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Big Screen Revival Series at Culver Plaza Theatres
posted by
WMCulver
on
June 17, 2008 at 3:47 pm
CULVER CITY, CA – This Wednesday, the revival series at the Culver Plaza Theatres starts with Pulp Fiction 6/18/2008 at 7:00 pm.
Then 6/25 – Casablanca, 7/2 – Ghostbusters, 7/8 The Wizard of Oz, 7/15 – Singin in the Rain, 7/23 – Labyrinth, 7/30 – Scarface, 8/6 – Grease
All shows are one night only at 7:00 PM and all seats are $7.00.
Culver Plaza Theatres, 9919 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA
Across from Sony Studios and the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Comments (2)
Hope their projectionist is on the ball. Last time I was there I saw 3:10 to Yuma in an auditorium that was staggering shows with another film. 3:10 was a 2.35 Scope film and the other film must have been 1.85 flat. When 3:10 started they had the wrong lens in the projector so and the picture was squished. This went on for a few minutes until I made a comment to an employee. They then put in the scope lens but left the 1:85 plate installed so the picture was a narrow strip with the top and bottom cut off. Then they put in the right plate but lens and squished again! This went back and forth for a bit for 10 minutes until they got it right, followed by another couple minutes to get the screen masking right. I almost walked out but really wanted to see Yuma on the big screen and this was the last place it was playing. I emailed the management at the address on their website but never got a response. So, again, I hope the projectionist is on the ball when handling these films of various ages, aspect ratios etc.
I hope I don’t scare anyone from this series. I think any theatre that has the guts to put on a series of classics should receive support. Especially an independent 2nd run house that programs a nice variety of films (Hollywood, Independent and Foreign) like the Culver Plaza does. I just hope theatre management saw my comments so they can make a good effort to have quality control with presentation. I do not know if they ever received or read my email.