Mann Festival Theater

10887 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90024

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MSC77
MSC77 on October 23, 2021 at 1:43 pm

When did 70mm projection get installed here? Was 70mm in place from Day One, or was it installed years later?

rivest266
rivest266 on March 27, 2021 at 1:26 pm

Reopened as Festival with “Dave” on June 4th, 1993 with “Dave”. Grand opening ad posted.

stevenj
stevenj on May 26, 2020 at 11:07 am

“youtube UA Theater Westwood Animal Crackers” typed into a goggle search brought the May 23, 1974 Animal Crackers re premiere video up. There is no sound and Marx is wearing a pith helmet and smoking a cigar.

“Groucho Marx and companion Erin Fleming arrive at the May 23, 1974 repremiere of ANIMAL CRACKERS at the U.A. Westwood Theater. The campaign to get ANIMAL CRACKERS back in theaters after it was tied up in litigation for decades was spearheaded by UCLA student Steve Stoliar, who later became Groucho’s secretary. Also shown are ANIMAL CRACKERS director Victor Heerman, Groucho’s longtime publicist Bill Feeder, and rocker Alice Cooper. At the end is footage of the news story on a TV set. (This silent, Super 8 footage was taken by Michael W. Johnson.)”

Animal Crackers Re Premiere

rivest266
rivest266 on October 31, 2019 at 8:09 pm

Dates are April 23rd, 1969 as the UA Westwood, December 14th, 1983 as the UA Egyptian, June 15th, 1988 as the Cineplex Odeon Odeon Cinema and as Mann Festival on June 24th, 1993. Grand opening ads posted.

CStefanic
CStefanic on September 8, 2016 at 5:45 pm

Ran inside the Mann Festival briefly while the doors were open for a routine air out. Seats gone but Mammoth screen and decor still intact! Looked so grand…even in the dark! Hopefully this theatre will see the light of a projector again.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 6, 2016 at 1:26 am

UA Westwood, Egyptian and Odeon grand opening ads in the photo section.

Troy Martin
Troy Martin on November 5, 2015 at 9:58 pm

This is the the former location of the UA Westwood. The Rocky Horror Picture Show made it’s US debut at this theater on September 26, 1975. The very first rumblings of the Rocky Horror audience participation phenomena started in this theater with audience members returning for multiple repeat viewings. On October 30, 2015, the City Of Los Angeles proclaimed the date as “Rocky Horror Picture Show Day”. A ceremony was held here to commemorate the film’s US debut 40 years earlier. Tim Curry, Lou Adler, and Rocky Horror Fan Club President Sal Piro attended, along with a large crowd of fans. A memorial plaque was dedicated and will soon be mounted on the structure. Don’t Dream It. Be It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1h3oPTaNKE

Edward Havens
Edward Havens on May 9, 2014 at 12:58 pm

It’s just sitting there. Topa Management still has it and the neighboring buildings waiting for someone to lease the space.

CStefanic
CStefanic on May 9, 2014 at 11:44 am

Anybody know EXACTLY what’s gong on with the Mann Festival now. It seems to be just sitting there…

sciachetra
sciachetra on March 16, 2013 at 4:41 pm

To see old (1970’s) and new footage of the Festival and other Westwood Village movie theaters past and present, check out this musical tribute to Stan’s Donuts on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xad6gLpKG9A

BRADE48
BRADE48 on March 26, 2012 at 7:50 pm

The first row of the balcony was perfect. Back when it was the UA Westwood was when the theatre was the best. It along with the Regent and Plaza where were many indie and now Cult films opened with big, big crowds. I still remember seeing Robert Altman’s 3 Women there and coming out thinking WTF??? :–) I was 14 years only and just did not get it.

This theatre and the National being gone hurt more than the loss of the Avco in my opinion. Sadly this will never see the light of day again as a movie theatre.

Danny Baldwin
Danny Baldwin on March 23, 2012 at 2:28 am

Yes, it did have a balcony. Not very big, but first row balcony was very good seating.

ChasSmith
ChasSmith on March 22, 2012 at 10:47 pm

Did the theater have a balcony?

I remember it as the UA, and I loved the Bratskeller, the restaurant at the corner of the block in the 1970s.

dctrig
dctrig on December 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm

One wonders about that block as a long established restaurant closed and also a Daphne’s Greek fast food place.

BradE41
BradE41 on November 18, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Could explain why nobody took over the lease. I almost thought someone would. It seems we have seen the last of the Festival (UA Westwood) as a movie theatre. Will become either a restuarant or retail someday.

dctrig
dctrig on November 18, 2010 at 9:42 pm

FYI, Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema replaced their seats with ones from the Festival. You can still see the Mann logo on the armrests.
I attend movies about five nights a week at about 20 different venues; however, the Beverly is a throwback to that time when revival theaters were all the rage and is a favorite.

William
William on July 15, 2010 at 3:06 pm

More money than, it will make to run as a movie theatre.

Mark Tufiftee
Mark Tufiftee on July 15, 2010 at 2:21 pm

I looked at a pdf brochure about the place, it looks like the seats were removed. Assuming the projector is gone too, how much would it cost to get the place running again, not counting the lease?

William
William on July 2, 2010 at 6:53 pm

It all depends on the lease as to if it is still equipped. All that could be mean is a crap platter and a crap projector. When Cineplex opened the house it was equipped with two DP-75 projectors and finished with one DP-75 projector and a platter. Mann replaced that projector with a DP-70.

markinthedark
markinthedark on July 2, 2010 at 5:21 pm

I wonder if it still has equipment…

BradE41
BradE41 on July 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

I found the leasing information, but they do not advertise a price. It is being listed as Theatre/Retail.

BradE41
BradE41 on July 2, 2010 at 3:59 pm

The oversaturation of nearby theatres really hurt Westwood in general. Regency knows the theatre are not what they used to be, and it seems like they are doing the premieres to supplement the income. Hopefully that will be enough to keep them operating them.

William
William on July 2, 2010 at 2:50 pm

A theatre owner friend of mine looked up the grosses for the Village and Bruin Theatres. They were not that great, if you think about how they once were. The Festival was never a money maker. Look at how the people over at the National Theatre did. Great theatre but a lossing game.