The theatre opened on May 14th, 1999 with premiere engagements being The Mummy (on four screens), Tea With Mussolini (on two screens), The Winslow Boy (on two screens), Election (on three screens), Trippin', Get Real, Shakespeare In Love and a special reissue of Saturday Night Fever (I can’t really explain that one, must be relevant with Kips Bay).
The theatre opened on November 12th, 1999 with the opening engagements being Being John Malkovich (on two screens), American Beauty, Pokemon: The First Movie (on two screens), The Insider (on two screens), Dogma (on two screens) and The Bone Collector (on four screens).
I find it odd that a film in its second week (The Bone Collector) would get more screens than the new films that week (Pokemon, Dogma) or the longer films (Dogma, The Insider) but I guess that’s just the industry.
Here were the bookings from the theatre’s first five years (1981-1986):
5/22/1981 Bustin' Loose (5 weeks)
5/22/1981 The Fan (3 weeks)
5/22/1981 Outland in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo and Megasound)
6/12/1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark in 70mm (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/26/1981 For Your Eyes Only (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/26/1981 Stripes (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/24/1981 Blow Out (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/7/1981 Tarzan, The Ape Man (3 weeks)
8/28/1981 Body Heat (6 weeks)
8/28/1981 Take This Job and Shove It (1 week)
9/4/1981 The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (2 weeks, stereo)
9/18/1981 Continential Divine (2 weeks)
9/18/1981 Mommie Dearest (7 weeks)
10/2/1981 Paternity (2 weeks, stereo)
10/9/1981 Rich and Famous (4 weeks)
10/16/1981 All The Marbles (2 weeks, stereo)
10/30/1981 Halloween II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/6/1981 Chanel Solitaire (1 week)
11/6/1981 Time Bandits (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/13/1981 Rich and Famous (RE/MO, 1 week)
11/20/1981 Body and Soul (3 weeks)
11/20/1981 Only When I Laugh (MO, 3 weeks, stereo)
12/9/1981 Taps (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/1981 Rollover (6 weeks)
12/18/1981 Neighbors (4 weeks, stereo)
1/15/1982 Absence Of Malice (MO, 6 weeks, stereo)
1/22/1982 On Golden Pond (6 weeks)
1/29/1982 Four Friends (MO, 2 weeks, stereo)
2/12/1982 Cannery Row (1 week)
2/19/1982 Shoot The Moon (4 weeks)
2/26/1982 Death Wish II (3 weeks)
3/5/1982 Missing (3 weeks)
3/19/1982 Porky’s (9 weeks)
3/19/1982 Quest For Fire in 70mm (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/26/1982 I Ought To Be In Pictures (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/16/1982 The Amateur (3 weeks)
4/30/1982 Partners (3 weeks)
5/7/1982 Paradise (2 weeks)
5/14/1982 Conan The Barbarian (5 weeks)
5/21/1982 Annie in 70mm (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/21/1982 Fighting Back (2 weeks)
6/4/1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan in 70mm (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/18/1982 Firefox (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/16/1982 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (4 weeks)
7/23/1982 The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (3 weeks, 4-track stereo)
7/30/1982 Night Shift (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/13/1982 Star Wars (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/13/1982 The Sword and The Sorcerer (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
8/20/1982 The Road Warrior (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/20/1982 Summer Lovers (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/27/1982 Zapped (2 weeks, stereo)
9/3/1982 Fast Times At Ridgemont High (3 weeks)
9/10/1982 The Beach Girls (1 week)
9/17/1982 Das Boot (dubbed version known as The Boat) (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/17/1982 Inchon (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/24/1982 Amityville II: The Possession (2 weeks)
10/1/1982 My Favorite Year (10 weeks)
10/1/1982 Tempest (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/8/1982 Q: The Winged Serpent (2 weeks)
10/22/1982 First Blood (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/22/1982 Monsignor (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/12/1982 The Missionary (4 weeks)
11/19/1982 The Empire Strikes Back (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/8/1982 The Verdict (10 weeks)
12/10/1982 Airplane II: The Sequel (5 weeks)
12/10/1982 The Toy (6 weeks)
1/14/1983 Spring Fever (2 weeks)
1/21/1983 Sophie’s Choice (10 weeks)
1/28/1983 Enigma (1 week)
2/4/1983 Tootsie (MO, 14 weeks)
2/18/1983 The Lords Of Discipline (5 weeks)
3/25/1983 Bad Boys (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/1/1983 Tender Mercies (4 weeks, stereo)
4/15/1983 Flashdance (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/29/1983 Valley Girl (1 week, stereo)
5/6/1983 Doctor Detroit (2 weeks, stereo)
5/13/1983 Blue Thunder in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/20/1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone in 3-D (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/25/1983 Return Of The Jedi in 70mm (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/8/1983 Trading Places (11 weeks)
