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Topic: Movies featuring theatres
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Tom Ferreira
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 203
From: Conway, NH, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-29-1999 12:55 PM
Even though it was already mentioned, Cinema Paradiso is the best movies about the movies, and my all time favorite film, to boot. If anyone in the business hasn't seen it, shame on you, and get to Blockbuster immediately! There's also the Rodney Dangerfield/Chuck McCann film called The Projectionist, which I've been unable to find anywhere. Another great scene is the exchange between Paul Bartel as a theatre manager and an irate woman patron in Gremlins 2, in which he dryly informs her that "We don't make them, maam, we only show them." I've always wanted to used that line. Another wonderful movie about the movies is Woody Allen's Purple Rose Of Cairo. While not about a theatre, per say, a lot of the action does take place there.
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Joshua Waaland
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 800
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-29-1999 01:06 PM
I'm with Tom,I own a copy of Cinema Paradiso and would have to say without a doubt it is my favorite movie to date. It was filmed in Italian and is subtitled in English. I first saw it a few years ago when I was looking for movies on projectionists. I really felt that it conveyed the job as a projectionist well. You should definitely rent it! Joshua Waaland
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-04-2000 10:48 PM
>>"The projectionist was a quick lunch for "The Blob"."<<Funny you should mention _The Blob_. That theatre was/is an acutal theatre located in Phoenixville, PA and is called the Colonial theatre. We just got them reopened a few months ago. From what I can tell, they used the actual projection booth in the film! They are coming back slow so the original Simplex E-7 projectors are still in use. Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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