Cine Capri Theatre
2323 East Camelback Road,
Phoenix,
AZ
85016
2323 East Camelback Road,
Phoenix,
AZ
85016
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What the hell, Rivest! I just posted that link yesterday. It’s the comment right before yours.
Video at:
Here is the link to a new 8-minute short-form documentary about the history of Cine Capri.
I’m passing along the link to a new historical article about large format and roadshow presentations at this and other Phoenix area cinemas.
Happy 50th, Cine Capri!
Phoenix’s Cine Capri opened fifty years ago today. To celebrate, I’m re-posting my list of films that played here (this time with improved layout and formatting).
CINE CAPRI, 1966-1998
Compiled by Michael Coate
CINE CAPRI
2323 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Ownership Timeline
Arizona Paramount: 1966-1967
Arizona ABC: 1967-1974
Plitt Intermountain: 1974-1987
Cinemark: 1987-1988
Harkins: 1988-1998
The duration of each engagement, measured in weeks, has been included in parenthesis following each title.
Roadshows (i.e. reserved-seat engagements) have been cited in bold.
The list excludes un-promoted and one-off events (trade screenings, test screenings, sneak previews, etc.).
1966-03-31 … THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (13 weeks) 70mm
1966-06-28 … THE BLUE MAX (17) stereo
1966-10-26 … THE WRONG BOX (4)
1966-11-23 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (4)
1966-12-21 … THE BIBLE (22) 70mm
1967-05-24 … CAPRICE (4)
1967-06-21 … TWO FOR THE ROAD (4)
1967-07-21 … BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (9)
1967-09-22 … A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN (4)
1967-10-20 … THE FAMILY WAY (3)
1967-11-08 … THE COMEDIANS (6)
1967-12-22 … THE JUNGLE BOOK (8)
1968-02-14 … GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (17)
1968-06-12 … GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN (2)
1968-06-26 … THE ODD COUPLE (17)
1968-10-23 … SHALAKO (4)
1968-11-20 … THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE (5)
1968-12-25 … FINIAN’S RAINBOW (8) stereo
1969-02-21 … ROMEO & JULIET (14)
1969-05-28 … WHERE EAGLES DARE (5)
1969-07-02 … TRUE GRIT (14)
1969-10-08 … IF… (2)
1969-10-22 … THE ITALIAN JOB (1)
1969-10-29 … TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (7)
1969-12-18 … HAIL, HERO! (1)
1969-12-25 … PAINT YOUR WAGON (29) stereo
1970-07-15 … THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (9)
1970-09-18 … CATCH-22 (14)
1970-12-25 … SONG OF NORWAY (19) 70mm
1971-05-07 … A NEW LEAF (10)
1971-07-16 … PLAZA SUITE (8)
1971-09-08 … THE RED TENT (2)
1971-09-22 … THE TENDER WARRIOR (1)
1971-09-29 … WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN? (2)
1971-10-13 … LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1)
1971-10-20 … FRIENDS (2)
1971-11-03 … THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT (1)
1971-11-10 … KOTCH (7)
1971-12-25 … STAR SPANGLED GIRL (4)
1972-01-19 … TOKLAT (2)
1972-02-02 … HAROLD AND MAUDE (1)
1972-02-11 … POCKET MONEY (6)
1972-03-22 … THE GODFATHER (34)
1972-11-15 … LADY SINGS THE BLUES (5)
1972-12-20 … THE GETAWAY (14)
1973-03-28 … STEELYARD BLUES (1)
1973-04-04 … EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS (1)
1973-04-11 … BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON (3)
1973-05-04 … BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON / FRIENDS (4)
1973-06-01 … THIS IS CINERAMA (7) 70mm
1973-07-20 … PAPER MOON (18)
1973-11-21 … THE LEGEND OF JEDEDIAH CARVER (3)
1973-12-12 … THE PYX / A NAME FOR EVIL (1)
1973-12-21 … MIDNIGHT COWBOY / WHERE’S POPPA? (1)
1973-12-25 … JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL (6)