6/17/1983 WarGames (MO, 6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/29/1983 Krull in 70mm (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/19/1983 Easy Money (6 weeks)
8/26/1983 Mr. Mom (5 weeks)
9/16/1983 Strange Invaders (2 weeks)
9/28/1983 The Big Chill (11 weeks)
9/28/1983 Eddie and The Cruisers (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/30/1983 Beyond The Limit (3 weeks)
10/14/1983 A Boy and His Dog (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/1983 The Dead Zone (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/1983 Under Fire (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/1983 Richard Pryor: Here and Now (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/18/1983 Amityville 3-D (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/23/1983 Under Fire (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12/2/1983 Educating Rita (MO, 2 weeks)
12/16/1983 The Man Who Loved Women (4 weeks, stereo)
12/16/1983 To Be Or Not To Be (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/16/1983 Uncommon Valor (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/13/1984 The Big Chill (RE/MO, 1 week)
1/20/1984 Angel (MO, 4 weeks, stereo)
1/20/1984 Scandalous (2 weeks, stereo)
1/27/1984 Broadway Danny Rose (7 weeks)
2/3/1984 Reckless (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/17/1984 Footloose (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/2/1984 Against All Odds (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/16/1984 Tank (1 week)
3/23/1984 Broadway Danny Rose (RE/MO, 1 week)
3/30/1984 Romancing The Stone (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/6/1984 Hard To Hold (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/6/1984 Moscow On The Hudson (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/20/1984 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (MO, 2 weeks)
5/4/1984 The Bounty (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/23/1984 Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom in 70mm (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/1/1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock in 70mm (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/8/1984 Ghostbusters (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/29/1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (35mm version, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/20/1984 Best Defense (3 weeks)
8/10/1984 Red Dawn (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/15/1984 The Woman In Red (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/24/1984 Oxford Blues (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
8/31/1984 Bolero (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/21/1984 All Of Me (5 weeks, stereo)
9/21/1984 Until September (3 weeks, stereo)
10/5/1984 Teachers (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/1984 Garbo Talks (2 weeks)
10/19/1984 Thief Of Hearts (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/1984 Firstborn (3 weeks)
10/26/1984 The Terminator (7 weeks)
11/16/1984 Just The Way You Are (1 week, stereo)
11/21/1984 A Christmas Story (RE, 1 week)
11/21/1984 Supergirl (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/30/1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1 week)
12/5/1984 Beverly Hills Cop (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/7/1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact in 70mm (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/14/1984 The Cotton Club in 70mm (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/15/1985 The Breakfast Club (5 weeks)
2/15/1985 Turk 182! (2 weeks, stereo)
3/1/1985 The Sure Thing (4 weeks)
3/22/1985 Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/22/1985 Mask (6 weeks)
3/29/1985 Desperately Seeking Susan (11 weeks, stereo)
4/5/1985 The Sure Thing (RE/MO, 1 week)
4/12/1985 Cat’s Eye (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/26/1985 Stick (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/3/1985 Gotcha! (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/10/1985 Rustler’s Rhapsody (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/22/1985 Brewster’s Millions (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/24/1985 A View To A Kill (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/14/1985 D.A.R.Y.L. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/14/1985 Prizzi’s Honor (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/3/1985 Back To The Future (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/12/1985 Explorers (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/2/1985 Weird Science (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/9/1985 Summer Rental (2 weeks)
8/16/1985 Year Of The Dragon in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/23/1985 Teen Wolf (2 weeks)
9/6/1985 Compromising Positions (MO, 9 weeks)
9/20/1985 Creator (1 week, stereo)
9/27/1985 Maxie (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/1985 Marie (4 weeks, stereo)
10/11/1985 Silver Bullet (3 weeks, stereo)
