The first mainstream film to play at the Angelika was Look Who’s Talking on October 20th, 1989. I guess that they wanted some easy money (Look Who’s Talking was huge when it came out).
I think this was the one since the theatre seemed to get most of the big Houston exclusives. Check the Houston Chronicle website archives (I think I read something like that from their archives.
This theatre ran that crappy Gregory Peck/Jamie Lee Curtis film Amazing Grace and Chuck in 1987. Apparently it did alright but it’s not surprising that the studio didn’t expand it wider.
Adding stadium seating does take awhile however. Back in 1999 when the Campbell 16 Cine in Springfield added stadium seating to ten auditoriums, that took a few months (I think from March to May) and the theatre used only six screens during that time. It’s more complex that you may think with the quantity.
Actually, only four were open on September 29th, 1989. The fifth opened on October 4th, 1989 with Streetwise (I think it was a reissue of the 1985 film) and nine days later, all six were filled with Streetwise ending and Breaking In and Drugstore Cowboy opening.
It began its second-run police on March 4th, 1994 with Geronimo: An American Legend, Addams Family Values, The Joy Luck Club, Beethoven’s 2nd, The Accompanist and The Summer House as the engagements.
The theatre closed on February 22nd, 2001 with Meet The Parents, Charlie’s Angels, Rugrats In Paris (matinees), Dude, Where’s My Car? (evenings), Wonder Boys, Vertical Limit and Proof Of Life as the final engagements.
You may notice that the film Showgirls ran in first-run but was pulled after a week. You may think this was due to a mall policy (since many malls won’t run NC-17 films). That is incorrect (they had no such policy and the nearby Battlefield Mall 6 ran such NC-17/X titles such as Cronenberg’s Crash and a late night show of Faces Of Death). In actually, the Dickinson NC-17 policy changed shortly after the film opened and the chain forced all of their theatres to pull the film after the first week. As a result, both Springfield theatres running the film (this one and the Town and Country) pulled it after the first week.
The theatre opened on December 19th, 1997 with its premiere engagements being Titanic, Tomorrow Never Dies, Mouse Hunt, Scream 2 and L.A. Confidential.
Eagle Eye is now hitting IMAX screens starting September 26th. I wonder if it’s because Spielberg was executive producer and Katzenberg’s a big IMAX supporter.
The theatre opened on November 2nd, 2001 with the premiere engagements being Monsters, Inc. (on three screens), Domestic Disturbance (on three screens), The One (on two screens), The Man Who Wasn’t There (on two screens), K-PAX (on two screens), Bandits and Thirteen Ghosts.
Actually I think it will do better. With a wider release and a bigger company (as well as a bigger name), I think it will do pretty well. Plus, they’ve got Rent coming up which will be even bigger.
Bloop, Night Of The Creeps kicked ass.
I’d bet that The Man Who Would Be King with Sean Connery introducing would have been great. Imagine, the original James Bond in person!
The first mainstream film to play at the Angelika was Look Who’s Talking on October 20th, 1989. I guess that they wanted some easy money (Look Who’s Talking was huge when it came out).
How long exactly did Rocky Horror run at midnight and was it consecutive or was the run interrupted?
I think this was the one since the theatre seemed to get most of the big Houston exclusives. Check the Houston Chronicle website archives (I think I read something like that from their archives.
Actually Loews was sold to TriStar Pictures, who later merged with their parent Columbia Pictures when Sony bought them. Just wanted to mention that.
Shoot To Kill was mentioned in the earlier comments. It ran in 70mm at the theatre. Total Recall also ran in 70mm at the theatre as a moveover.
This theatre ran that crappy Gregory Peck/Jamie Lee Curtis film Amazing Grace and Chuck in 1987. Apparently it did alright but it’s not surprising that the studio didn’t expand it wider.
The theatre will have digital projection starting September 5th. The first digital engagement will be Bangkok Dangerous with Nicolas Cage.
The theatre opened on December 8th, 1989 with the opening engagement being The War Of The Roses.
Adding stadium seating does take awhile however. Back in 1999 when the Campbell 16 Cine in Springfield added stadium seating to ten auditoriums, that took a few months (I think from March to May) and the theatre used only six screens during that time. It’s more complex that you may think with the quantity.
That should say policy, not police.
Four auditoriums, that is.
Actually, only four were open on September 29th, 1989. The fifth opened on October 4th, 1989 with Streetwise (I think it was a reissue of the 1985 film) and nine days later, all six were filled with Streetwise ending and Breaking In and Drugstore Cowboy opening.
This theatre would get the New York exclusives of some of the lesser Troma films back in the 1980’s.
It began its second-run police on March 4th, 1994 with Geronimo: An American Legend, Addams Family Values, The Joy Luck Club, Beethoven’s 2nd, The Accompanist and The Summer House as the engagements.
The theatre closed on February 22nd, 2001 with Meet The Parents, Charlie’s Angels, Rugrats In Paris (matinees), Dude, Where’s My Car? (evenings), Wonder Boys, Vertical Limit and Proof Of Life as the final engagements.
I’d guess that Twilight will the first in the new auditorium on November 21st.
You may notice that the film Showgirls ran in first-run but was pulled after a week. You may think this was due to a mall policy (since many malls won’t run NC-17 films). That is incorrect (they had no such policy and the nearby Battlefield Mall 6 ran such NC-17/X titles such as Cronenberg’s Crash and a late night show of Faces Of Death). In actually, the Dickinson NC-17 policy changed shortly after the film opened and the chain forced all of their theatres to pull the film after the first week. As a result, both Springfield theatres running the film (this one and the Town and Country) pulled it after the first week.
The 2003 DVD has the widescreen version, albeit in 2.35 instead of 2.20.
The theatre opened on December 19th, 1997 with its premiere engagements being Titanic, Tomorrow Never Dies, Mouse Hunt, Scream 2 and L.A. Confidential.
Eagle Eye is now hitting IMAX screens starting September 26th. I wonder if it’s because Spielberg was executive producer and Katzenberg’s a big IMAX supporter.
The theatre opened on November 2nd, 2001 with the premiere engagements being Monsters, Inc. (on three screens), Domestic Disturbance (on three screens), The One (on two screens), The Man Who Wasn’t There (on two screens), K-PAX (on two screens), Bandits and Thirteen Ghosts.
Sorry, I thought they were the same theatre but a different creation.
Yes, the seven screen theatre is not listed.
Yeah I meant A Christmas Carol. Jim Carrey plays multiple characters.
I can also see Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland and Iron Man 2 going to IMAX as well.
Actually I think it will do better. With a wider release and a bigger company (as well as a bigger name), I think it will do pretty well. Plus, they’ve got Rent coming up which will be even bigger.