs, the little Bullocks a few blocks away..
I just remembered that I saw The Day of the Locust here one afternoon in 1975 — a grand setting for a quintessential slice-of-lowlife from L.A.’s golden age. And in that trove of bizarre characters, was any more louche than little Adore Loomis, the child of ambiguous gender whose provocative taunting of Donald Sutherland’s “Homer Simpson” character leads to the bizarre and unforgettable climactic event of the film?
The trigger for my memory of this long-ago moviegoing event was bizarre, too: I was watching Little Children (2006) on television, and one of the characters — a convicted sex offender who’s being harassed by his neighbors — seemed so compellingly odd that I had to look up the actor on IMDB. His name, Jackie Earle Haley, didn’t ring a bell with me, so I checked out his filmography. It was Adore, all growed up and Oscar-nominated, too!
Not having read Nathaniel West’s novella, I had thought that Adore was a homely and spiteful little girl with a deluded mother trying to groom her into the next Shirley Temple. I’m still recovering from the frisson that this startling sequence of events gave me.
Twist my arm..but I know you are working on the Bruin and Plaza…..
Mark… Instead of the BRUIN or PLAZA, would you settle for the AVCO or a DOME update?
i remember sneaking in through the emergency exit to see fight club.i was still in high school and 3 of my friends worked there so it was ok(in my head at least).the house was pretty empty,maybe about 20 in total.but it does it crowded on friday nights.
It is amazing looking back at what has played at the Village. They had some great films and quite a few ‘fillers’ that make you go huh?
Thanks Michael, How do you know all of this? (bruin bruin bruin (whisper) plaza plaza plaza)
VILLAGE: The 1990s
Compiled by Michael Coate
Theater AKAs: Mann Village, Mann’s Village, Westwood Village, Fox Westwood Village
Not included in this filmography are test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events. The dates represent the first day of commercial release, and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. (No format notation implies a standard 35mm monaural sound presentation.) The principal references were archived microfilm of the Los Angeles Times newspaper and the web article 70mm in Los Angeles.
Dolby Digital installed/first presentation: June 1992
Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) installed/first presentation: June 1993
Digital Theater Systems (DTS) installed/first presentation: June 1994
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
02.09.1990 … HARD TO KILL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.09.1990 … HOUSE PARTY (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03.16.1990 … BLUE STEEL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.13.1990 … THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.04.1990 … TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.08.1990 … ANOTHER 48 HRS. (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07.13.1990 … QUICK CHANGE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.01.1990 … YOUNG GUNS II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.22.1990 … PUMP UP THE VOLUME (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.19.1990 … GOODFELLAS (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11.30.1990 … MISERY (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.25.1990 … THE GODFATHER PART III (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
03.15.1991 … THE PERFECT WEAPON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04.12.1991 … OUT FOR JUSTICE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.17.1991 … STONE COLD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05.24.1991 … FANTASIA (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR Fantasound)
05.31.1991 … AMBITION (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
06.07.1991 … SWITCH (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
06.14.1991 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.09.1991 … DOUBLE IMPACT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.30.1991 … THE POPE MUST DIE! (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.07.1991 … “Star Trek†Movie Marathon (1 day, Dolby Stereo)
09.13.1991 … FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10.04.1991 … RICOCHET (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11.22.1991 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12.13.1991 … THE LAST BOY SCOUT (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01.17.1992 … FREEJACK (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.14.1992 … WAYNE’S WORLD (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04.03.1992 … THUNDERHEART (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04.24.1992 … WHITE SANDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.15.1992 … LETHAL WEAPON 3 (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.19.1992 … BATMAN RETURNS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.17.1992 … MAN TROUBLE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.31.1992 … BEBE’S KIDS (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
08.07.1992 … WHISPERS IN THE DARK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.21.1992 … CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE DISCOVERY (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08.28.1992 … PET SEMATARY TWO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.11.1992 … BLADE RUNNER (RE, “The Director’s Cut,†4 weeks, Dolby Stereo
10.09.1992 … 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11.06.1992 … PASSENGER 57 (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.18.1992 … MALCOLM X (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.18.1992 … LEAP OF FAITH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01.08.1993 … LEPRECHAUN (1 week)
01.15.1993 … NOWHERE TO RUN (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
01.22.1993 … HEXED (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01.29.1993 … SNIPER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02.12.1993 … GROUNDHOG DAY (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.12.1993 … FIRE IN THE SKY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03.26.1993 … UNFORGIVEN (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
04.02.1993 … THE CRUSH (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.16.1993 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE, 2 weeks)
04.30.1993 … THREE OF HEARTS (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
05.07.1993 … DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.28.1993 … CLIFFHANGER (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.18.1993 … LAST ACTION HERO (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07.07.1993 … ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07.23.1993 … SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.06.1993 … THE FUGITIVE (9 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.08.1993 … DEMOLITION MAN (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.05.1993 … ROBOCOP 3 (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11.19.1993 … ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.17.1993 … THE PELICAN BRIEF (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.04.1994 … ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.18.1994 … ON DEADLY GROUND (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.18.1994 … NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04.15.1994 … WHITE FANG 2: MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04.22.1994 … CHASERS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
