quote: Thomas DieterBack in the mid-90s a guy bought the old McKenzie Theater in Springfield and programmed it with old movies. It was a colossal business failure. At "2001" there were about 5 people in the audience. Of course it didn't help that they had a 5-watt mono sound system.
This person is set in stone on his belief that bringing back old movies is bad for business. I'm sure that everyone here would disagree with that
quote: Thomas DieterI'm sorry to say that Regal has beaten you to the punch. In several markets, they are running these films every Thursday. In your market, if you choose to give this a go, you will be perceived as a copycat and will probably fail miserably.
the Regal Cinema down the road from us is running it in the marathon which starts Valintine's Day
The turn out always surprises me.
quote: John CarpenterI don't know if it's on Fandango or not. I got the email from being a Regal Crown ClubCard Member. Here some of what they are offering.
So what Regal is playing the marathon you mentioned? I didn't see any mention of it on fandango...
It has been 757 days since the last post.
quote: Robert E. AllenBesides the whole supply and demand thing, there is the whole supply thing.
Geeze guys! Do you think Edison invented the movie projector in the 70s? What about stuff from the 40s, 50s and 60s?
quote:And according to Fred Mills it was the porn theatre that helped keep the Business afloat. The city helped bring back the Kentucky and they tried to keep the repertory going but it just wasn't bringing in the business so they had to change the way they did things and making the former X rated theatre into a second screen allowed them to do this successfully. Also allowing the wood-songs concert series and the smaller concert performances helped them out to.
At the height of the revival format era, I was projectionist at one of the most-popular repertory houses in the South; the 1,100-seat Kentucky Theatre in Lexington. I ran everything from silent films all the way through present day (the late 70s at the time), foreign and domestic product - with lots of crappy prints, but I hand-inspected and repaired them all. About 8-10 different titles a week on ONE screen, including Friday and Saturday Midnight Shows of offbeat films. 35mm. I ran four different formats with two-projector changeovers: 1.33, 1.66, 1.85, and scope. It was the top union gig in town (and, in the 6 years I was chief boothman there, I never put the wrong movie on, had an out of frame, a film break, or forgot to change a lens). Oh, yes.. while also running the little porn house next door, with it's two-projector changeovers (although it WAS automated)!
quote: Michael McGovernRegal does a terrible job of promoting this series. I used to list them on my blog. (http://blog.onthebigscreen.net/) I emailed Regal's home office several times asking for info. They would send me listings I already had or ignore me altogether.
I was never even aware Regal did such a thing until recently, as they don't advertise it anywhere on their website.
quote: Bobby HendersonTrue, although I don't know how well-known that fact is locally. I believe the story takes place in Astoria OR, on the north Oregon coast. Probably mostly shot there too.
Wasn't The Goonies based in (and parts filmed in) Oregon? That could explain the seemingly unusual popularity of the movie there.