1974-02-06 … SERPICO (8)
1974-04-03 … THE GREAT GATSBY (12)
1974-06-26 … CHINATOWN (6)
1974-08-07 … DEATH WISH (6)
1974-09-18 … THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (4)
1974-10-18 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1) 70mm
1974-10-25 … THE GAMBLER (1)
1974-11-01 … THE SAVAGE IS LOOSE (3)
1974-11-22 … LADIES & GENTLEMEN, THE ROLLING STONES (1) stereo
1974-11-27 … THE KLANSMEN (2)
1974-12-13 … WOODSTOCK (2) stereo
1974-12-25 … THE GODFATHER PART II (13)
1975-03-26 … TOMMY (15) Quintaphonic Sound
1975-07-09 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1)
1975-07-16 … ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH (6)
1975-08-27 … NASHVILLE (7)
1975-10-15 … 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR (10)
1975-12-25 … LUCKY LADY (10)
1976-03-05 … GABLE AND LOMBARD (8)
1976-04-30 … NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE (3)
1976-05-19 … THE BLUE BIRD (3)
1976-06-09 … END OF THE GAME (2)
1976-06-23 … LOGAN’S RUN (6)
1976-08-06 … THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (3)
1976-08-25 … TUNNEL VISION (7)
1976-10-15 … THE RITZ (4)
1976-11-12 … BUGSY MALONE (6)
1976-12-22 … SILVER STREAK (18)
1977-04-27 … WIZARDS (4)
1977-05-25 … STAR WARS (60) 70mm-Dolby from Week #17
1978-07-21 … DAMIEN: OMEN II (5)
1978-08-25 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (6) 70mm
1978-10-05 … THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (6)
1978-11-17 … BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (5) Sensurround
1978-12-22 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (8) Dolby
1979-02-16 … theater closed (4)
1979-03-14 … NORMA RAE (6)
1979-04-25 … THE LAST WAVE (2)
1979-05-09 … RACQUET (2)
1979-05-25 … ALIEN (20) 70mm-Dolby
1979-10-10 … APOCALYPSE NOW (10) Dolby
1979-12-21 … THE ROSE (10) 70mm-Dolby
1980-02-29 … ALL THAT JAZZ (12)
1980-05-21 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (30) 70mm-Dolby
1980-12-19 … FLASH GORDON (8) Dolby
1981-02-13 … THE COMPETITION (6) Dolby
1981-03-27 … FANTASIA (4) stereo
1981-04-24 … LION OF THE DESERT (4) Dolby
1981-05-22 … OUTLAND (9) 70mm-Dolby
1981-07-24 … COMIN’ AT YA! (6) Dolby, 3-D
1981-09-04 … ORDINARY PEOPLE / THE ELEPHANT MAN (3)
1981-09-25 … NEW YORK, NEW YORK (3) Uncut, U.S. Premiere Engagement
1981-10-16 … THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (9)
1981-12-18 … PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (5)
1982-01-22 … ON GOLDEN POND (26)
1982-07-23 … THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (15) stereo
1982-11-05 … LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER (6)
1982-12-17 … STILL OF THE NIGHT (5)
1983-01-21 … SOPHIE’S CHOICE (14)
1983-04-29 … SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (4) Dolby
1983-05-27 … TENDER MERCIES (4)
1983-06-22 … THE SURVIVORS (6)
1983-08-05 … GANDHI (2) 70mm-Dolby
1983-08-19 … METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED-SYN (2) Dolby, 3-D
1983-09-02 … METALSTORM / SPACEHUNTER (1) Dolby, 3-D
1983-09-09 … OKLAHOMA! (3) 70mm
1983-09-30 … BRAINSTORM (10) 70mm-Dolby
1983-12-09 … SCARFACE (8) stereo
1984-02-03 … NEVER CRY WOLF (4) Dolby
1984-03-02 … AGAINST ALL ODDS (6) Dolby
1984-04-13 … SWING SHIFT (4)
1984-05-11 … FOOTLOOSE (1) Dolby
1984-05-16 … THE RIGHT STUFF (1) 70mm-Dolby
1984-05-23 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (17) 70mm-Dolby
1984-09-21 … METROPOLIS (4) Dolby
1984-10-19 … THE RAZOR’S EDGE (4) Dolby
1984-11-16 … GHOSTBUSTERS (1) 70mm-Dolby
1984-11-23 … APOCALYPSE NOW (1) 70mm-Dolby
1984-11-30 … THE RIVER RAT (1)
1984-12-07 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1) 70mm-Dolby
