Memorable movie hall experiences .....

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I only went to one FilmEx showing, and that was the opening of "A Clockwrk Orange" in 1971 which was at the Hollywood Warner, then named the Hollywood Pacific.

'71 was the inaugural year for FILMEX. All of their programs I saw that year were at the Chinese (first time seeing House Of Wax in 3-D, for instance).

Last time I saw a film in Hollywood was at the Egyptian. It was a film called "Being Julia" with Annette Bening, who was there to rake questions about the movie.  I went because it was free. I took a Canadian visitor to the Oscar simulcast at the Egyptian, which was great. Included food, drinks and giveaways for $20. Best bargain ever!

Those events must have been after the American Cinematheque took over and renovated the Egyptian (through most of the '80s, I lived right behind it at Selma and Las Palmas, during its rather down-at-heels days). That Oscar night sounds fab!