National Theatre

10925 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90024

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Damon Packard
Damon Packard on May 14, 2007 at 3:53 pm

wow thanks for posting that list, really brings back memories and reminders of a few forgotten films. I worked there from the start of “The Wild Life” in august of ‘84 up through Beverly Hills Cop where a bunch of us transferred over to the Regent at the beginning of '85 to stay with the manager of the time (who’s name i’ve temporarily forgotten but he was a cool guy) When i first started, prior to the 21 year old Mac Carter who replaced him, there was a long time manager (name slips my memory again) who I later heard committed suicide, poor guy. I remember he used to walk up to check us floor staff every now and again to find everyone standing around having a good time (anything but working which we rarely did) and would start screaming at us “Get in there and BAG you fu*@ers..!!” (re: bagging trash in the theatre) lol Those were wild days, concessions was $1000 short a week during Beverly Hills Cop, everybody was dipping their hands in the register, it was total madness, there were firings left and right including management. It was too much fun!
I can remember living on popcorn and nacho cheese which was permanently soiled all over the polyester uniforms, celebrities were always frequenting the place and I’d strike conversations with directors like William Friedkin, Ron Howard, Robert Wise, Peter Hyams and others.
Re: the master list, I’m really surprised to see they installed the showscan equipment in '77, i always thought that came in the early 80’s. Imagine how mind-blowing it was to see Showscan in 1977, too bad it didn’t fly and Trumball ultimately sold the company. Btw, regarding the above link to the upcoming demise of the National, which is a travesty, did you notice the one comment someone left on that page? This is what i’m talking about, they want to erase or change our memory of a time when things were better, for the new generation anyway. It’s over. Just look at how things shifted in the late 80s, how bad movies got around '90-91-92—-and all the way to the present. The last 7 years in partuclar have been a new downslope that keeps sloping lower and lower.

ps, Lost Horizon played there for 3 months in ‘73? wow i thought that one flopped big time on it’s release, must’ve been a booking contract, I personally love the film though.

Coate
Coate on May 14, 2007 at 3:00 pm

The display ad for “The Ex” lists it as, simply, “National Theatre” with no owner identified. It no longer appears in Mann’s directory, nor does it (yet) appear in the independent theatre directory.

reluctantpopstar
reluctantpopstar on May 14, 2007 at 3:00 pm

The theatre will be open for about one more year, until all the permits for new construction are in place. Then it will be demolished for a new retail space. Everybody check it out! You all have a second chance!

Here’s the link to an e-mail from someone who claims to know what’s going on:

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Ron Newman
Ron Newman on May 14, 2007 at 2:54 pm

How is this theatre currently being advertised in the LA Times and other local newspapers? What name does it have in the ad?

Coate
Coate on May 14, 2007 at 2:50 pm

THE NATIONAL THEATRE, 1970-2007
10925 Lindbrook, Los Angeles (Westwood Village)

Compiled by Michael Coate, from a forthcoming article on the history of the National

RE = Re-Issue/Return Engagement
MO = Move-over; i.e. continuation of engagement from another theatre

Excluded are premieres and other private events, as well as test screenings, sneak preview screenings, midnight screenings, and temporary one-day move-overs.

03/27/70 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (9 weeks)
05/27/70 … THE SICILIAN CLAN (4 weeks)
06/26/70 … CATCH-22 (18 weeks)
10/28/70 … LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (9 weeks)
12/25/70 … I LOVE MY WIFE! (7 weeks)

02/12/71 … LITTLE MURDERS (7 weeks)
03/31/71 … MAKING IT (4 weeks)
04/29/71 … SUMMER OF ’42 (9 weeks)
06/30/71 … CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (20 weeks)
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (8 weeks)

01/12/72 … THE FRENCH CONNECTION (RE, 10 weeks)
03/24/72 … THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH (9 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
05/26/72 … THE OTHER (9 weeks)
07/26/72 … STAND UP AND BE COUNTED (2 weeks)
08/09/72 … THE GRADUATE (RE, 1 week)
08/16/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (11 weeks)
11/01/72 … CARRY ON DOCTOR (2 weeks)
11/15/72 … THE HOSPITAL / FUZZ (RE, 1 week)
11/22/72 … MONKEY BUSINESS / THE COCOANUTS (RE, 2 weeks)
12/06/72 … PULP (1 week)
12/13/72 … FUNNY GIRL (RE, 1 week)
12/21/72 … 1776 (5 weeks)

