Mike Shaw was the projectionist at the Village Theater from 1973 to 1996. Mike was the projectionist for the premiere of JFK. Oliver Stone hid out in the projection booth to escape the press in the theater lobby. The last hard ticket movie was “The Deer Hunter”. Mike was the projectionist for many world premieres. Mike was the projectionist for Streisand’s “A Star is Born”. Streisand came to the theater after hours to test the sound quality before the premiere on 12/18/76. Move forward to 1983.Once again Streisand came to the theater before the premiere of “Yentel”, Streisand remembered Mike from “A Star is Born”. The idiot who became Mikes boss was in charge of the AC equipment, etc for Mann Theaters. Idiots kid brother in law wanted Mikes Job. The kid was in his 20’s, too immature for the job. Mike was fired. Mike sued for age discrimination, Mike won the case, AC idiot was fired a day after Mike won his lawsuit. All this was related by Ned Fairburn, the projectionist at the Bruin theater. The kid did not last long as the projectionist at the Village. Mike Shaw passed away in Nov 2000. Mike died from the stress of being fired by the AC idiot. The kids sister divorced the AC idiot. Now that the Theater has been sold, a better class of people will be managing the theater. The Skouras family owns the land that the Village theater sits on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyros_Skouras
The Village Theater used to play double features in the early 70’s…does anyone remember Mike Shaw…The projectionist at the Village Theater for 25 years…current owners are extremely homophobic
Mike Shaw was the projectionist at the Village Theater from 1973 to 1996. Mike was the projectionist for the premiere of JFK. Oliver Stone hid out in the projection booth to escape the press in the theater lobby. The last hard ticket movie was “The Deer Hunter”. Mike was the projectionist for many world premieres. Mike was the projectionist for Streisand’s “A Star is Born”. Streisand came to the theater after hours to test the sound quality before the premiere on 12/18/76. Move forward to 1983.Once again Streisand came to the theater before the premiere of “Yentel”, Streisand remembered Mike from “A Star is Born”. The idiot who became Mikes boss was in charge of the AC equipment, etc for Mann Theaters. Idiots kid brother in law wanted Mikes Job. The kid was in his 20’s, too immature for the job. Mike was fired. Mike sued for age discrimination, Mike won the case, AC idiot was fired a day after Mike won his lawsuit. All this was related by Ned Fairburn, the projectionist at the Bruin theater. The kid did not last long as the projectionist at the Village. Mike Shaw passed away in Nov 2000. Mike died from the stress of being fired by the AC idiot. The kids sister divorced the AC idiot. Now that the Theater has been sold, a better class of people will be managing the theater. The Skouras family owns the land that the Village theater sits on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyros_Skouras
The Village Theater used to play double features in the early 70’s…does anyone remember Mike Shaw…The projectionist at the Village Theater for 25 years…current owners are extremely homophobic
anyone remember Mike Shaw? The projectionist at the Village/Bruin Theater for over 20 years (1973 to 1996)…any thoughts?
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Cliff