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BBM Theatre Pictures
« on: April 10, 2006, 11:25:29 pm »
Did you take any pictures of the theatres showing BBM?  If so, post them here:


First up. 

THE DEL MAR THEATRE in Santa Cruz, CA.  (Apropriately named, isn't it?  ;)  My friend said it should have been renamed The Ennis Del Mar Theatre!)

TRIVIA:  Back in January, this theatre had both a HEATH LEDGER and a JAKE GYLLENHAAL "double feature" at the same time!  That's right:  3 movies playing featuring Heath in two and Jake in two, at the same time! 
It was:
Heath in Casanova
Heath in BBM
Jake in BBM
and Jake in Donnie Darko for the midnight show (Fri + Sat night).

You could have stayed all day and night and never got enough of these two!

More:
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The picture is the main auditorium at the Del Mar

http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=2981


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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2006, 11:30:11 pm »
The CALIFORNIA THEATRE in Berkeley, CA. 

This is one of the original 12/16 opening theatres.  I was there opening night.  On the marquee read:  Crouching Cowboys Hidden Passions  ;D



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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2006, 11:33:20 pm »
Here is the PIEDMONT THEATRE in Oakland, CA.

BBM also opened on 12/16 here also.



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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2006, 11:35:07 pm »
Inside THE PIEDMONT just before BBM is about to start.  8)

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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2006, 11:37:37 pm »
Oooh I wish I woulda taken pics! It's gone here now :'(... I really do miss having the option of seeing it in the theatre :(

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2006, 11:39:41 pm »
The AQUARIUS THEATRE in Palo Alto, CA.

Another original 12/16 opening theatre. The screens and auditoriums are small, and when I saw BBM here near the end of December and in January, they were sold out each show!!!   :o  ;D


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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2006, 11:41:03 pm »
That is one TINY theatre :o

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2006, 11:42:39 pm »
The poster case at The AQUARIUS...

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2006, 11:43:46 pm »
Man, I should have taken pictures! That didn't even occur to me! I saw it at *counts ticket stubs* nine different theatres! (I kind of made it a little game to go to lots of theatres I've never been to because I'm new to this area.)

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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2006, 11:45:50 pm »
Great pics!  I went to a movie theater in San Francisco that was amazing, but I can't remember where it was.  Just that it was out of the way.  I had the good luck to see 'The Best of Youth', a wonderful movie about an Italian family from the 60s to today.

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2006, 11:47:29 pm »
The crappy UA STONESTOWN TWIN in San Francisco, CA   :-\

Here are pictures of the entire theatre:
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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2006, 11:49:01 pm »
In the lobby at The STONESTOWN were lots of BBM displays!   8)

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2006, 11:50:22 pm »
And here's the entrance to BBM!  This way please...  ;)

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2006, 11:54:28 pm »
The ORINDA THEATRE in Orinda, CA

BBM opened on 12/29 here.  You see it listed at the top of the marquee.  They were also showing Kong and Geisha, in much smaller auditoriums.  ;D


Some more pics of the Orinda here:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=2682

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2006, 11:56:24 pm »
Inside the ORINDA before BBM is about to start.   :)

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2006, 11:59:47 pm »
The TOWER THEATRE in Sacramento, CA.

BBM opened on 01/06 here.  All performances all weekend were SOLD OUT!

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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2006, 12:02:21 am »
Inside The TOWER THEATRE before BBM is about to start.

PACKED CROWD.  SOLD OUT.  Since they had to wait until 01/06 for it to open here, the crowd seemed to really appreciate it more.  They roared and cheered at the Thanksgiving scene!  I will never forget this experience!   :)

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2006, 12:08:17 am »
The CENTURY 25 in San Jose, CA (on the border of Campbell.)  This is a conservative part of town.

BBM opened on 01/20 here.  I saw the 7:00 show and it was about 80% full!  No one made a peep.  In fact they cheered at the Thanksgiving scene here too!   :)

Sorry for the far away pic.  You can see BBM on the top of the marquee.  This was originally one large dome theatre, and they split it in two by putting a wall down the center of it.   ???  :o  ::)


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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2006, 12:13:12 am »
The CENTURY 21-23, San Jose, CA

BBM originally opened at the small art house theatres across the street in Santana Row on 12/16.  In February, BBM was moved over here to the large dome theatres.   8)



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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2006, 12:15:01 am »
These giant dome theatres are still in tact, and they're SJ's highest grossing theatres.  All the blockbusters play here, which of course is why BBM was moved here!  ;D

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2006, 12:18:06 am »
The Regal Fox Tower in Portland, OR.

BBM opened ON 4 SCREENS here on 12/16!!!   :o
(From what I hear sold 'em all out too.)

Was traveling through in February and took this pic.

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2006, 12:20:52 am »
The BRIDGE THEATRE in San Francisco, CA

This was taken last Friday night 04/07.  BBM was moved here after it's final run at the infamous EMBARCADERO, where it opened on 12/09 as one of the original 5 theatres producing the 109k PTA.

There were only about 14 people for the show.  Pretty much everybody in SF has already seen BBM.  ;D

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« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2006, 12:22:47 am »
Another view of THE BRIDGE.

You can see the BBM poster in the lower right hand corner of the picture.   8)

BBM will only play here one week.  This will probably be just about it for BBM in San Francisco.  (With the DVD out and all.)

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« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2006, 12:27:02 am »
Our final stop is THE PARKWAY THEATRE in Oakland, CA

This is a 2nd run theatre that has couches and tables, and they serve pizza and beer!  8)

They had to wait until 03/31 to get BBM because the Piedmont theatre wouldn't let go of it.  This picture was taken Sunday 04/09.