01/24/73 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
03/07/73 … LOST HORIZON (11 weeks)
05/23/73 … A WARM DECEMBER (3 weeks)
06/13/73 … BILLY JACK / BANANAS (RE, 1 week)
06/20/73 … THE LAST OF SHEILA (6 weeks)
08/01/73 … THE MACKINTOSH MAN (4 weeks)
08/29/73 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (9 weeks, stereo)
10/31/73 … FANTASIA (RE, 1 week)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (7 weeks)
12/26/73 … THE EXORCIST (26 weeks)

06/21/74 … CHINATOWN (8 weeks)
08/14/74 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (7 weeks)
10/02/74 … THE CRAZY WORLD OF JULIUS VROODER (2 weeks)
10/16/74 … THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (MO, 1 week)
10/23/74 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
11/01/74 … PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (7 weeks, stereo)
12/18/74 … THE GODFATHER PART II (14 weeks)

03/26/75 … AT LONG LAST LOVE (2 weeks)
04/11/75 … HARRY & TONTO (RE, 3 weeks)
04/30/75 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE, 3 weeks)
05/23/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
06/25/75 … THE FORTUNE (8 weeks)
08/20/75 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, stereo)
09/17/75 … YESSONGS (3 weeks, stereo)
10/08/75 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (11 weeks)
12/25/75 … LUCKY LADY (5 weeks, 70mm-stereo)

01/30/76 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks)
03/10/76 … JAWS (RE, 2 weeks)
03/24/76 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH (MO, 2 weeks)
04/07/76 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06/23/76 … THE BIG BUS (3 weeks)
07/14/76 … LEADBELLY (2 weeks)
07/30/76 … CAMELOT (RE, 1 week, 70mm-stereo)
08/04/76 … DRUM (3 weeks)
08/25/76 … LET’S TALK ABOUT MEN (4 weeks)
09/24/76 … CAMELOT / HELLO, DOLLY! (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-stereo)
10/06/76 … THE FRONT (9 weeks)
12/09/76 … BOUND FOR GLORY (9 weeks)

02/09/77 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (5 weeks)
03/18/77 … ISLANDS IN THE STREAM (6 weeks)
04/29/77 … WOODSTOCK (RE, 1 week, stereo)
05/06/77 … NASTY HABITS (7 weeks)
06/24/77 … SORCERER (9 weeks)
08/12/77 … MARCH OR DIE (2 weeks)
08/26/77 … SUSPIRIA (3 weeks, stereo)
09/16/77 … THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (1 week)
09/21/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10/05/77 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (10 weeks)
12/12/77 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of Showscan <<< (4 days)
12/16/77 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (RE, 1 week)
12/21/77 … THE GAUNTLET (6 weeks)

02/03/78 … THE ONE AND ONLY (6 weeks)
03/17/78 … AMERICAN HOT WAX (4 weeks)
04/14/78 … THE MEDUSA TOUCH (2 weeks)
04/28/78 … FM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/17/78 … THE MANITOU (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/26/78 … BIG WEDNESDAY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/78 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (14 weeks)
10/06/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (5 weeks)
11/10/78 … THE WILD GEESE (4 weeks)
12/08/78 … THE DEER HUNTER (1 week for Oscar consideration, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/15/78 … SUPERMAN (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)

04/13/79 … HURRICANE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/04/79 … THE EXORCIST (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/79 … THE MAIN EVENT (6 weeks)
08/03/79 … MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/07/79 … THE WANDERERS (3 weeks)
09/28/79 … ANIMAL HOUSE (RE, 1 week)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)

02/01/80 … AMERICAN GIGOLO (7 weeks)
03/21/80 … LITTLE DARLINGS (6 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (1 week)
05/09/80 … THE NUDE BOMB (5 weeks)
06/11/80 … URBAN COWBOY (6 weeks)
07/25/80 … CADDYSHACK (3 weeks)
08/15/80 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (4 weeks)
09/12/80 … THE MOUNTAIN MEN (2 weeks)
09/26/80 … WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1 week)
10/03/80 … OH, GOD! BOOK II (4 weeks)
10/31/80 … THE AWAKENING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/14/80 … THE IDOLMAKER (1 week, magnetic Dolby Stereo)
11/21/80 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
12/12/80 … POPEYE (7 weeks)