1984-12-14 … ICEMAN / THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1) Dolby
1984-12-21 … PROTOCOL (7) Dolby
1985-02-08 … WITNESS (7) Dolby
1985-03-29 … KING DAVID (2) Dolby
1985-04-12 … WITNESS (2) Dolby
1985-04-26 … CREATURE (2) Dolby
1985-05-10 … STOP MAKING SENSE (1) Dolby
1985-05-17 … A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1) Dolby
1985-05-22 … BREWSTER’S MILLIONS (5) Dolby
1985-06-28 … BREWSTER’S MILLIONS / THE RIVER (1) Dolby
1985-07-05 … FLETCH (1) Dolby
1985-07-12 … EXPLORERS (2) Dolby
1985-07-26 … EXPLORERS / THE EMERALD FOREST (1) Dolby
1985-08-02 … THE EMERALD FOREST (2) Dolby
1985-08-16 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6) Dolby
1985-09-27 … AGNES OF GOD (6) Dolby
1985-11-08 … THAT WAS THEN…THIS IS NOW (2)
1985-11-22 … THAT WAS THEN…THIS IS NOW / TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (2) Dolby
1985-12-04 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (4) 70mm-Dolby
1986-01-03 … THE COLOR PURPLE (10) Dolby
1986-03-14 … GUNG HO (7) Dolby
1986-05-02 … BLUE CITY (2)
1986-05-16 … TOP GUN (9) Dolby
1986-07-18 … ALIENS (13) 70mm-Dolby
1986-10-17 … THE NAME OF THE ROSE (9) Dolby
1986-12-19 … THE MOSQUITO COAST (4) Dolby
1987-01-16 … THE MISSION (7) 70mm-Dolby
1987-03-06 … LETHAL WEAPON (5) Dolby
1987-04-10 … RAISING ARIZONA (6) Dolby
1987-05-22 … ERNEST GOES TO CAMP (3) Dolby
1987-06-12 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (4) Dolby
1987-07-10 … FULL METAL JACKET (10)
1987-09-18 … APOCALYPSE NOW (1) 70mm-Dolby
1987-09-25 … DIRTY DANCING (2) Dolby
1987-10-07 … BABY BOOM (9) Dolby
1987-12-11 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (10) Dolby
1988-02-19 … CRY FREEDOM (3) 70mm-Dolby
1988-03-11 … SHY PEOPLE (3) Dolby
1988-04-01 … BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (3) Dolby
1988-04-22 … THE UNHOLY (2) Dolby
1988-05-06 … DEAD HEAT (2) Dolby
1988-05-20 … WILLOW (8) 70mm-Dolby
1988-07-13 … THE DEAD POOL (4) Dolby
1988-08-12 … TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (8) Dolby
1988-10-07 … IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON (3) Dolby
1988-10-28 … DOMINICK & EUGENE (1) Dolby
1988-11-04 … U2: RATTLE AND HUM (3) Dolby
1988-11-23 … SCROOGED (7) Dolby
1989-01-13 … THE JANUARY MAN (2) Dolby
1989-01-27 … DANGEROUS LIAISONS (12) Dolby
1989-04-21 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (5) 70mm-Dolby SR
1989-05-24 … INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (11) 70mm-Dolby
1989-08-09 … THE ABYSS (10) 70mm-Dolby
1989-10-20 … FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY (2) Dolby
1989-11-03 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (3) 70mm-Dolby SR
1989-11-22 … BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (6) Dolby
1990-01-05 … BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (8) Dolby
1990-03-02 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (12) Dolby
1990-05-25 … BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (5) Dolby
1990-06-27 … DAYS OF THUNDER (7) 70mm-Dolby
1990-08-17 … WILD AT HEART (3) Dolby
1990-09-07 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1) 70mm-Dolby
1990-09-14 … POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (4) Dolby
1990-10-12 … MEMPHIS BELLE (6) 70mm-Dolby
1990-11-21 … THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY (5) Dolby
1990-12-25 … THE GODFATHER PART III (8) Dolby
1991-02-14 … THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (11) Dolby
1991-05-03 … SPARTACUS (4) Dolby
1991-05-31 … CITIZEN KANE (2)
1991-06-14 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (10) Dolby
1991-08-23 … DEAD AGAIN (5) Dolby
