Hi Renee. I suppose that I could be misremembering things. If you are certain that you never worked at Mann Grove 9 before 1998, then I must be mistaken - i.e. conflating The Grove with the Valley Circle. Either way, I recall phoning in many passes and you were kind enough to ok them (I was the mgr. then for Krikorian El Cajon). Perhaps you filled in at Mann Hazard Center on occasion? I called in many passes there too. By ‘98 though, I was long out of SD and theatres. Still, you and I worked at some of the same places and knew some of the same people (Judy D. at the Loma, Greg S. at Mann Sports Arena, Jennifer Deering P. at Mann UTC, Gary S. at Mann Plaza Bonita, etc.). I even worked with Patty F. one night at the Valley Circle (loaned out as an usher for a sneak preview of “Top Secret!” with Val Kilmer). When I was asst. mgr. at UA Horton Plaza, I also hung out a couple times with Mandy D. from the Cinema 21 (inviting her and Eric T. to Horton for an after-hours screening; they reciprocating with an office soiree at the 21).
Correct URL for photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32990413@N08/4588682538/ per link kindly provided by rleather (though both ModernSanDiego.com and Flickr.com links no longer work a/o today’s date).
It was only the flat screen, but still very impressive (best showing of the festival, at least of what I saw). Our boys depicted shredding through mud and snow, tank treads and mechanized juggernauts, the high-tech war rooms, wide landscapes with countless explosions, cool uniforms everywhere, and the general’s pageant-like entry into Palermo. It was like no widescreen spectacle I’ve seen before. Very modern and gritty but also epic and stunning at the same time. I think that there was some chatter on Facebook about why the theatre didn’t bring out their curved screen (logistics or money or something like that). But now that I’ve read your note, I wish, of course, that they would have. The Cinerama-Hollywood ONLY uses their curved.
Hey Renee – If you stumble upon this webpage someday, a huge thank you for the all those passes that you gave me from 1990 to 1992, when you were an assistant here.
The LAHTF has been given assurance that there will be no “Gulla Gate” walling off the Chinese forecourt and that that picture (uploaded now onto this website, see Photos tab above) is going to be removed from the Gulla Jonsdottir site.
Hi Renee. I suppose that I could be misremembering things. If you are certain that you never worked at Mann Grove 9 before 1998, then I must be mistaken - i.e. conflating The Grove with the Valley Circle. Either way, I recall phoning in many passes and you were kind enough to ok them (I was the mgr. then for Krikorian El Cajon). Perhaps you filled in at Mann Hazard Center on occasion? I called in many passes there too. By ‘98 though, I was long out of SD and theatres. Still, you and I worked at some of the same places and knew some of the same people (Judy D. at the Loma, Greg S. at Mann Sports Arena, Jennifer Deering P. at Mann UTC, Gary S. at Mann Plaza Bonita, etc.). I even worked with Patty F. one night at the Valley Circle (loaned out as an usher for a sneak preview of “Top Secret!” with Val Kilmer). When I was asst. mgr. at UA Horton Plaza, I also hung out a couple times with Mandy D. from the Cinema 21 (inviting her and Eric T. to Horton for an after-hours screening; they reciprocating with an office soiree at the 21).
Correct URL for photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32990413@N08/4588682538/ per link kindly provided by rleather (though both ModernSanDiego.com and Flickr.com links no longer work a/o today’s date).
It was only the flat screen, but still very impressive (best showing of the festival, at least of what I saw). Our boys depicted shredding through mud and snow, tank treads and mechanized juggernauts, the high-tech war rooms, wide landscapes with countless explosions, cool uniforms everywhere, and the general’s pageant-like entry into Palermo. It was like no widescreen spectacle I’ve seen before. Very modern and gritty but also epic and stunning at the same time. I think that there was some chatter on Facebook about why the theatre didn’t bring out their curved screen (logistics or money or something like that). But now that I’ve read your note, I wish, of course, that they would have. The Cinerama-Hollywood ONLY uses their curved.
Hey Renee – If you stumble upon this webpage someday, a huge thank you for the all those passes that you gave me from 1990 to 1992, when you were an assistant here.
The LAHTF has been given assurance that there will be no “Gulla Gate” walling off the Chinese forecourt and that that picture (uploaded now onto this website, see Photos tab above) is going to be removed from the Gulla Jonsdottir site.