01/30/81 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (4 weeks)
02/27/81 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, stereo)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (3 weeks)
04/10/81 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (RE, 2 weeks)
04/24/81 … THE HAND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/81 … THE FAN (4 weeks)
06/12/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (16 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/02/81 … PATERNITY (4 weeks)
10/30/81 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1 week)
11/06/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/04/81 … REDS (14 weeks)

03/12/82 … RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (3 weeks)
04/02/82 … SOME KIND OF HERO (4 weeks)
04/30/82 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/82 … FIGHTING BACK (2 weeks)
06/04/82 … STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/30/82 … NIGHT SHIFT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/82 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (RE, 1 week)
10/01/82 … JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (3 weeks)
10/22/82 … TRON (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/29/82 … ALTERED STATES (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/05/82 … THE MISSIONARY (2 weeks)
11/19/82 … HEIDI’S SONG (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/24/82 … VICTOR/VICTORIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)

01/21/83 … HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ (1 week)
01/28/83 … THE ROAD WARRIOR (RE, 3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/18/83 … TABLE FOR FIVE (5 weeks)
03/25/83 … THE OUTSIDERS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/29/83 … SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/83 … SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/12/83 … THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (1 week, 3-D)
08/19/83 … YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (1 week)
08/26/83 … STRANGE BREW (3 weeks)
09/16/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … BRAINSTORM (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/28/83 … RICHARD PRYOR: HERE AND NOW (2 weeks)
11/10/83 … STAR 80 (5 weeks)
12/16/83 … UNCOMMON VALOR (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)

01/27/84 … STAR 80 (RE, 1 week)
02/03/84 … RECKLESS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/84 … FOOTLOOSE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/30/84 … >>> closed for remodeling and installation of THX Sound System <<< (4 days)
05/04/84 … BREAKIN’ (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/17/84 … TIGHTROPE (6 weeks)
09/28/84 … THE WILD LIFE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/84 … IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES (MO, 1 week)
10/12/84 … GARBO TALKS (2 weeks)
10/26/84 … BODY DOUBLE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/84 … OH, GOD! YOU DEVIL (4 weeks)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)

03/29/85 … KING DAVID (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … CAT’S EYE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/26/85 … STICK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/10/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/31/85 … GOTCHA (MO, 1 week)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/02/85 … WEIRD SCIENCE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (3 weeks)
09/19/85 … PLENTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/85 … SILVER BULLET (2 weeks)
10/25/85 … KRUSH GROOVE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/01/85 … TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … FEVER PITCH (2 weeks)
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)

01/17/86 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE (2 weeks)
01/31/86 … YOUNGBLOOD (1 week)
02/07/86 … THE BEST OF TIMES (MO, 2 weeks)
02/21/86 … 9½ WEEKS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/28/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … OFF BEAT (2 weeks)
04/25/86 … CRITTERS (1 week)
05/02/86 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/02/86 … UNDER THE CHERRY MOON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/18/86 … THE KARATE KID PART II (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
07/25/86 … HEARTBURN (2 weeks)
08/08/86 … TOP GUN (RE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/86 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)

01/16/87 … CRITICAL CONDITION (3 weeks)
02/06/87 … FROM THE HIP (3 weeks)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/03/87 … POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL (1 week)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/87 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/22/87 … SUMMER SCHOOL (4 weeks)
08/21/87 … THE BIG EASY (6 weeks)
10/02/87 … LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/87 … FATAL BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/25/87 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)

02/12/88 … ACTION JACKSON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/11/88 … OFF LIMITS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/13/88 … THE DEAD POOL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/10/88 … CLEAN AND SOBER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/26/88 … HOT TO TROT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/02/88 … FREEWAY (1 week)
09/09/88 … RUNNING ON EMPTY (4 weeks)
10/07/88 … IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/88 … FEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/09/88 … CHILD’S PLAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/23/88 … SCROOGED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)

