Massive Fundraising Effort Under Way for Hollywood Theater
Hollywood Theater must raise $75,000 for a digital movie projector, or face going dark—possibly for good.
Letting Hollywood Theater’s screen go dark once again isn’t something theater manager Chad Hunter is willing to allow. Unfortunately, that fate is again becoming a real possibility for the Dormont landmark—the only single-screen, independent movie theater in the South Hills—if the theater can’t raise the necessary $75,000 to buy a digital movie projector. “Increasingly, it’s cheaper for studios to produce movies digitally and distribute them that way,” Hunter said. “The writing is on the wall for it … Small theaters are not part of the studios’ financial formula and we’re falling through the cracks.” Hollywood Theater frequently shows movies on 35mm film, a format that used to require 2,000-foot film reels to be shipped and delivered to …
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Joyce
2:16 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
you need to get on one of these celebrities causes or something. What about those guys who are always on the films talking about the restoration and preservation? I know they are trying to get donations for that, but if the films are restored and people want to see them, they need a place to show them. The Hollywood is perfect for that! more ›