I’m curious about the East Coast bookings of the film West Side Story also, Giles. I’m aware of “West Side Story” also having a Broadway revival of the stage production. If I go to a Broadway production of WSS, I’ll wait until the prices hopefully go down, first.
WGTRay: By older movies, I meant a lot of the great classic films of the 1960’s, such as West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Midnight Cowbow, and a number of others. Although the Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, that, too, is considered a great old classic.
Okay, thanks, Giles. Good luck. Hope West Side Story gets a good 70mm big screen movie theatre print to Washington DC soon. I wonder if there’s a road show of WSS going on.
WGTRay: Many, if not most of those great, golden oldie-but-goody movie classics are MEANT to be viewed on the great big, wide screen, in a REAL movie theatre, with the lights down low. Imho, they’re not trite….at all.
Hey, Giles, while I can respect your excitement about the HDNet Movie’s airing of WSS in Hi-Def, and the prospect of your owning it on blu-ray, we want to see the film West Side Story get into theatres more often, on the great, big wide screens, the way such a great, golden oldie-but-goody classic film is really MEANT to be viewed.
vito: Thanks for all the info you’ve given us about WSS in 70mm.
With all the information in mind, I’m resigned to seeing “West Side Story” in 35mm if all of the above really is confirmed. WSS is my alltime favorite film, and I, for one, really don’t want to see such a beautiful film classic ruined.
Hmmmm…How exciting to read and hear about the upcoming re-birth of a theatre! That’s a welcome breath of fresh air, with all the closings of theatres and disappearances of most of the graceful old movie palaces here in the United States and throughout the world. Is there a website containing photos of the interior of the Palace Theatre, btw? Just curious.
Bill Hueling: “Milk” was quite good. Sean Penn’s a good actor and he did a wonderful job playing the part of Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin did a good job playing Harvey Milk’s more conservative nemesis, Dan White. Worth seeing, though I haven’t see the others yet.
Thanks for the reminder, saps. I’ll have to look for it in today’s NY Times. “Defiance” sounds like a good movie. I read the book on which it’s based, which was fabulous., and I’ll put the movie “Defiance” on a “To see” list regarding movies. Hopefully, it’ll play in Boston soon.
Quadrama: May I make a suggestion? If you’re going to post very long posts like the one you’ve posted, you might wish to break them up into individual paragraphs to make the posts easier to read. Hope I’ve been of some help here.
Here’s hoping that the advent of Blu-Ray doesn’t eventually kill off the movie business altogether. I don’t believe it will, since there’ll always be people like ourselves who love going to movies in real movie theatres rather than sitting home watching them on TV all the time.
Bill: While it’s too bad that a bunch of badly-behaved kids had to spoil it for the others, my gut instinct is to fault the better-behaved kids for not keeping the “shrikes” in their flanks in line. The bad apples in the crowd don’t have to be in the majority to present a problem. Shame on the majority for not keeping the troublemaking minority in line.
pettiford: I read about that incident at the showing of the film “Schindler’s List” in the NY Times when it happened. What was worse is the fact that the teachers attempted to put the best complexion on the fact that the kids were laughing throughout this movie, saying that they were young, etc. Frankly, if a bunch of kids are old enough to see a film like that, or any film, and to enter a movie theatre, they’re old enough to behave better than that.
Shame on the teachers who attempted to put the best complexion on those kids' behaviour at the “Schindler’s List” screening, even though it was years ago, I saw ‘Schindler’s List" with a longtime friend when it first came out, around 15 years ago. What a good, well-done, intense film it was! It’s a necessary history lesson for the many people out there who really need to be shaken up.
Bill and pettiford:
To digress from the subject a little bit, while we’re discussing bad behaviour at the movies:
Back in the mid-1970’s, when my family and I attended a screening of the film “The Harder They Come” at the now-non-existent Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, MA, there was a group of people, obviously in their twenties and clearly stoned, who were just laughing hysterically at all the sadistic parts of the movie. How sad that people who’re clearly old enough (in terms of chronological age) to know better can behave so badly in movie theatres.
The fact that this theatre changed for the worst isn’t the least bit surprising, given Regal’s lousy reputation, and the fact that they ARE known for wrecking every theatre that they’ve touched.
“Benjamin Button” is playing in the Boston area, too. Would like to hear opinions of the movie from people who’ve seen it. I know that it got good reviews here in this area.
Hey, Cinemark—would love to hear about your experiences with the 70mm reprint of the great, golden oldie-but-goody movie/musical classic, West Side Story.
I’ve seen West Side Story (the film) almost 40 times since Christmastime 1968. Here’s wishing and hoping that the Boston area gets a 70mm playing of the film West Side Story sometime. woohoo!!
Are they, Ron?!? That is wierd, especially considering the fact that National Amusements has expressed their tendencies not to sell to anybody who wasn’t a cinema.
I’m curious about the East Coast bookings of the film West Side Story also, Giles. I’m aware of “West Side Story” also having a Broadway revival of the stage production. If I go to a Broadway production of WSS, I’ll wait until the prices hopefully go down, first.
WGTRay: By older movies, I meant a lot of the great classic films of the 1960’s, such as West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Midnight Cowbow, and a number of others. Although the Wizard of Oz came out in 1939, that, too, is considered a great old classic.
Okay, thanks, Giles. Good luck. Hope West Side Story gets a good 70mm big screen movie theatre print to Washington DC soon. I wonder if there’s a road show of WSS going on.