11/1/1985 To Live and Die In L.A. (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/8/1985 That Was Then, This Is Now (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/8/1985 Transylvania 6-5000 (3 weeks)
11/22/1985 Fever Pitch (2 weeks, stereo)
11/27/1985 Rocky IV in 70mm (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/27/1985 Rocky IV (35mm version, 7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/4/1985 Young Sherlock Holmes in 70mm (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/1985 A Chorus Line in 70mm (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/17/1986 Brazil (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/31/1986 The Clan Of The Cave Bear (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
1/31/1986 Youngblood (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/7/1986 F/X (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/14/1986 The Delta Force (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/28/1986 Pretty In Pink (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/14/1986 Gung Ho (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/26/1986 The Money Pit (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/11/1986 Critters (3 weeks)
4/18/1986 Legend (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/18/1986 Wise Guys (6 weeks)
5/2/1986 Blue City (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/9/1986 Fire With Fire (2 weeks)
5/16/1986 Top Gun in 70mm (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/23/1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/30/1986 At Close Range (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/11/1986 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/13/1986 Back To School (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/27/1986 Running Scared (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/25/1986 Haunted Honeymoon (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/1/1986 Howard The Duck in 70mm (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/8/1986 Heartburn (MO, 7 weeks)
8/15/1986 Running Scared (RE/MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/29/1986 Born American (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/29/1986 Bullies (1 week)
9/5/1986 Legal Eagles (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/12/1986 Running Scared (RE/MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
9/19/1986 The Men’s Club (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/19/1986 Shanghai Surprise (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
9/26/1986 Crocodile Dundee (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/26/1986 Foreign Body (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/3/1986 Heartburn (RE/MO, 1 week)
10/8/1986 Peggy Sue Got Married (7 weeks)
10/10/1986 Top Gun (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/24/1986 Soul Man (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in 70mm (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (35mm version, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/1986 The Golden Child (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/1986 Three Amigos (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
The theatre opened on May 3rd, 1996 with Barb Wire (on two screens, yes it was on two screens), Mulholland Falls and GoldenEye (in a special one-week reissue) and Cemetary Man (a horror film with Rupert Everett) sharing a screen.
The seven-screen incarnation opened on November 22nd, 1991 with The Addams Family (on two screens), Curly Sue, Prospero’s Books, Little Man Tate, The Fisher King, All I Want For Christmas (matinees only) and The Butcher’s Wife (evenings only).
The theatre opened on December 18th as a nine-screen theatre with seven engagements. Those films were Three Men And A Baby, Nuts, *batteries not included, Overboard, Throw Momma From The Train, Wall Street and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The next week (December 25th), all nine screens were filled with Empire Of The Sun and Broadcast News opening.
Before the reopened quad opening, they had charity screenings the night before. The films running were The Adventures Of Milo and Otis, The Jungle Book, The Bear and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
And Al: on your list, I believe that The Mystery Of Kaspar Hauser and Every Man For Himself and God Against All is the same film but a different title. Both were used for Werner Herzog’s fantastic film now known in the US as The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser.
I remember that the theatre also appeared in Woody’s Crimes and Misdemeanors. Buster (the Phil Collins film where he’s a train robber) was on the marquee.
The potential complaints being a classic scope film being run on IMAX either cropped or letterboxed and in a digital source. Purists like their film and it filling up the screen.
And I’m surprised that Fly Me To The Moon is only running on film in IMAX theatres. It is running in matinees at most of those theatres.
The concession stands at this theatre got shut down recently for health code violations. That probably made people seeing Pineapple Express and The Dark Knight angry.
