Thu Dec 12 & Fri Dec 13 - 7:00 PM
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Sun Dec 15 - 2:00 PM
DIR. K. GEORGE GODWIN
2012 | CANADA | 83 MIN
Opening night introduced by K. George Godwin
At one time there were 50 movie theaters operating in Winnipeg – from large single screen theatres to more modest neighborhood theatres. Majestic palaces like the Metropolitan, the Odeon (now the Burton Cummings) and the Uptown (now a bowling alley on Academy) to neighborhood theatres. And over the entire century, well over 100 theatres came and went. In the film, Winnipeggers reminisce about the experience of attending these theatres from people whose families owned theatres to people who worked in them and those just entranced by the movie going experience.
Reviews
"An elegy for poetically named theatres-the Rialto, the Starland, the Bijou, the Eldorado-and for the historic city that was their home. Mixing up archival material and unhurried interviews with ordinary Winnipeggers, this loving, low-key documentary relates detailed memories of deluxe Thursday night previews, marathon Saturday matinees and all-night drive-ins." – ALISON GILLMOR, CBC