04.29.1994 … THE FAVOR (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.13.1994 … NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05.20.1994 … MAVERICK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06.10.1994 … SPEED (2 weeks, DTS)
06.24.1994 … WYATT EARP (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.15.1994 … TRUE LIES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
08.26.1994 … NATURAL BORN KILLERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.16.1994 … TIMECOP (3 weeks, DTS)
10.07.1994 … THE SPECIALIST (3 weeks, DTS)
10.28.1994 … STARGATE (3 weeks, DTS)
11.18.1994 … STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (3 weeks, DTS)
12.09.1994 … DISCLOSURE (8 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.03.1995 … IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (2 weeks, DTS)
02.17.1995 … JUST CAUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.10.1995 … OUTBREAK (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.07.1995 … ROB ROY (3 weeks, DTS)
04.28.1995 … VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (2 weeks, DTS)
05.12.1995 … THE PEREZ FAMILY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.24.1995 … BRAVEHEART (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.16.1995 … BATMAN FOREVER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.14.1995 … UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.04.1995 … VIRTUOSITY (3 weeks, DTS)
08.25.1995 … DESPERADO (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
09.22.1995 … SEVEN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.13.1995 … STRANGE DAYS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.27.1995 … VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.10.1995 … ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.15.1995 … HEAT (8 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.09.1996 … BROKEN ARROW (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.15.1996 … EXECUTIVE DECISION (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.03.1996 … PRIMAL FEAR (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.03.1996 … THE GREAT WHITE HYPE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05.10.1996 … TWISTER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.07.1996 … THE PHANTOM (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.21.1996 … ERASER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.03.1996 … INDEPENDENCE DAY (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.23.1996 … THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.13.1996 … MAXIMUM RISK (2 weeks, SDDS)
09.27.1996 … theater closed (1 week)
10.04.1996 … THE GLIMMER MAN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.25.1996 … THINNER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.15.1996 … SPACE JAM (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.13.1996 … MARS ATTACKS! (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.25.1996 … MICHAEL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.10.1997 … JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01.31.1997 … STAR WARS (RE, “Special Edition,†3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.21.1997 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (RE, “Special Edition,†3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.14.1997 … RETURN OF THE JEDI (RE, “Special Edition,†5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.18.1997 … MURDER AT 1600 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.02.1997 … BREAKDOWN (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.06.1997 … BUDDY (2 weeks, SDDS)
06.20.1997 … BATMAN & ROBIN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.11.1997 … CONTACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.08.1997 … CONSPIRACY THEORY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.05.1997 … FIRE DOWN BELOW (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.26.1997 … THE EDGE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.10.1997 … MOST WANTED (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10.17.1997 … THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.07.1997 … MAD CITY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11.14.1997 … THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.26.1997 … ALIEN RESURRECTION (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.19.1997 … TITANIC (11 weeks, 70mm-DTS)
03.06.1998 … U.S. MARSHALS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.27.1998 … GREASE (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04.10.1998 … CITY OF ANGELS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.08.1998 … DEEP IMPACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.05.1998 … A PERFECT MURDER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.19.1998 … THE X-FILES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.10.1998 … LETHAL WEAPON 4 (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.29.1998 … THE NEGOTIATOR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.14.1998 … THE AVENGERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.04.1998 … KNOCK OFF (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
09.18.1998 … RUSH HOUR (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.16.1998 … PRACTICAL MAGIC (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.06.1998 … THE SIEGE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.04.1998 … PSYCHO (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.23.1998 … THE THIN RED LINE (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02.05.1999 … PAYBACK (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03.19.1999 … RAVENOUS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.26.1999 … THE THIN RED LINE (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03.31.1999 … THE MATRIX (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05.19.1999 … STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.18.1999 … THE GENERAL’S DAUGHTER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06.30.1999 … WILD WILD WEST (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.16.1999 … EYES WIDE SHUT (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07.28.1999 … DEEP BLUE SEA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08.20.1999 … MICKEY BLUE EYES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.01.1999 … CHILL FACTOR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09.15.1999 … STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09.24.1999 … DOUBLE JEOPARDY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10.15.1999 … FIGHT CLUB (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11.19.1999 … SLEEPY HOLLOW (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12.17.1999 … ANNA AND THE KING (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12.22.1999 … ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
Thanks for the updated list for the Village in the 80’s. Mann really booked some turkeys during the latter years, Two Moon Junction, Pumpkinhead, Stepfather 2, Dead Heat are classic bookings. Back then they probably had good grosses for those films because foot traffic was always so heavy in Wesrwood.