The theatre opened on September 29th, 1989 after being delayed from an opening date of August 18th, 1989. The premiere engagements were Shell Shock, Emma’s Shadow, The Navigator and Shirley Valentine. The former two were releases by Angelika Films and had their U.S. premieres at the theatre. Only four films are shown here but I imagine that Shirley Valentine and another film were interlocked.
I’ve never been to this theatre but I know two people who saw The Assassination Of Jesse James on opening night and really enjoyed the film. They also liked the theatre and its atmosphere, trains and all. Later on, they tried to book the film for their theatre (the Moxie Cinema in Springfield, Missouri) but were unable to do so due to another theatre getting it.
I went to the Glenwood Arts recently and it was a great arthouse with some of the above mentioned Glenwood memories (the auditorium entrances were decorated with lobby cards and posters of old Glenwood engagements). I saw Young@Heart at the theatre and the auditorium I was in (Auditorium 1) also had an original one-sheet of the Star Wars “circus” poster.
I never went to the Glenwood but the Glenwood Arts was the next best thing.
That logo was also used for Zodiac. I also wish the Paramount would bring back the blue mountain logo. I guess the game version of The Warriors was close enough.
The closest drive-in to me is the Sunset Drive-In in Aurora, Missouri. I went there two years ago for a double feature of Invincible (the Mark Wahlberg football film) and Accepted (the one where they create a ficitional college). I’d go more often if they showed R-rated titles and if I lived closer. They do have a couple of drive-ins in Kansas City (one has four screens) that I’d like to go to.
Meanwhile for the Bay Area, I could imagine a drive-in in Oakland. I think you could do good business running titles that target the main population of Oakland.
Those charity screenings back in 1990 with the 70mm titles and classic and very good films (now many of them are) must have been fun! I wish more theatres did that to celebrate their openings.
The theatre opened on May 14th, 1999 with premiere engagements being The Mummy (on four screens), Tea With Mussolini (on two screens), The Winslow Boy (on two screens), Election (on three screens), Trippin', Get Real, Shakespeare In Love and a special reissue of Saturday Night Fever (I can’t really explain that one, must be relevant with Kips Bay).
The theatre opened on November 12th, 1999 with the opening engagements being Being John Malkovich (on two screens), American Beauty, Pokemon: The First Movie (on two screens), The Insider (on two screens), Dogma (on two screens) and The Bone Collector (on four screens).
I find it odd that a film in its second week (The Bone Collector) would get more screens than the new films that week (Pokemon, Dogma) or the longer films (Dogma, The Insider) but I guess that’s just the industry.
Here were the bookings from the theatre’s first five years (1981-1986):
5/22/1981 Bustin' Loose (5 weeks)
5/22/1981 The Fan (3 weeks)
5/22/1981 Outland in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo and Megasound)
6/12/1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark in 70mm (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/26/1981 For Your Eyes Only (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/26/1981 Stripes (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/24/1981 Blow Out (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/7/1981 Tarzan, The Ape Man (3 weeks)
8/28/1981 Body Heat (6 weeks)
8/28/1981 Take This Job and Shove It (1 week)
9/4/1981 The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (2 weeks, stereo)
9/18/1981 Continential Divine (2 weeks)
9/18/1981 Mommie Dearest (7 weeks)
10/2/1981 Paternity (2 weeks, stereo)
10/9/1981 Rich and Famous (4 weeks)
10/16/1981 All The Marbles (2 weeks, stereo)
10/30/1981 Halloween II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/6/1981 Chanel Solitaire (1 week)
11/6/1981 Time Bandits (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/13/1981 Rich and Famous (RE/MO, 1 week)
11/20/1981 Body and Soul (3 weeks)
11/20/1981 Only When I Laugh (MO, 3 weeks, stereo)
12/9/1981 Taps (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/1981 Rollover (6 weeks)
12/18/1981 Neighbors (4 weeks, stereo)
1/15/1982 Absence Of Malice (MO, 6 weeks, stereo)
1/22/1982 On Golden Pond (6 weeks)
1/29/1982 Four Friends (MO, 2 weeks, stereo)
2/12/1982 Cannery Row (1 week)
2/19/1982 Shoot The Moon (4 weeks)
2/26/1982 Death Wish II (3 weeks)
3/5/1982 Missing (3 weeks)
3/19/1982 Porky’s (9 weeks)
3/19/1982 Quest For Fire in 70mm (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/26/1982 I Ought To Be In Pictures (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/16/1982 The Amateur (3 weeks)
4/30/1982 Partners (3 weeks)
5/7/1982 Paradise (2 weeks)
5/14/1982 Conan The Barbarian (5 weeks)
5/21/1982 Annie in 70mm (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/21/1982 Fighting Back (2 weeks)
6/4/1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan in 70mm (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/18/1982 Firefox (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/16/1982 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (4 weeks)