1991-09-27 … FANTASIA (2) 70mm-Dolby
1991-10-11 … FRANKIE & JOHNNY (3) Dolby
1991-11-01 … BILLY BATHGATE (3) Dolby
1991-11-22 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY (4) Dolby
1991-12-20 … JFK (6) Dolby
1992-01-31 … SHINING THROUGH (3) Dolby
1992-02-21 … RADIO FLYER (2) Dolby
1992-03-06 … HEARTS OF DARKNESS (2)
1992-03-20 … THE INNER CIRCLE (1) Dolby
1992-03-27 … THE POWER OF ONE (6) Dolby
1992-05-08 … CASABLANCA (2)
1992-05-22 … FAR AND AWAY (4) 70mm-Dolby
1992-06-19 … BATMAN RETURNS (6) Dolby SR
1992-07-31 … DEATH BECOMES HER (1) Dolby SR
1992-08-07 … UNFORGIVEN (5) Dolby
1992-09-11 … BLADE RUNNER “The Director’s Cut” (3) Dolby
1992-10-02 … HERO (3) Dolby SR
1992-10-23 … A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (7) Dolby SR
1992-12-11 … A FEW GOOD MEN (8) Dolby SR
1993-02-05 … STAR WARS (1) Dolby
1993-02-12 … THE CEMETERY CLUB (3) Dolby
1993-03-05 … MAD DOG AND GLORY (1) Dolby
1993-03-12 … A FAR OFF PLACE (1) Dolby
1993-03-19 … RICH IN LOVE (1) Dolby
1993-03-26 … UNFORGIVEN (2) Dolby
1993-04-09 … INDOCHINE (2) Dolby
1993-04-23 … THIS BOY’S LIFE (2) Dolby
1993-05-07 … MY FAIR LADY (1)
1993-05-14 … LOST IN YONKERS (2) Dolby SR
1993-05-28 … SUPER MARIO BROS. (3) Dolby SR
1993-06-18 … LAST ACTION HERO (3) 70mm-Dolby
1993-07-09 … JURASSIC PARK (4) DTS
1993-08-06 … THE FUGITIVE (6) Dolby SR
1993-09-17 … THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (4) Dolby SR
1993-10-15 … EL CID (1) Dolby
1993-10-22 … THE NIGHMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (5) Dolby Digital
1993-11-24 … SHORT CUTS (2) Dolby
1993-12-10 … GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND (2) Dolby SR
1993-12-25 … HEAVEN & EARTH (4) Dolby Digital
1994-01-21 … WRESTLING ERNEST HEMINGWAY (2) Dolby
1994-02-04 … STAR WARS / EMPIRE / JEDI (1) Dolby
1994-02-11 … THE GETAWAY (1) DTS
1994-02-18 … BODY SNATCHERS (1) Dolby SR
1994-02-25 … THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1) 70mm-Dolby
1994-03-04 … ANGIE (1) Dolby
1994-03-11 … THE REF (2) Dolby
1994-03-25 … THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (8) Dolby Digital
1994-05-20 … MAVERICK (4) Dolby SR
1994-06-17 … theater closed
1994-06-24 … THE LION KING (12) Dolby Digital
1994-09-16 … WOODSTOCK “The Director’s Cut” (1) Dolby Digital
1994-09-23 … THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (4) Dolby
1994-10-21 … LOVE AFFAIR (2) Dolby Digital
1994-11-04 … MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (2) Dolby SR
1994-11-18 … STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (5) Dolby Digital
1994-12-25 … I.Q. (3) Dolby Digital
1995-01-13 … LEGENDS OF THE FALL (8) Dolby SR
1995-03-10 … OUTBREAK (3) Dolby Digital
1995-03-31 … THE WILD BUNCH “The Director’s Cut” (2) 70mm-Dolby
1995-04-12 … ROB ROY (4) DTS
1995-05-12 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (2) DTS
1995-05-24 … BRAVEHEART (4) Dolby Digital
1995-06-23 … POCAHONTAS (5) Dolby Digital
1995-07-28 … THE NET (4) SDDS
1995-08-25 … BEYOND RANGOON (2) SDDS
1995-09-08 … BELLE DE JOUR (1)
1995-09-15 … BRAVEHEART (4) Dolby Digital
1995-10-13 … THE SCARLET LETTER (2) Dolby Digital
1995-10-27 … COPYCAT (5) Dolby Digital
1995-11-22 … TOY STORY (4) Dolby Digital
1995-12-20 … NIXON (3) Dolby Digital
1996-01-12 … TOY STORY (1) Dolby Digital
1996-01-19 … MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS (10) Dolby Digital
1996-03-29 … BRAVEHEART (1) Dolby Digital
1996-04-03 … PRIMAL FEAR (5) Dolby Digital
1996-05-10 … TWISTER (2) Dolby Digital
1996-05-22 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (6) Dolby Digital
1996-07-03 … INDEPENDENCE DAY (11) Dolby Digital
1996-09-20 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (4) Dolby Digital