Since I don’t live in the area, I don’t think I can make it down to Danbury, CT for First Night, but thanks.
WGTRay: Many, if not most of those great, golden oldie-but-goody movie classics are MEANT to be viewed on the great big, wide screen, in a REAL movie theatre, with the lights down low. Imho, they’re not trite….at all.
Hey, Giles, while I can respect your excitement about the HDNet Movie’s airing of WSS in Hi-Def, and the prospect of your owning it on blu-ray, we want to see the film West Side Story get into theatres more often, on the great, big wide screens, the way such a great, golden oldie-but-goody classic film is really MEANT to be viewed.
vito: Thanks for all the info you’ve given us about WSS in 70mm.
Thanks, JSA and Michael Coate.
With all the information in mind, I’m resigned to seeing “West Side Story” in 35mm if all of the above really is confirmed. WSS is my alltime favorite film, and I, for one, really don’t want to see such a beautiful film classic ruined.
Hmmmm…How exciting to read and hear about the upcoming re-birth of a theatre! That’s a welcome breath of fresh air, with all the closings of theatres and disappearances of most of the graceful old movie palaces here in the United States and throughout the world. Is there a website containing photos of the interior of the Palace Theatre, btw? Just curious.
Ouch!! You mean the new 70mm print of the film “West Side Story”? Oooh, if that’s the case, they’d better get that print perfected first.
Bill Hueling: “Milk” was quite good. Sean Penn’s a good actor and he did a wonderful job playing the part of Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin did a good job playing Harvey Milk’s more conservative nemesis, Dan White. Worth seeing, though I haven’t see the others yet.
Neat photo. Thanks, Warren.
Sorry, ERD. I was just pointing out that I’m a woman, so that there wouldn’t be any more mistakes made. I see what you’re saying, however.
Thanks for the reminder, saps. I’ll have to look for it in today’s NY Times. “Defiance” sounds like a good movie. I read the book on which it’s based, which was fabulous., and I’ll put the movie “Defiance” on a “To see” list regarding movies. Hopefully, it’ll play in Boston soon.
Quadrama: May I make a suggestion? If you’re going to post very long posts like the one you’ve posted, you might wish to break them up into individual paragraphs to make the posts easier to read. Hope I’ve been of some help here.
Here’s hoping that the advent of Blu-Ray doesn’t eventually kill off the movie business altogether. I don’t believe it will, since there’ll always be people like ourselves who love going to movies in real movie theatres rather than sitting home watching them on TV all the time.
Hi, movies10063. Here’s keeping fingers crossed and hoping you’re right about this:
“maybe this will help keep some of the small independant theatres alive ”
You’re also right about this:
“after all America is built on small Businesses!!!”
For Bill Huelig and pettiford:
Bill: While it’s too bad that a bunch of badly-behaved kids had to spoil it for the others, my gut instinct is to fault the better-behaved kids for not keeping the “shrikes” in their flanks in line. The bad apples in the crowd don’t have to be in the majority to present a problem. Shame on the majority for not keeping the troublemaking minority in line.
pettiford: I read about that incident at the showing of the film “Schindler’s List” in the NY Times when it happened. What was worse is the fact that the teachers attempted to put the best complexion on the fact that the kids were laughing throughout this movie, saying that they were young, etc. Frankly, if a bunch of kids are old enough to see a film like that, or any film, and to enter a movie theatre, they’re old enough to behave better than that.
Shame on the teachers who attempted to put the best complexion on those kids' behaviour at the “Schindler’s List” screening, even though it was years ago, I saw ‘Schindler’s List" with a longtime friend when it first came out, around 15 years ago. What a good, well-done, intense film it was! It’s a necessary history lesson for the many people out there who really need to be shaken up.
Bill and pettiford:
To digress from the subject a little bit, while we’re discussing bad behaviour at the movies:
Back in the mid-1970’s, when my family and I attended a screening of the film “The Harder They Come” at the now-non-existent Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, MA, there was a group of people, obviously in their twenties and clearly stoned, who were just laughing hysterically at all the sadistic parts of the movie. How sad that people who’re clearly old enough (in terms of chronological age) to know better can behave so badly in movie theatres.
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The fact that this theatre changed for the worst isn’t the least bit surprising, given Regal’s lousy reputation, and the fact that they ARE known for wrecking every theatre that they’ve touched.
“Benjamin Button” is playing in the Boston area, too. Would like to hear opinions of the movie from people who’ve seen it. I know that it got good reviews here in this area.
Aren’t they selling several NA Theatres in Connecticut?
Thanks for this great website, Ross. Here’s hoping you had a good holiday, and that a Happy New Year is in store for you and your staff.
Hey, Cinemark—would love to hear about your experiences with the 70mm reprint of the great, golden oldie-but-goody movie/musical classic, West Side Story.
I’ve seen West Side Story (the film) almost 40 times since Christmastime 1968. Here’s wishing and hoping that the Boston area gets a 70mm playing of the film West Side Story sometime. woohoo!!
What a fabulous-looking theatre!! Sure wish there were more of these great varied-movie movie palaces here in the United States, including Boston.
Are they, Ron?!? That is wierd, especially considering the fact that National Amusements has expressed their tendencies not to sell to anybody who wasn’t a cinema.
What does that mean, Lost Memory?!? LOL