7/23/1982 The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (3 weeks, 4-track stereo)
7/30/1982 Night Shift (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/13/1982 Star Wars (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/13/1982 The Sword and The Sorcerer (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
8/20/1982 The Road Warrior (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/20/1982 Summer Lovers (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/27/1982 Zapped (2 weeks, stereo)
9/3/1982 Fast Times At Ridgemont High (3 weeks)
9/10/1982 The Beach Girls (1 week)
9/17/1982 Das Boot (dubbed version known as The Boat) (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/17/1982 Inchon (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/24/1982 Amityville II: The Possession (2 weeks)
10/1/1982 My Favorite Year (10 weeks)
10/1/1982 Tempest (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/8/1982 Q: The Winged Serpent (2 weeks)
10/22/1982 First Blood (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/22/1982 Monsignor (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/12/1982 The Missionary (4 weeks)
11/19/1982 The Empire Strikes Back (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/8/1982 The Verdict (10 weeks)
12/10/1982 Airplane II: The Sequel (5 weeks)
12/10/1982 The Toy (6 weeks)
1/14/1983 Spring Fever (2 weeks)
1/21/1983 Sophie’s Choice (10 weeks)
1/28/1983 Enigma (1 week)
2/4/1983 Tootsie (MO, 14 weeks)
2/18/1983 The Lords Of Discipline (5 weeks)
3/25/1983 Bad Boys (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/1/1983 Tender Mercies (4 weeks, stereo)
4/15/1983 Flashdance (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/29/1983 Valley Girl (1 week, stereo)
5/6/1983 Doctor Detroit (2 weeks, stereo)
5/13/1983 Blue Thunder in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/20/1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone in 3-D (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/25/1983 Return Of The Jedi in 70mm (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/8/1983 Trading Places (11 weeks)
6/17/1983 WarGames (MO, 6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/29/1983 Krull in 70mm (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/19/1983 Easy Money (6 weeks)
8/26/1983 Mr. Mom (5 weeks)
9/16/1983 Strange Invaders (2 weeks)
9/28/1983 The Big Chill (11 weeks)
9/28/1983 Eddie and The Cruisers (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/30/1983 Beyond The Limit (3 weeks)
10/14/1983 A Boy and His Dog (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/1983 The Dead Zone (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/1983 Under Fire (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/1983 Richard Pryor: Here and Now (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/18/1983 Amityville 3-D (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/23/1983 Under Fire (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12/2/1983 Educating Rita (MO, 2 weeks)
12/16/1983 The Man Who Loved Women (4 weeks, stereo)
12/16/1983 To Be Or Not To Be (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/16/1983 Uncommon Valor (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/13/1984 The Big Chill (RE/MO, 1 week)
1/20/1984 Angel (MO, 4 weeks, stereo)
1/20/1984 Scandalous (2 weeks, stereo)
1/27/1984 Broadway Danny Rose (7 weeks)
2/3/1984 Reckless (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/17/1984 Footloose (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/2/1984 Against All Odds (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/16/1984 Tank (1 week)
3/23/1984 Broadway Danny Rose (RE/MO, 1 week)
3/30/1984 Romancing The Stone (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/6/1984 Hard To Hold (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/6/1984 Moscow On The Hudson (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/20/1984 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (MO, 2 weeks)
5/4/1984 The Bounty (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/23/1984 Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom in 70mm (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/1/1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock in 70mm (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/8/1984 Ghostbusters (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/29/1984 Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (35mm version, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/20/1984 Best Defense (3 weeks)
8/10/1984 Red Dawn (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/15/1984 The Woman In Red (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/24/1984 Oxford Blues (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
8/31/1984 Bolero (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/21/1984 All Of Me (5 weeks, stereo)
9/21/1984 Until September (3 weeks, stereo)
10/5/1984 Teachers (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/1984 Garbo Talks (2 weeks)
10/19/1984 Thief Of Hearts (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/1984 Firstborn (3 weeks)
10/26/1984 The Terminator (7 weeks)
11/16/1984 Just The Way You Are (1 week, stereo)
11/21/1984 A Christmas Story (RE, 1 week)