I’m still hoping when Mann lets the lease lapse that someone will take over. It is one of the last of the big screens in L.A.; the bookings will probably be strong this year with likely bookings of Ironman, Indiana Jones, Dark Night, another Harry Potter. Event films like this cannot open at the Avco.
BradE41 took the liberty of filling in the last few playdates for my NATIONAL list, so now I’ll do the same for his VILLAGE list by expanding upon, clarifying and making a few (minor) corrections.
VILLAGE: The 1980s
Compiled by Michael Coate
AKA: Mann Village, Mann’s Village, Westwood Village, Fox Westwood Village
Not included on this filmography are test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events. The dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. (No format notation implies a 35mm-monaural sound presentation.) The principal reference was archived microfilm of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Some data was referenced from BradE41’s postings of Feb. 5 & 12 and the web article [uRl=http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_los_angeles_main_page.htm]70mm in Los Angeles[/url].
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
The Village became THX certified in November 1984.
02.08.1980 … THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA (4 weeks)
03.07.1980 … COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER (9 weeks)
05.09.1980 … WINDS OF CHANGE (RE of “Metemorphoses,†2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.23.1980 … THE SHINING (8 weeks)
07.18.1980 … HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.01.1980 … THE HUNTER (5 weeks)
09.05.1980 … THE BIG BRAWL (3 weeks)
09.26.1980 … MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.10.1980 … PRIVATE BENJAMIN (11 weeks)
12.25.1980 … ALTERED STATES (14 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo + MegaSound)
04.01.1981 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (RE, 1 week)
04.10.1981 … EXCALIBUR (10 weeks)
06.19.1981 … SUPERMAN II (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo + MegaSound)
08.21.1981 … FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER (5 weeks)
09.25.1981 … MOMMIE DEAREST (5 weeks)
10.30.1981 … LOOKER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.20.1981 … RAGTIME (4 weeks)
12.18.1981 … NEIGHBORS (5 weeks)
01.22.1982 … SHOOT THE MOON (3 weeks)
02.12.1982 … CANNERY ROW (2 weeks)
02.26.1982 … CHRISTIANE F. (3 weeks)
03.19.1982 … VICTOR/VICTORIA (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.28.1982 … ROCKY III (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.18.1982 … FIREFOX (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.16.1982 … TRON (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.13.1982 … PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11.10.1982 … CREEPSHOW (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.10.1982 … THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (1 week)
12.17.1982 … BEST FRIENDS (8 weeks)
02.11.1983 … LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER (1 week, 70mm-Stereo)
02.18.1983 … LOVESICK (4 weeks)
03.18.1983 … HIGH ROAD TO CHINA (4 weeks)
04.15.1983 … FLASHDANCE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.17.1983 … SUPERMAN III (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.15.1983 … STAYING ALIVE (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10.07.1983 … NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11.18.1983 … YENTL (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.17.1984 … LASSITER (2 weeks)
03.02.1984 … AGAINST ALL ODDS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.11.1984 … TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (MO, 3 weeks)
04.30.1984 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.01.1984 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07.20.1984 … BEST DEFENSE (3 weeks)
08.10.1984 … RED DAWN (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.28.1984 … IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (1 week)
10.05.1984 … TEACHERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.19.1984 … THIEF OF HEARTS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.16.1984 … JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (1 week)
11.21.1984 … SUPERGIRL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.07.1984 … 2010 (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.01.1985 … AVENGING ANGEL (2 weeks)
02.15.1985 … VISION QUEST (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.01.1985 … THE SURE THING (3 weeks)
03.22.1985 … FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING (1 week)
03.29.1985 … THE SLUGGER’S WIFE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.12.1985 … LADYHAWKE (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05.24.1985 … A VIEW TO A KILL (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.10.1985 … SILVERADO (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.16.1985 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09.27.1985 … INVASION U.S.A. (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10.04.1985 … JAGGED EDGE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.27.1985 … ROCKY IV (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01.24.1986 … THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02.14.1986 … WILDCATS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.07.1986 … 16 DAYS OF GLORY (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03.14.1986 … DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03.21.1986 … POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING (4 weeks)