03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/89 … PET SEMATARY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
07/14/89 … LICENCE TO KILL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/89 … A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
08/18/89 … LET IT RIDE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/01/89 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
09/15/89 … NIGHT GAME (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/89 … BLACK RAIN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … PRANCER (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/89 … LETHAL WEAPON 2 (RE, 1 week, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)

01/12/90 … INTERNAL AFFAIRS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/02/90 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (17 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/27/90 … DAYS OF THUNDER (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo**)
08/17/90 … MY BLUE HEAVEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/90 … DEATH WARRANT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/21/90 … FUNNY ABOUT LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/90 … MARKED FOR DEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/90 … GRAVEYARD SHIFT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/16/90 … ROCKY V (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/19/90 … ALMOST AN ANGEL (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
12/27/90 … THE ROOKIE (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)

**DAYS OF THUNDER opened with a 70mm-Cinema Digital Sound print, but reliability problems were encountered and a switch was made to a 70mm-Dolby Stereo print, which was used for the duration of the engagement.

01/11/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/18/91 … FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/22/91 … HE SAID, SHE SAID (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/91 … IF LOOKS COULD KILL (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/91 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE / MISERY (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/91 … RICH GIRL (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/10/91 … SWITCH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/91 … CITY SLICKERS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/02/91 … BODY PARTS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/23/91 … SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/91 … McBAIN (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/91 … NECESSARY ROUGHNESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/25/91 … THE HITMAN (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
11/08/91 … STRICTLY BUSINESS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/91 … STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)

02/07/92 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY / STAR TREK VI (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/21/92 … RADIO FLYER (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/28/92 … MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/13/92 … JFK (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/92 … LADYBUGS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/92 … SLEEPWALKERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/01/92 … K2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/29/92 … THE HUMAN SHIELD (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
06/05/92 … PATRIOT GAMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/01/92 … BOOMERANG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/24/92 … MO’ MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/14/92 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/92 … HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/92 … HUSBANDS AND WIVES (2 weeks, Dolby Mono SR)
10/02/92 … HERO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/23/92 … DR. GIGGLES (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
10/30/92 … RAMPAGE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/92 … UNDER SIEGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/13/92 … BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/92 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)

01/15/93 … BODY OF EVIDENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/29/93 … UNFORGIVEN (RE, 1 week, Dolby Stereo)
02/05/93 … SOMMERSBY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/93 … AMOS & ANDREW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/19/93 … POINT OF NO RETURN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/15/93 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/30/93 … THE PICKLE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/07/93 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/21/93 … SLIVER (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/15/93 … CLIFFHANGER (MO, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/30/93 … THE FIRM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/30/93 … RISING SUN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/20/93 … HARD TARGET (2 weeks, DTS)
09/03/93 … FORTRESS ( 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/10/93 … UNDERCOVER BLUES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE GOOD SON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/15/93 … THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/29/93 … FATAL INSTINCT (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/05/93 … FLESH AND BONE (3 weeks, DTS)
11/24/93 … A PERFECT WORLD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/93 … WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)