11/21/1984 Supergirl (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/30/1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1 week)
12/5/1984 Beverly Hills Cop (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/7/1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact in 70mm (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/14/1984 The Cotton Club in 70mm (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/15/1985 The Breakfast Club (5 weeks)
2/15/1985 Turk 182! (2 weeks, stereo)
3/1/1985 The Sure Thing (4 weeks)
3/22/1985 Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/22/1985 Mask (6 weeks)
3/29/1985 Desperately Seeking Susan (11 weeks, stereo)
4/5/1985 The Sure Thing (RE/MO, 1 week)
4/12/1985 Cat’s Eye (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/26/1985 Stick (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/3/1985 Gotcha! (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/10/1985 Rustler’s Rhapsody (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/22/1985 Brewster’s Millions (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/24/1985 A View To A Kill (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/14/1985 D.A.R.Y.L. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/14/1985 Prizzi’s Honor (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/3/1985 Back To The Future (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/12/1985 Explorers (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/2/1985 Weird Science (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/9/1985 Summer Rental (2 weeks)
8/16/1985 Year Of The Dragon in 70mm (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/23/1985 Teen Wolf (2 weeks)
9/6/1985 Compromising Positions (MO, 9 weeks)
9/20/1985 Creator (1 week, stereo)
9/27/1985 Maxie (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/1985 Marie (4 weeks, stereo)
10/11/1985 Silver Bullet (3 weeks, stereo)
11/1/1985 To Live and Die In L.A. (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/8/1985 That Was Then, This Is Now (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/8/1985 Transylvania 6-5000 (3 weeks)
11/22/1985 Fever Pitch (2 weeks, stereo)
11/27/1985 Rocky IV in 70mm (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/27/1985 Rocky IV (35mm version, 7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/4/1985 Young Sherlock Holmes in 70mm (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/1985 A Chorus Line in 70mm (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/17/1986 Brazil (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
1/31/1986 The Clan Of The Cave Bear (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
1/31/1986 Youngblood (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/7/1986 F/X (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/14/1986 The Delta Force (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
2/28/1986 Pretty In Pink (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/14/1986 Gung Ho (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
3/26/1986 The Money Pit (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/11/1986 Critters (3 weeks)
4/18/1986 Legend (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
4/18/1986 Wise Guys (6 weeks)
5/2/1986 Blue City (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/9/1986 Fire With Fire (2 weeks)
5/16/1986 Top Gun in 70mm (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/23/1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
5/30/1986 At Close Range (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/11/1986 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/13/1986 Back To School (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
6/27/1986 Running Scared (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
7/25/1986 Haunted Honeymoon (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/1/1986 Howard The Duck in 70mm (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/8/1986 Heartburn (MO, 7 weeks)
8/15/1986 Running Scared (RE/MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/29/1986 Born American (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
8/29/1986 Bullies (1 week)
9/5/1986 Legal Eagles (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/12/1986 Running Scared (RE/MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
9/19/1986 The Men’s Club (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/19/1986 Shanghai Surprise (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
9/26/1986 Crocodile Dundee (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
9/26/1986 Foreign Body (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/3/1986 Heartburn (RE/MO, 1 week)
10/8/1986 Peggy Sue Got Married (7 weeks)
10/10/1986 Top Gun (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/24/1986 Soul Man (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in 70mm (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (35mm version, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/1986 The Golden Child (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/1986 Three Amigos (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
Actually, I retract that last statement. The theatres opened the week before with two prints of Mulholland Falls and two prints of Cemetary Man.
