UCLA Nimoy Theatre
1262 Westwood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
1262 Westwood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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Went here this past Saturday night (2/2/08) for the first time in about 9 years or so for “There Will Be Blood”. Place was packed to the rafters – the owner of the joint himself was selling tickets at the BO! Showmanship is still in effect here. Sound was nice and crisp and the screen is still pretty decent.
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Ad for Loews in 1968.
Also, the only first run engagement of Skidoo I’m aware of.
Thanks to all for clearing this up. Tom
Dear All, To answer these questions, no, Landmark did not give any money to Cinema Treasures. We are having this event there because, as we stated earlier, they have free parking, no one has to pay to get in, and we can have the event without booking a space, interrupting a theater’s programming for the evening, or clogging their lobby.
Thank you Roadshow for seeing that we didn’t have a lot of options and this one made a lot of sense (at least at the time!). The Arclight cafe would need to be booked, The Grove has no cafe (it’s a smaller version of the restaurant The Farm) and The Bridge is even further away. As previously stated, we tried to do this at the National to no avail.
We are doing this to gather our LA members together and I’d like to think that’s the point. Obviously, we’d love to do something more elaborate, something in Hollywood (next time Roadshow), and something at a historic theater. This event is to see how many there are of us here in LA and then figure out something more elaborate for next time. That’s it.
I will happily continue this conversation, if necessary, but I’d love to get back to discussing these theaters, if possible.
You know, FWIW, I’m not inclined to read too much into their choice of venue. It doesn’t require anyone to spend any money, it’s near a cinema… and it’s nearly impossible to please everyone.
Honestly, the Crest has no place for an undetermined number of people to sit, hang out, drink and talk for an indefinite period. It’s not as if we could get them to just cancel a show so we could meet in the theatre. They have a business to run.
The CT guys obviously were looking for something near a theatre that had some seating, served alcohol and didn’t require anyone to spend a lot of money. That would pretty much limit them to The Bridge, ArcLight, The Landmark, The Grove (there’s a cafe thing attached to the lobby) or the SIlent Movie Theatre, which probably doesn’t sell liquor.
Too far away for me, but what can you do? I’m not taking this one personally.
Mark—That’s crazy, and at a 12-plex no less. Perhaps Landmark made a big charitible contribution. They should, since they may put some of the single screens out of business. In Boston proper, the first run single screens are gone, though a number of them survive in the ‘burbs where I live, just the opposite of what you’d expect.
I am sure the operators of the Crest wouldn’t mind hosting a group. They could watch a film (supporting the theatre) and have a discussion afterwards.
It does seem a little ironic.
In light of what is happening with the National, the Rialto and other single-screeners, I was a bit disappointed that the Cinematreasures are holding their meeting to discuss theatre preservation etc. at the brand-spanking-new Landmark 12!!! Less than 2 miles away from Westwood Village, the densest grouping of open single screeners in the country. Are they serious? Are they serious about preservation?
I expressed my disappointment here:
http://cinematreasures.org/news/17409_0_1_0_C/
Feel free to express your feelings as well.
Great pictures Hollywood
To John Messick – Thanks for your comments. They turned out rather nicely. But what a stunning subject to start with. For the lobby shots, I literally had 5 minutes, while my car was in the white loading zone out front, with the helpful theatre manager watching out for inspectors.
James..OUTSTANDING…..your imagines of the lobby area are great. You really have capture Joe Musil artistic flare
True, was just hoping for one with HAIRSPRAY on the Marquee.
There isn’t any contact info on her Flicker profile. Isn’t it kinda strange that the bottom and left of the marquee in that picture is in Black & White?
Does ANYONE have photos of this or other movie theatres they would like to see featured online?
LOST MEMORY: can I contact you for permision to feature that great photo of the Crest in an appropriate place?
Delighted to announce that I have now added a new slideshow of seven stunning images of the lobby/foyer and concession area to my online collection of Crest images. The index offers you a choice of Flash viewing, or HTML. Older versions of Internet Explorer may have problems with the web versions. But it works just fine if you have a Flash plugin.I suggest when viewing the Flash versions, you drag your bowser window as big as you can. The images will resize larger.
To view the new Foyer slideshow, and the other collections of the illuminated auditorium and murals, go to http://www.jamesgordongallery.com/crestslides
NANNY DIARIES is at the Majestic Crest starting Friday 8/25. looks like a fun movie and I’d love to see at at the MC.
Well how about that. Stardust will be playing at the Village afterall, in 2k DLP too.
It should be playing at the Village but Rush Hour 3 is there instead. RH3 is also playing at Grauman’s. Argh.
You must be pretty brave to want to see anything at the Dome.
I thought DG looked generally pretty good, and was very well done as a movie…
Back to the Crest, I hope HAIRSPRAY lasts there ling enough for me to get there. Love the movie and have been waiting for something I like to play the Crest. That’s one place I won’t bring my own popcorn into. I’ll make a point of buying popcorn, soda candy right there. This is a great place and I want to support it as much as I can afford to. Curious to see how the new curtain looks in person, and happy to know the pre-show elements are all fully operational now.
Mr. Musil put a great deal of artistry into the place, Mr Bucksbaum is taking good care of it, Mr. Everett has taken pictures that are beautiful enough to hang in an art gallery. And 90038, I love the way you articulated how much the Crest’s showmanship enhanced your enjoyment of the movie as compared to that other place.
For the reason I mentioned, It HAS to spill over a little, and on each of the screens you mentioned, it does. However the more it spills over, the more noticable it is. Maybe the Crest needs to adjust the masking or the lens. Can’t tell without seeing it.
PS when I saw Dreamgirls at the Dome, the bottom corners were cut off much of the time (due to the bad angle of the projector’s throw onto a curved screen) This is just one reason why the Dome’s main booth should be relocated to the rear of the Mezzanine.
Michael C – the Coronet/United Artists was located just up the street from the Crest, within a block or so. I was there in the US days, and it was an ugly mess. It is now a drugstore.
Hwd 90038 – it’s normal for a bit of the picture to spill over onto the black masking. Corners of a film frame are rounded and corners of a movie screen are square. The masking is there to give a nice sharp edge and contrasting frame to the picture, and movies are shot with that in mind. The picture at the Crest would always be brighter and sharper than the Dome because the dimensions of the Crest provide a shorter throw distance to a normal size screen.
saps: More accurate to call the Crest the smaller sister of the El Capitan.
James: Your photos are also linked from another site, the one the describes them as magnificent. Your work is a complete success and the best way to convey the magic of the Majestic Crest. I know the designer, Joe Musil, is very pleased with how well you artfully captuted his work.
William: The Crest redesign is also an example of what Joe Musil could create on his own without Disney’s executive “advice.”
Well Disney paid for the remodels on both theatres. Where as the El Capitan was restored to what it originally looked like. The Crest was given a Disney Art Deco remodel to give it a classic look to a non-deco auditorium. And Pacific and Disney had a deal to use both theatres a Disney’s First Run showcase in Hollywood and Westwood. The “smaller sister” is just because of the remodels by Disney.