National Theatre
10925 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
10925 Lindbrook Drive,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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ConverseElliot: Seen many a film at the Seattle Cinerama pre-restoration and only one (A.I. – Ugh!) post restoration. The Cinerama feels a little smaller and cocoon-like than the National, and would be more comparable to the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.
I have never been to your beloved Eastgate but have driven by it and seen the photos on Cinematour. The large house of the eastgate seems more National-ish than the Cinerama.
Mark: If you are ever back in the Seattle area you may want to pay a visit to Seattle Cinerama. A friend told me about it and it looks to have similarities to the National, the only difference being Paul Allen stepped in and saved it. I wish someone would do the same for the National.
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D. Packard: Do not hang your head about not seeing 3:10 To Yuma at the National. I had a similar experience here in Portland, back in 2001, when my favorite local theatre the Eastgate was closing. They were showing Raiders Of The Lost Ark as a farewell, but I went against my instincts and instead went to try and meet up with a gal I liked at the time. She promptly brushed me off and I lost the opportunity to say goodbye to an old friend. In my case. I put hormones ahead of my passions, but in your case you had no advance notice the end was coming so abruptly for the National.
Bill, I was fortunate enough to see Raiders in 70mm at the Southcenter Theatre (RIP) south of Seattle, The interior and layout were very similar to the National (look at the last photo on website below). Sound was never the best though. Center chanel dialogue was always a bit quiet and echoey. They later added a DTS sound system for Jurrasic Park. I saw that an Goldeneye in DTS and it still wasn’t that great. Nothing compares to the National!
http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=2592
Mark, I worked at the Village in 1981 and a few of us went to the late show opening night of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. One of the Assistant managers snuck us in even though it was sold out. It was pure vintage National; a packed theatre and a energetic crowd. During that time period it was a blast working at a Mann theatre in Westwood. They were the ‘it’ theatres in Los Angeles and studios would kill to get thier films played at these screens. Mann was pretty much married to Warner and Paramount. In early 1981 mann took over the Regent and Fall 1981 they took over the Plaza. The Regent would get many ‘exclusive engagements’ that would constantly be sold out. Times have really changed all around in film exhibition and it will never be like that again.
I remember going to see “FM” 2 weeks in a row when it opened in 1978. It may have been the first DOLBY film to show there. The film itself was kind of cheezy but the sound was perfection. All I remember is it was amazing at the National. It was wall-to-wall rock music and the theatre rocked. Needless to say the 70’s feeling of the film fit into the atmosphere of the theatre. Great fun!
It would have been nice if the management had been kind enough to alert us that it finally was closing, even if it was only a day in advance. I’m sure the owner had this in mind for a long time.
I also have to wonder why someone got all the way up to the roof sign and painted over the theatre’s name but left Mann’s up there.
Brad, the first film I saw there was “Saving Private Ryan”. I was blown away by the sound during the D-Day scenes. Never saw a 70mm presentation there but I wish I could have. I have seen the Indiana Jones Trilogy at single screeners in 70mm the Seattle/Tacoma area growing up. But they all must have paled in comparison to the National. Wish I could have been there for those. To me, this a perfectly designed theatre, crummy paint and orange curtains and all!
One could probably guess that I became obbsessed with the National by the number of photos I have up on Cinematour here:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=2134
Mark, I lived with this theatre all my life. I grew up in Santa Monica; and at a young 12 or 13 years old I would take the bus to Westwood on Saturdays. My first visit to the National was for The Bad News Bears in 1976; it was the closest theatre playing it near SM. In the Summer of ‘78 Heaven Can Wait played there from June to end of Sept; I remember seeing it there in August and talking to the Asst mgr at the time who told me the grosses from week to week were fantastic and steady. Word of mouth of HCW kept that theatre filled throught its engagement. I have many stories and much love for the National along with the Village and Bruin; Westwood’s BIG 3 THEATRES. It will be odd coming into Westwood it not being there any longer. There was never a time in my memory when it wasn’t.
Hey Brad, don’t forget in the week of 6/22 Transformers and Joshua played during the LA Films fest (and 1408 didn’t play on those days).
ConvereseElliot: This is indeed the hardest theatre closing I have had to deal with since living in LA for the last 9 years. The National became my favorite theatre in LA, if not ever. I look at the list and drool at the films i could have seen at the National pre-1998 had I grown up here..
I updated Michael Coates original posting with the bookings Post-Mann to make it complete.