The theatre opened on May 3rd, 1996 with Barb Wire (on two screens, yes it was on two screens), Mulholland Falls and GoldenEye (in a special one-week reissue) and Cemetary Man (a horror film with Rupert Everett) sharing a screen.
The seven-screen incarnation opened on November 22nd, 1991 with The Addams Family (on two screens), Curly Sue, Prospero’s Books, Little Man Tate, The Fisher King, All I Want For Christmas (matinees only) and The Butcher’s Wife (evenings only).
The theatre opened on December 18th as a nine-screen theatre with seven engagements. Those films were Three Men And A Baby, Nuts, *batteries not included, Overboard, Throw Momma From The Train, Wall Street and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The next week (December 25th), all nine screens were filled with Empire Of The Sun and Broadcast News opening.
Before the reopened quad opening, they had charity screenings the night before. The films running were The Adventures Of Milo and Otis, The Jungle Book, The Bear and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
I realized that was the 62nd and Broadway that ran it.
And Al: on your list, I believe that The Mystery Of Kaspar Hauser and Every Man For Himself and God Against All is the same film but a different title. Both were used for Werner Herzog’s fantastic film now known in the US as The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser.
I remember that the theatre also appeared in Woody’s Crimes and Misdemeanors. Buster (the Phil Collins film where he’s a train robber) was on the marquee.
Didn’t Savage Grace with Julianne Moore also recently run here (opened on May 30th)?
I read it on this link:
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The potential complaints being a classic scope film being run on IMAX either cropped or letterboxed and in a digital source. Purists like their film and it filling up the screen.
And I’m surprised that Fly Me To The Moon is only running on film in IMAX theatres. It is running in matinees at most of those theatres.
The concession stands at this theatre got shut down recently for health code violations. That probably made people seeing Pineapple Express and The Dark Knight angry.
In short, not a good day for the theatre.
Are you the C. Martin Croker from Adult Swim? I love the Zorak voice.
I bet Night Of The Creeps would have kicked ass in a place like this (a 1980’s cult classic and the main inspiration of fellow cult hit Slither).
The theatre opened on September 29th, 1989 after being delayed from an opening date of August 18th, 1989. The premiere engagements were Shell Shock, Emma’s Shadow, The Navigator and Shirley Valentine. The former two were releases by Angelika Films and had their U.S. premieres at the theatre. Only four films are shown here but I imagine that Shirley Valentine and another film were interlocked.
I’ve never been to this theatre but I know two people who saw The Assassination Of Jesse James on opening night and really enjoyed the film. They also liked the theatre and its atmosphere, trains and all. Later on, they tried to book the film for their theatre (the Moxie Cinema in Springfield, Missouri) but were unable to do so due to another theatre getting it.
I imagine 35mm.
I went to the Glenwood Arts recently and it was a great arthouse with some of the above mentioned Glenwood memories (the auditorium entrances were decorated with lobby cards and posters of old Glenwood engagements). I saw Young@Heart at the theatre and the auditorium I was in (Auditorium 1) also had an original one-sheet of the Star Wars “circus” poster.
I never went to the Glenwood but the Glenwood Arts was the next best thing.
Actually, it’s Sumner who’s not too high on cinemas.
That logo was also used for Zodiac. I also wish the Paramount would bring back the blue mountain logo. I guess the game version of The Warriors was close enough.
The closest drive-in to me is the Sunset Drive-In in Aurora, Missouri. I went there two years ago for a double feature of Invincible (the Mark Wahlberg football film) and Accepted (the one where they create a ficitional college). I’d go more often if they showed R-rated titles and if I lived closer. They do have a couple of drive-ins in Kansas City (one has four screens) that I’d like to go to.
Meanwhile for the Bay Area, I could imagine a drive-in in Oakland. I think you could do good business running titles that target the main population of Oakland.
Those charity screenings back in 1990 with the 70mm titles and classic and very good films (now many of them are) must have been fun! I wish more theatres did that to celebrate their openings.
That title sounds more like a porno than a Burt Reynolds film.
On the Philadelphia Weekly comment:
It’s like they say “once a UA, always a UA”.