01/07/94 … THE AIR UP THERE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/21/94 … INTERSECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/94 … BLUE CHIPS (3 weeks, DTS)
03/09/94 … MIDNIGHT COWBOY (RE, MO, 1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/18/94 … MOTHER’S BOYS (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/94 … THE PAPER (5 weeks, DTS)
04/29/94 … PCU (1 week, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/06/94 … CLEAN SLATE (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
05/13/94 … THE CROW (2 weeks, DTS)
05/25/94 … BEVERLY HILLS COP III (4 weeks, DTS)
06/25/94 … JURASSIC PARK (RE, 1 week, DTS)
07/01/94 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, DTS)
07/20/94 … THE CLIENT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/03/94 … CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (5 weeks, DTS)
09/09/94 … TRIAL BY JURY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/28/94 … NATURAL BORN KILLERS / TRIAL BY JURY (MO, 1 week, DTS/Dolby Stereo)
10/07/94 … ONLY YOU (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/94 … DROP SQUAD (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
11/04/94 … DOUBLE DRAGON (1 week, DTS)
11/11/94 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/09/94 … DROP ZONE (2 weeks, DTS)
12/23/94 … NELL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/20/95 … S.F.W. (1 week, Dolby Stereo)
01/27/95 … HIGHLANDER: THE FINAL DIMENSION (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/95 … THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/95 … BYE BYE, LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/31/95 … TOMMY BOY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/95 … KISS OF DEATH (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/19/95 … DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/09/95 … CONGO (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/07/95 … SPECIES (2 weeks, DTS)
07/19/95 … CLUELESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/11/95 … A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/95 … THE PROPHECY (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
09/22/95 … SHOWGIRLS (2 weeks, DTS)
10/06/95 … ASSASSINS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/95 … COPYCAT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/03/95 … FAIR GAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/17/95 … GOLDENEYE (4 weeks, DTS)
12/15/95 … SABRINA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/05/96 … 12 MONKEYS (4 weeks, DTS)
02/02/96 … BLACK SHEEP (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/96 … BRAVEHEART (RE, 1 week, DTS)
02/23/96 … RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/08/96 … THE BIRDCAGE (5 weeks, DTS)
04/12/96 … FEAR (3 weeks, DTS)
05/03/96 … THE CRAFT (2 weeks, SDDS)
05/17/96 … HEAVEN’S PRISONERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/22/96 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/96 … COURAGE UNDER FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/09/96 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/96 … A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/96 … BOGUS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/96 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/96 … THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/01/96 … DEAR GOD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/96 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/96 … BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/10/97 … THE RELIC (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/29/97 … GRIDLOCK’D (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/14/97 … ABSOLUTE POWER (3 weeks, SDDS)
03/07/97 … PRIVATE PARTS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/21/97 … SELENA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/11/97 … PARADISE ROAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/25/97 … VOLCANO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/09/97 … FATHERS’ DAY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/30/97 … TRIAL AND ERROR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/13/97 … SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/27/97 … FACE/OFF (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/01/97 … SPAWN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/15/97 … EVENT HORIZON (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/97 … HOODLUM (3 weeks, DTS)
09/19/97 … IN & OUT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/97 … BOOGIE NIGHTS (MO, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/21/97 … THE RAINMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/12/97 … SCREAM 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/97 … THE POSTMAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/09/98 … FIRESTORM (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/16/98 … FALLEN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/06/98 … THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
02/27/98 … DARK CITY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/06/98 … TITANIC (MO, 4 weeks, 70mm-DTS)
04/03/98 … LOST IN SPACE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/08/98 … WOO (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/15/98 … PLUMP FICTION (1 week, Ultra Stereo)
05/22/98 … FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (2 weeks, DTS)
06/05/98 … THE TRUMAN SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/10/98 … SMALL SOLDIERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/24/98 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/98 … SNAKE EYES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/28/98 … WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/11/98 … YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/02/98 … A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/16/98 … RUSH HOUR (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/23/98 … SOLDIER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/06/98 … THE WIZARD OF OZ (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/20/98 … THE RUGRATS MOVIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/11/98 … STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/15/99 … VARSITY BLUES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/05/99 … SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/05/99 … ANALYZE THIS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/02/99 … THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/99 … LOST & FOUND (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/99 … ENTRAPMENT (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/11/99 … AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/30/99 … SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/30/99 … RUNAWAY BRIDE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/99 … THE 13th WARRIOR (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/17/99 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/01/99 … THREE KINGS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/22/99 … BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/12/99 … DOGMA (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/10/99 … DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/99 … THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)

