Cinemark - Classic Movies Once A Month

[Batjoke100]

I was on Cinemark's website today looking up some showtimes and I noticed that some of their theaters are showing classic movies once a month. Right now they have The Godfather for March, The Godfather: Part II for April, Dr. Strangelove for May and Taxi Driver for June. They are playing One Day at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm if your theater has them. Some XD theaters even have them showing in XD. They only seem to be showing at their bigger, high-end theaters, so make sure their playing at a theater you have locally before you get too excited. Already made plans with my girlfriend to go see The Godfather in all of it's 4K Digital Glory!

[Austinrains41]

I also saw that they will be showing ben-hur on march 15.

[BluBonnet]

I had seen the posters for the "Godfather" movies. Too bad they can't show the two of them back-to-back.

I've already seen them shown together, it's a lot of fun - but it's a looooong time to be in a theater.

Anyone know if these screenings are digital? I'm assuming they wouldn't bother with 35mm for a one-day engagement.

[remake]

My theatre has some kind of thing where they show older films. I always see it in the showtimes. It's like one showing on a weekday though. I think the last movie they played was Fish Tank.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by victim

My theatre has some kind of thing where they show older films. I always see it in the showtimes. It's like one showing on a weekday though. I think the last movie they played was Fish Tank.

Is that a Cinemark, also?

[remake]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Is that a Cinemark, also?

Is Cinemark a chain? I don't think so.

[Icedburden]

I've seen Ben-Hur, Taxi Driver and Airplane! so far and all three have been fun experiences. People are respectful and quiet during the film. Beforehand, a lot of people talk about movies and different stories.

[Meritocracy]

Originally Posted by victim

Is Cinemark a chain? I don't think so.

Yes, they're a chain. They're the 3rd largest in the United States.

[Atreyu]

My Cinemark doesn't do it. The one in my town is family oriented and usually only plays films for two weeks and all are digital, nothing on film anymore.

[Batjoke100]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I had seen the posters for the "Godfather" movies. Too bad they can't show the two of them back-to-back.

I've already seen them shown together, it's a lot of fun - but it's a looooong time to be in a theater.

Anyone know if these screenings are digital? I'm assuming they wouldn't bother with 35mm for a one-day engagement.

Cinemark clearly puts if it's showtimes are digital or not on their website, my local theater that I plan on seeing this at has all 4K Digital Projectors. I do also have one Cinemark theater near me that still uses some 35 mm projectors but it's not showing the movie.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by victim

Is Cinemark a chain? I don't think so.

http://www.cinemark.com

(We've got a Cinemark in our neighborhood, and they're starting to become the "classy" chain that AMC wants to be but isn't--
Just added their new hi-def XD screens and Fathom events, and that's just in a mall 'plex. That, and they advertise that they deliberately project their digital 3D movies brighter, to compensate the usual customer objections.)

As for "Classics", most of them seem to be Paramount, which is putting a lot of hype into their Anniversary--
Classic movies are now one-day event screenings instead of old-fashioned revivals, and then usually to promote disk restorations. Even if it is soulless commercialism, it's helping to revive a lost art.