THE NATIONAL THEATRE, 1970-2007
10925 Lindbrook, Los Angeles (Westwood Village)
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 NATIONAL THEATRE WESTWOOD (POST-MANN)
05/11/07 – THE EX (2 weeks)
05/18/07 – PARIS, JE T'AIME (3 weeks)
06/08/07 – HOSTEL: PART II (2 weeks)
06/22/07 – 1408 (1 week)
06/29/07 – SICKO (4 weeks)
07/27/07 – RESCUE DAWN (2 weeks)
08/10/07 – BECOMING JANE (2 weeks)
08/24/07 – WAR (2 weeks)
09/07/07 – 3:10 TO YUMA (3 weeks)
09/28/07 – FEAST OF LOVE (2 weeks)
Hey guys, well I live in Portland, Oregon and am sad to say I never had the pleasure of attending a film at the National. I discovered it about a month ago while browsing around Cinema Treasures and by the time I had finished reading all of your comments, looking at your pictures, and learning of it’s history and struggle to stay open in an industry and society that seems to care little about historic gems like the National, I had fallen in love with the place. I share your passion for the National and mourn the loss just as you do. I only regret that I had not learned of the place sooner so I could have paid a visit myself and brought my camera with me. I was actually debating about making a couple day trip to Los Angeles during one of my upcoming vacation weeks with a visit to the National at the top of my list. Sadly, it seems I am a tad too late. Nonetheless, I thank you all for sharing your fond memories on this post and for allowing me to experience the National vicariously through them. I am not an industry insider or a man with deep enough pockets to invest in the National and keep her alive, I am merely a working class American with a passion for gems such as she. However, if I were I would sweep in and return her to her former glory in a heartbeat. Thank you all and I mourn the loss along with you.
Thank you Tom Daughtry and group for at least trying to keep the National going. I’m glad I was able to be a patron when you ran the theatre, and wish you the best with the Culver Plaza.
By the way, I am affiliated and in direct contact with the people who were running this theatre; Tom Daugherty and the other owners of the theatre. Farewell to this theatre and support the Culver Plaza Theatre now, one of the few independent theatres out there!
well thats it then. It’s over.
We’ve reached the end of a long journey, we’ve lost the battle.
The last great theatre, has closed, the last hope… has died, the flame has slowly burned out, it was kept burning, ever so faintly..over these last weeks,
but now everything is in darkness, the light of the projector has died, hope has died with it.
Perhaps someday in the doomed future, Charlton Heston will wander in out of the deserted ghost town of Westwood, filled with cobwebs and skeletons, fire up the old projector with a generator and watch Woodstock.
But for now, It is over.
And so I say fare thee well, thou shall never hear from Harry again
The theatre is closed. They are not playing Gone Baby Gone.
Today’s LA Times lists “Gone Baby Gone” opening at the National this Friday in THX. Will the booking move or is the theatre not really closed? The theatre has been listed in the Independent Theatre guide of the LA times all week with “Call Theatre for Information and Showtimes”. Perhaps “Feast of Love” was such a bust they were not financially able to run it beyond Sunday?…
BTW Cinema Treasures should retitle this theatre what it calls itself these days: “The National Theatre”
The theatre closed after Sunday’s showing of “Feast of Love”.
I thing the developer wants to move very fast.
Has the theatre quietly closed as of today? There are no showtimes listed any where…
FYI: The petition is up to 75 signatures now.
No, they would carry the two large reels by hand or platter ring. Carrying a platter ring with film is like carrying a tire.
So they would roll the platter or reels down the street?
There are two ways they could have done it. One being on two 6k reels and the other on a platter ring with platter clamps. They would leave the trailer pack intact most of the time for the one day event, but that would mean they were lazy to remove it too.
How did Mann move prints amongst the single screeners of Westwood when they had premieres? Example: Village and Bruin had premieres so their films moved to the National and Plaza for a day. Did they have to break down the print and reassemble?
I saw South Park at the Regent on a day it had been moved from the National when it was having a premiere, and the THX trailer was still attached. (and the Regent is not THX).
As BradE put it right on the nose about rent and turning over films around. And it’s the labor issue everyone is under one plex. During the late 80’s through the 90’s, the job of the full time projectionist in each theatre was cut down. It became a share job, were you had two full time operators in each theatre or plex at one time. It would become the Village and Bruin, National and Plaza, Westwood 4-Plex and Regent Theatres, tagged together. So each theatre dropped a operator from payroll. During that time Cineplex operated the Odeon (aka. Festival). So now Mann takes over the Odeon and that theatre is part of the National & Plaza route for the projectionist. During this time magagement starts to work in the booth. Oh when Cineplex operated the Odeon in it’s last year it was a share job with the Crest Theatre. It’s much easier to manage a plex now a days.
Putting screens under one roof would be more profitable probably. The problem with the stand alone palaces is the rent is very high and the turnover of films is less frequent. People are also lazy, they rather go to one place with many choices than to walk around a town to find the screens. Personally, I love spending the day in Westwood going from theatre to theatre, eating lunch in between films. It was more fun back in the late 70’s and 80’s when there was Tower Records and many book store to browse. Westwood still has potential and I have faith in it.