04.18.1986 … WISE GUYS (2 weeks)
05.02.1986 … JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.22.1986 … COBRA (2 weeks, 70mm-Ultra Stereo)
06.06.1986 … RAW DEAL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06.20.1986 … THE KARATE KID PART II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.11.1986 … CLUB PARADISE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.25.1986 … RUNNING SCARED (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08.01.1986 … HOWARD THE DUCK (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.15.1986 … MANHUNTER (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09.19.1986 … SHANGHAI SURPRISE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.03.1986 … TOUGH GUYS (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10.24.1986 … SOUL MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.07.1986 … TAI-PAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.21.1986 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 1 week)
11.26.1986 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
02.13.1987 … OVER THE TOP (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03.06.1987 … LETHAL WEAPON (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05.20.1987 … BEVERLY HILLS COP II (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07.17.1987 … ROBOCOP (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07.31.1987 … THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09.11.1987 … THE ROSARY MURDERS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09.18.1987 … HELLRAISER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09.25.1987 … THE BIG TOWN (2 weeks)
10.09.1987 … SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.06.1987 … HIDING OUT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.20.1987 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.25.1987 … PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12.18.1987 … EDDIE MURPHY: RAW (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02.05.1988 … SISTER SISTER (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
02.12.1988 … COP (MO, 1 week)
02.17.1988 … FATAL ATTRACTION (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02.26.1988 … FRANTIC (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.01.1988 … BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04.22.1988 … THE UNHOLY (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
04.29.1988 … TWO MOON JUNCTION (1 week)
05.06.1988 … DEAD HEAT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05.13.1988 … FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05.20.1988 … WILLOW (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06.29.1988 … COMING TO AMERICA (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08.19.1988 … MARRIED TO THE MOB (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09.28.1988 … MEMORIES OF ME (3 weeks)
10.21.1988 … TAPEHEADS (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
10.28.1988 … RETRIBUTION (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.04.1988 … U2: RATTLE AND HUM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12.02.1988 … TEQUILA SUNRISE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01.13.1989 … PUMPKINHEAD (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
01.27.1989 … PARENTS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02.03.1989 … HER ALIBI (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03.03.1989 … FAREWELL TO THE KING (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
03.10.1989 … POLICE ACADEMY 6: CITY UNDER SIEGE (1 week)
03.17.1989 … LEVIATHAN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04.07.1989 … MAJOR LEAGUE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05.19.1989 … ROAD HOUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06.09.1989 … STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
06.23.1989 … BATMAN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08.18.1989 … CASUALTIES OF WAR (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09.29.1989 … WAR PARTY (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10.06.1989 … OLD GRINGO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10.20.1989 … NEXT OF KIN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11.03.1989 … PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
11.10.1989 … STEPFATHER 2 (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11.17.1989 … HARLEM NIGHTS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12.22.1989 … TANGO & CASH (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
If I remeber right there were the two styles. The El Portal in North Hollywood and the California in Huntington Park were two locations that had them installed in their lobbies. The one in the Village in Westwood was used to cover a small outdoor Spanish patio area before the remodel.