02/04/00 … SCREAM 3 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/18/00 … THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/22/00 … ROMEO MUST DIE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/14/00 … 28 DAYS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/05/00 … GLADIATOR (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/16/00 … SHAFT (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/00 … WHAT LIES BENEATH (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/11/00 … THE REPLACEMENTS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/00 … HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/00 … BAIT (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/29/00 … BEAUTIFUL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/06/00 … GET CARTER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/13/00 … THE LADIES MAN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/20/00 … PAY IT FORWARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/00 … LITTLE NICKY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/17/00 … THE 6th DAY (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/15/00 … WHAT WOMEN WANT (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/12/01 … SAVE THE LAST DANCE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/02/01 … VALENTINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/16/01 … DOWN TO EARTH (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/02/01 … SEE SPOT RUN (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/09/01 … GET OVER IT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/16/01 … ENEMY AT THE GATES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/01 … ALONG CAME A SPIDER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/27/01 … TOWN & COUNTRY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/18/01 … SHREK (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/01 … LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/13/01 … THE SCORE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/17/01 … RAT RACE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/14/01 … HARDBALL (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/28/01 … DON’T SAY A WORD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/19/01 … THE LAST CASTLE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/02/01 … DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/16/01 … HEIST (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/21/01 … BLACK KNIGHT (1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/30/01 … TEXAS RANGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/07/01 … HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/14/01 … VANILLA SKY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/11/02 … ORANGE COUNTY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/25/02 … THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/08/02 … ROLLERBALL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/15/02 … SUPER TROOPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/22/02 … COLLATERAL DAMAGE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/01/02 … WE WERE SOLDIERS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/29/02 … CLOCKSTOPPERS (1 week, Dolby Digital
04/05/02 … DEATH TO SMOOCHY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/12/02 … CHANGING LANES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/03/02 … SPIDER-MAN (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
05/31/02 … THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/02 … MR. DEEDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/12/02 … HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/19/02 … K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/07/02 … SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/23/02 … S1MONE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/06/02 … SWIMFAN (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/20/02 … THE FOUR FEATHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/02 … THE TRANSPORTER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/25/02 … JACKASS: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/27/02 … ADAM SANDLER’S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS (2 weeks, SDDS-8)
12/13/02 … STAR TREK: NEMESIS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/27/02 … GANGS OF NEW YORK (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/10/03 … JUST MARRIED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/24/03 … THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/07/03 … HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/14/03 … THE HUNTED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/28/03 … THE CORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/11/03 … BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/16/03 … CHASING PAPI (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/25/03 … BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/15/03 … X2 (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/30/03 … THE ITALIAN JOB (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/27/03 … CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
07/18/03 … BAD BOYS II (3 weeks, SDDS-8)
08/08/03 … S.W.A.T. (4 weeks, SDDS-8)
09/05/03 … DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/19/03 … THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/26/03 … DUPLEX (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/03/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/03 … BEYOND BORDERS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/05/03 … SCHOOL OF ROCK (RE, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/14/03 … TUPAC: RESURRECTION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/28/03 … TIMELINE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/12/03 … LOVE DON’T CO$T A THING (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/19/03 … BAD SANTA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/25/03 … PAYCHECK (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/16/04 … TORQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/30/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/13/04 … THE PERFECT SCORE / THE BIG BOUNCE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/20/04 … SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/27/04 … TWISTED (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/19/04 … THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/26/04 … SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/09/04 … THE WHOLE TEN YARDS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/23/04 … HELLBOY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/30/04 … MEAN GIRLS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/04/04 … TROY (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/18/04 … DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/16/04 … FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/23/04 … SPIDER-MAN 2 (MO, 1 week, SDDS-8)
07/30/04 … THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/27/04 … EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/03/04 … ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/10/04 … RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2 weeks, SDDS)
09/24/04 … NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (MO, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/15/04 … TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/19/04 … THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/03/04 … CLOSER (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/17/04 … LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/14/05 … RACING STRIPES (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/04/05 … COACH CARTER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/11/05 … HITCH (7 weeks, SDDS)
04/01/05 … SIN CITY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/30/05 … SAHARA (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/06/05 … HOUSE OF WAX (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/27/05 … THE LONGEST YARD (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/15/05 … STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/29/05 … BATMAN BEGINS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/15/05 … CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/05/05 … THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/19/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/26/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / MUST LOVE DOGS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/02/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/09/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / A SOUND OF THUNDER (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/16/05 … MARCH OF THE PENGUINS / THE BROTHERS GRIMM (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/23/05 … ROLL BOUNCE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/30/05 … INTO THE BLUE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/14/05 … THE FOG (1 week, SDDS)
10/21/05 … STAY (1 week, Dolby Digital)
10/28/05 … NORTH COUNTRY (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/04/05 … SAW II (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/18/05 … GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
11/23/05 … PRIDE & PREJUDICE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/02/05 … AEON FLUX (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/16/05 … THE FAMILY STONE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
12/21/05 … FUN WITH DICK & JANE (2 weeks, SDDS-8)

