Capri Cinema
3425 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
3425 E. Tudor Road,
Anchorage,
AK
99507
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The Majestic Cinema was opened on December 5, 1975 with Rod Cameron in “The Steel Lady”. It was renamed Regency Cinema on March 22, 1978. On April 13, 1979 it was renamed Capri Cinema. Located on Tudor Road it was throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s the best place to see art and foreign films in Anchorage. The little movie house closed its doors in 2000 due to declining audiences after the opening of the Century 16 in 1998 in Anchorage. Today, the former theatre is home to a sporting goods store.
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Now showing June 7 1990 is “TIE ME UP!TIE ME DOWN!” rated X. Called the “Fine gallery art cinema”
“CAMILLE CLAUDEL” now playing at the Capri,Had it rated R and in the paper it said no one under 13. What?
Must be a typo.
I remember this theater vividly. I’d watched “Crash” (1996), Breaking the Waves, Shine, Secrets and Lies… it was a great, small theater that showed films that you couldn’t find anywhere else in Anchorage, then and now.
Is it for sale?
I scanned my Capri flyers from the ‘90s if you’re interested in what was screening there (and at the short-lived single screen 35mm theater in the basement of Cyrano’s downtown) between 1991 and 1997.
This is an incredible history to learn and just makes me depressed that no one has stepped up to replace this theater with one in Anchorage solely devoted to arthouse/indie fare.
Instead we’re reliant on whatever the corporate executives at Regal or Cinemark decide to book, or the sometimes suspect whims of the booker at Bear Tooth. It’s not enough; maybe one day a true arthouse theater will open again in Anchorage.
The Majestic opened in November 1975. In March 22nd, 1978, it was renamed the Regency after a contest. Then, on April 13th, 1979, it reopened as the Capri Theatre. The theater closed on March 30th, 2000. Grand opening ads posted.
This most likely opened on December 5, 1975 with Rod Cameron in “The Steel Lady” along with a few unnamed cartoons. This started life as a classic movie house.
Closed on March 28, 2000 with “Toy Story 2”, “Isn’t She Great”, and a special showing of the 1959 classic “North by Northwest”.