1996-10-18 … SLEEPERS (5) Dolby Digital
1996-11-22 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (3) Dolby Digital
1996-12-13 … MARS ATTACKS! (3) Dolby Digital
1997-01-01 … EVITA (4) Dolby Digital
1997-01-31 … STAR WARS “Special Edition” (3) Dolby Digital
1997-02-21 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK “Special Edition” (3) Dolby Digital
1997-03-14 … RETURN OF THE JEDI “Special Edition” (5) Dolby Digital
1997-04-18 … DAS BOOT “The Director’s Cut” (2) SDDS
1997-05-02 … ANNA KARENINA (1) Dolby Digital
1997-05-09 … FATHERS’ DAY (2) Dolby Digital
1997-05-23 … ADDICTED TO LOVE (4) Dolby Digital
1997-06-20 … BATMAN & ROBIN (3) Dolby Digital
1997-07-11 … CONTACT (10) Dolby Digital
1997-09-19 … L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (4) Dolby Digital
1997-10-17 … THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE (3) Dolby Digital
1997-11-07 … STARSHIP TROOPERS (6) SDDS
1997-12-19 … TITANIC (3) Dolby Digital
1998-01-05 … theater closed
The references for this filmography included various issues of Boxoffice, The Arizona Republic, Variety, and Dolby sound system installation records.
I was visiting AZ as a child to see my uncle graduate from Thunderbird University and it was opening weekend of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. We saw the movie at this amazing theater. Now years later I live in AZ and wish it was still around!
We used to visit my sister Lillian in Scottsdale, and on one long trip from California in 1966 there were ads in our reading materials for The Blue Max. Coming in to Scottsdale there it was, at the Cine Capri, one of the most fabulous theaters I ever saw. I had just gotten my license and begged Mom for the car so I could go to the movie there, and she relented if I took my little brother Ricky. Those opening moments, as the biplanes soared over the battlefield on that fantastic screen are embedded in my brain — the fury of their machine guns reduced to tiny tapping high overhead. And I remember the lifting of her curtains before the show began — it gave any movie at the Cine Capri special importance and I saw a film there every time I came to town — if it was playing here, it must be good. Totally infatuated with the aerial scenes on that big screen, I left the theater in a haze, completely unaware I had left my little brother asleep on the cushions of that comfortable lobby. If I recall, it was circular and had very tall windows. We found him there a half hour later when I returned under scathing direction from my Mom.
Saw “Contact” there in 1997. What I remember most about the Cine Capri, aside from the airport terminal-sized lobby with gleaming white terrazzo flooring and tall windows, was the cinder-black colored curved exterior wall with gold flecks in it – and that odd moustache logo on the front. What an interesting mid-century theater. It looked massive from the parking lot. Too bad it’s gone. I ran across an old clipping from 1962 showing an announcement about plans to build the theater – apparently it was originally designed to be a geodesic dome along the lines of the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, but apparently that plan got changed. And that’s probably a good thing. The Cine Capri as built was a wonderful piece of architecture.
Thought I had a scan of the announcement, but I can’t locate it. But if anyone has a copy of the Feb. 1962 “Phoenix Days & Ways” magazine (there are a lot of them floating around out there because it was a phonebook-sized special edition to commemorate Arizona’s 50th anniversary of statehood), the announcement is in there.