01/06/06 … BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/27/06 … BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/10/06 … FINAL DESTINATION 3 (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/17/06 … FREEDOMLAND (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/03/06 … ULTRAVIOLET (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/10/06 … THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/24/06 … LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR (1 week, Dolby Digital)
03/31/06 … ATL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/07/06 … TAKE THE LEAD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/21/06 … SILENT HILL (1 week, Dolby Digital)
04/28/06 … RV (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/12/06 … POSEIDON (1 week, Dolby Digital)
05/19/06 … THE DA VINCI CODE (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/28/06 … THE LAKE HOUSE (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/07/06 … WASSUP ROCKERS (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/21/06 … CLERKS II (1 week, Dolby Digital)
07/28/06 … CLERKS II / SUPERMAN RETURNS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
08/04/06 … BARNYARD (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/18/06 … MATERIAL GIRLS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/01/06 … CRANK (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/15/06 … GRIDIRON GANG (1 week, Dolby Digital)
09/22/06 … FLYBOYS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/06/06 … THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/27/06 … SAW III (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/10/06 … HARSH TIMES (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/22/06 … TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/08/06 … UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/20/06 … ROCKY BALBOA (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)

01/12/07 … ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/19/07 … THE HITCHER (1 week, Dolby Digital)
01/26/07 … BLOOD & CHOCOLATE (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/02/07 … THE MESSENGERS (1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/09/07 … DREAMGIRLS (MO, 1 week, Dolby Digital)
02/14/07 … MUSIC AND LYRICS (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/23/07 … ZODIAC (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/06/07 … SHOOTER (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)

THE END?

greg6363
greg6363 on May 11, 2007 at 9:34 am

My bad. I didn’t see the original entry buried in the entries for the last week. I pulled the showtimes from Yahoo Movies.

greg6363
greg6363 on May 11, 2007 at 9:20 am

From the blurb, I am inferring the new leaseholder is operating the theatre as the National Westwood Theatre (as an independent).

greg6363
greg6363 on May 11, 2007 at 9:17 am

Showtimes for “The Ex” are 1:00, 3:00, 5:10, 7:00, 9:50 starting today (Friday, May 11th).

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on May 11, 2007 at 9:16 am

So is it now an independent, or part of a different chain? What does the theatre now call itself?

greg6363
greg6363 on May 11, 2007 at 9:08 am

BREAKING NEWS***

The National will reopen today (May 11th) under new management. They will be playing the new file “The Ex” starring Zach Braff, Amanda Peet and Jason Bateman. Here is a link to the story:

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exit
exit on May 10, 2007 at 9:39 pm

Well… Um… So anyway, Mrs. Lincoln, How did you like the play?

Damon Packard
Damon Packard on May 8, 2007 at 8:50 am

The parking isn’t any worse there than anywhere else in Westwood, the 1970 decor is part of it, most of the new generation hate that time and execs are scared of it. They want to erase our memories of a time when GOOD intelligent movies used to exist, a time when things were looser and more sensible, a time when there was still genuine excitement, still possibilities and new horizons to explore, when originality flourished, and things weren’t oversaturated, over-done and burned out. A time before LAPD units infested the streets of Westwood driving around like sharks looking for prey, Looking for petty traffic violators, looking for anyone acting suspicious or out after cerfue to ruin more lives and make things more difficult in an already over-stressed world. A time when there was good music and great music stores, and searching for records was like a treasure hunt. A time when there were projectionist’s who cared about presentation, not apathetic management pushing buttons. A time when movies played for months and months, before 10,000 cable channels and DVD players turrned us into vegetables. A time when SFX meant hand crafted models and miniatures, beautiful matte paintings and new innovations, a time when trailers weren’t cut the exact same way over and over and over and over (fade’s and flashe’s for every cut) from the same marketing factory for more forgettable films with ridiculous titles (as we’ve run out of titles) a time when actors were interesting, when directors were a bit more in control, before committee’s and executives controlled everything, when entrepreneurs and moguls bought chains not corporations, a time when you could smoke everywhere, including theatre lobby’s, when buildings and spaces were inviting and more relaxed, not monitered by security camera’s and looking for suspicious behavior, a time when..well i could go on and on

William
William on May 8, 2007 at 8:36 am

The closest large plex is located in Century City (AMC) and soon a few miles south in West Los Angeles (Landmark). The AMC Avco Center (4 screens) is the largest left in Westwood.

William
William on May 8, 2007 at 8:32 am

It’s not the location, the theatre has done the business in the past. Most of the current theatre going public likes the newer theatre complexes around the city. The National can get the films if they want them, but the contracts the studios force upon the first run theatres to have their films for 4-8 weeks most of the time. So if you are stuck with a film that did all it’s business in the first week, you are stuck for most of the rest of the time. And the other problem with Westwood is the film is playing all over town and not just in the old Westwood / Hollywood main locations. If people are in Santa Monica they go to the theatre in Santa Monica or where ever they live. The days of the Best locations being Westwood & Hollywood are all but over now. The bad parking problem has been a problem for decades, even when the theatres were making money.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on May 8, 2007 at 8:23 am

are there larg multiplex around this theater>

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on May 8, 2007 at 8:01 am

It’s a whole two blocks from the Village and Bruin, so I don’t see how its location could be bad if theirs is good. And isn’t the Federal Building parking lot on evenings and weekends?

markinthedark
markinthedark on May 8, 2007 at 7:54 am

Bad location compared to Village, bad parking, underappreciation of vintage 60’s/70’s decor, can’t hold a film as long as the Avco, especially since Mann has hardly any screens left to move a film to…

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on May 8, 2007 at 7:44 am

Why cant this theater get the big pics???

Damon Packard
Damon Packard on May 7, 2007 at 5:16 pm

The Ex? Oh jeez yea thats gonna draw big crowds, I’m glad it’s re-opening but again the problem is (and has been) they simply WILL NOT send first run big summer movies to this theatre. If they opened Spider Man or Transformers there, people would re-discover the place exists and it would do business

William
William on May 7, 2007 at 5:09 pm

There was a Tom Daugherty that was the former Head of projection mainenance for Mann Theatres and later went over to the DTS, before starting a theatre servicing company. His wife’s (or former wife’s?) brothers are part of the Regency Theatre chain.

BradE41
BradE41 on May 7, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Wow! Very nice. Hopefully he will be able to book it with some blockbusters for the summer.

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on May 7, 2007 at 4:29 pm

So pretty soon we’ll need to change the name of this theatre here (at least to remove ‘Mann’). Will he still call it the National?

jmarellano
jmarellano on May 7, 2007 at 4:26 pm

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Mann National may not be dead
TJ Sullivan • Bio • Email

UPDATED BELOW

The sign pictured at right showed up this weekend in the ticket window of the shuttered Mann National in Westwood Village, calling into question reports of the big-screen movie house’s reported “date with the wrecking ball.”

As previously mentioned on LAO, the Mann National is one of a dwindling number of big-screen theaters still standing in LA. It’s a place where “The Exorcist opened to huge lines and ran what seemed like forever, and same for The Godfather.”

Perhaps this means it has achieved a stay of execution, as some had hoped would happen.

For now, all I know is that the sign says “Theatre opening Friday May 11th.”

*UPDATED: Mann Theatres no longer leases the theater building and referred questions about its operation to Tom Daugherty, who said during a brief telephone interview that he and a partner now hold the lease. Daugherty said the ticket window sign is correct, that the theatre will reopen this Friday (May 11) with The Ex, starring Zach Braff and Amanda Peet.

Daugherty said movie goers can expect the theatre to continue to show first-run features, just as it did under Mann.

William
William on May 7, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Here the opening newspaper ad for the National Theatre.

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JoelWeide
JoelWeide on May 7, 2007 at 3:01 pm

We in district 5-5 were definately considered ‘under performing’ or not wanted if you want to call it that. Mann was twining the larger Fox Theatres NGC had built in the late 60’s and early 70’s but no new construction. The district I was in was eventually sold to the Dickinson Circuit which either closed or gave away the ageing downtown properties. All are closed or demolished today, some have undergone extenisve renovations to become community centers, but that is the exception no the rule.

Thank you for your responses.