It’s “new location” is in Scottsdale. It’s not the same….not by a long shot.
My understanding is that the theater was not demolished but rather dismantled and rebuilt at another location. I was never able to see where it was rebuilt and it may be closed by now. Does anyone know for sure?
Great ad, Mike Rivest!
March 30th, 1966 grand opening ad is at:
View link
Charlton Heston was in person.
IA, Carl is Kent’s father. Yes, I remember him from his Pacific Theatre days too. The studios would do a Dolby tech for a opening of a picture. And after they left he would come in and turn down the surround channel in the main house of the Hollywood Pacific Theatre. And I would come in and turn the amps back to the Dolby tech setting the day before.
Kent Peterson, You last posted here in 2004. As knowledgeable as you seem to be, I’m wondering if you are related to Carl Peterson; once owner of a service and supply business in Salt Lake. When I last heard of him, he was Director of Projection Engineering for Pacific Theaters. I knew him from projectionist days at Catalina in Tucson.
The Cine Capri was truly a beloved piece of Phoenix history and it was a real tragedy to have it lost forever. Many groups tried to stop the demolition over the years; the best they did was post pone the inevitable. Like many other people that posted, if a movie came out that I was really excited to see, this was the only place to see it. I waited in multiple lines that wrapped around the parking lot on opening nights just to see a movie there. I was priviliged to see the Star Wars re-releases, the opening of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, “Citizen Kane”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “The Lion King”, and probably many more. One that particularly sticks out in my mind was a day viewing of “The Silence of the Lambs”, one where I snuck out of a college course just in order to take it in. The theater truly had no equal and I could hardly believe it when they finally tore it down.
You are right Stan. I have been watching myself.Guess i am just too big a fanatic of 2001.
Re: “Star Wars”
Wish I owned 10% of that “Overrated and it Sucks”
What a dumb thing to say.
See I double clicked Sorry,still learning.
See that you have been on C.T. since 2004,well Mike and I did not find C.T. till 2009 of course we had to learn how to use a computer first,we are just old school I quess.
See that you have been on C.T. since 2004,well Mike and I did not find C.T. till 2009 of course we had to learn how to use a computer first,we are just old school I quess.
Thanks MarkL it was a nice theatre,and Mike is just and old theatre DAWG like me,Cinema Treasures is my favorite site on the internet,although I check many others.
No fight intended, and certainly no disrespect to MikeRogers. I wish only that the Force stay strong among us, and we resume discussing one of the the most memorable theatres of its time. All hail the Cine Capri, with the hope that we DO see the likes of it again.
O.K. Men lets not fight about it.I did not care for STAR WARS myself but I know many,many,many,people did.Its like people who say they do not like THE BEATLES, “the biggest music act of all time” I love their music and films but a few do not,live and let live.Have a good day.Now we are all off-topic!
Please allow me to go off-topic here and address MikeRogers comment.
While growing up, we all want to be something special. Sure, while a child, we say we want to be a fireman or policeman, but, deep in our hearts, we want to be a hero. For my generation, it was Davy Crockett and, later, the 7 Mercury astronauts. For those growing up in the last decade loved and idolized the LORD OF THE RINGS. More recent folk seem to be especially entranced by AVATAR.
That group that grew up in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and even, to some extent, those just a bit younger, STAR WARS was one of the most memorable events of their childhood and adolescence. Luke and Han Solo were men without peer, Princess Leia was the most beautiful creature in the universe, and Darth Vader was the epitome of evil. They read the books, hung the posters and listened to the music until their lives matured.
Seeing STAR WARS and its companion films was a big moment. Folks of those years remember where and when they first saw it, and tell the tales of standing in lines as badges of honor. They argue about which theatres got the coveted 70mm prints, and who saw it in the new process of Dolby Stereo.
Sure, its a “B” movie…even George Lucas will admit to that. But, its a darn good story that really captures people.
That, MikeRogers, is why there are so many comments about the STAR WARS series and the theatres where it played. And they were very significant money makers for the theatre owners.
I enjoy the STAR WARS comments, and I really hope to see many more.
I wish you guys would get over where and when and how long “StarWars” played somewhere it was a B movie at best.Almost every theatre there is some debate about it.