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« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2006, 12:28:47 am »
Here is their roof top sign.

This will be the last theatre in the SF Bay Area to play BBM most likely.  It sure has been a fun experience.

Can't wait for the director's cut re-release  ;D

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« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2006, 12:38:57 am »
OMG I almost forgot:  The CINEARTS @ THE SEQUOIA in Mill Valley, CA

This was hands down one of the BEST presentations of BBM in a movie theatre.  The screen was huge, but not too big, and the sound was awesome.  This is the only theatre I went to where as the credits started to roll, NO ONE MOVED.  Yeah, the impact of the film and the way it was presented was that good!

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« Reply #26 on: April 11, 2006, 12:40:37 am »
This was one of the original 12/16 opening theatres.

The SF area Trembleyans saw the last show of BBM here on 03/23.  A night I'll never forget.  Thank you guys!  8)
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« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2006, 12:42:14 am »
Great pics!  I went to a movie theater in San Francisco that was amazing, but I can't remember where it was.  Just that it was out of the way.  I had the good luck to see 'The Best of Youth', a wonderful movie about an Italian family from the 60s to today.

The hitch is that it's in two parts and six hours, but it's so worth it.  God I wanna move!!

You were at The Balboa Theatre.  :)

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« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2006, 01:39:26 am »
Wow..thanks for sharing those. All I have is ticket stubs...I guess I can take a pic of those if anyone wants to see lol
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« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2006, 04:44:11 am »
WOW!  Wish I'd taken a picture of the Aero.  Thanks for sharing, Eric.  And good meeting you the other night.  ;D

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« Reply #30 on: April 11, 2006, 05:19:45 pm »
These pictures are so cool. Makes me realize what I'm missin' living in Texas! We have very few individually owned theaters, mostly megaplexes with a listing of 20 movies on the outside marquee.
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« Reply #31 on: April 11, 2006, 06:31:55 pm »
Great pics guys! Thank you  :) 
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« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2006, 12:28:28 am »
Ok, went to the theatre today for my 38th viewing.  Even though I have my DVD's, both widescreen and fullscreen, there's just nothing like smartenin' up and heading out to the theatres for BBM.  It's still showing at the Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco.  This is where all art house films go at the end of their run...as you can see.

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« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2006, 12:31:48 am »
And here's poster row right next to the box office.  Saw the 5:15pm show today.  There were about 10 people in the theatre.  8)

I had uncontrollable fits of sobbing.  I don't know, maybe after 38 theatre viewings it finally all poured out.  I had to go into the restroom after the movie and stand in a stall for 20 minutes and just cry my eyes out.  BBM got me good!
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« Reply #34 on: April 16, 2006, 12:41:56 am »
Awwww Eric!   (gives eric a big BBM hug)    :-*

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« Reply #35 on: April 16, 2006, 01:23:46 pm »
Great pictures, Eric! 

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« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2006, 01:43:12 pm »
 :o  There must be some really awesome theatres in CA!  None of the theatres in my location look like that - we have multi-plexes and huge, small-town renovated theatres.  Most of the theaters in these parts look like this and this.   :)

I didn't take any pictures at the multi-plexes I went to - one reason being I don't have a camera phone!
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« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2006, 05:23:32 pm »
WOW!  Wish I'd taken a picture of the Aero.  Thanks for sharing, Eric.  And good meeting you the other night.  ;D

Kirk, henrypie took terrific pictures of the Aero, which I'm still hoping she will share..............

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« Reply #38 on: May 15, 2006, 09:25:39 pm »
Here is the RED VIC MOVIE HOUSE on 5/13/06.  Many local members of Bettermost & Dave Cullen attended the 7pm show here.  :)


Wait 'til we post pictures of the CASTRO theatre next month!  ;D  ;)

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« Reply #39 on: May 16, 2006, 01:22:59 am »
Wow!  What a great record of Brokeback's run, I wish there was more.  We hardly have any signs out in Australia any more, they've all gone electronic, and mostly inside the box office rather than on the street.
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« Reply #40 on: May 16, 2006, 04:15:34 am »
Woah! I love all those pictures! They are some cute theatres! We don't really have these here in Brussels. I took some pictures too. Will post them later.

What's with the red N on this one?  ;D

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« Reply #41 on: May 23, 2006, 09:41:08 am »
Pictures I took in Brussels:






I like the reflecting tree..

They didn't even bother to translate into French!  ;D 

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« Reply #42 on: June 02, 2006, 06:55:08 pm »
"Coming Soon" to the CASTRO THEATRE...  :D

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« Reply #43 on: June 02, 2006, 07:29:23 pm »
Eric, this is great.  Jude, thanks for contributing another continent to the mix.

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« Reply #44 on: August 30, 2006, 11:07:24 pm »
 ;D

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« Reply #45 on: August 30, 2006, 11:12:11 pm »
Castro Theatre - San Francisco - June 12-14, 2006

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« Reply #46 on: August 30, 2006, 11:15:50 pm »
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« Reply #47 on: August 31, 2006, 12:13:17 am »
Wow Eric, this is amazing....I never saw this thread before.  I wish I had done the same with all the theaters I had seen it in.  Some were glorious and some were horrible.  And here I thought that I was Brokeback's bigest fan. ;) 

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« Reply #48 on: October 06, 2006, 05:13:19 pm »
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« Reply #49 on: October 07, 2006, 01:40:21 pm »
Eric -

What beautiful pictures & wonderful memories you have.
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« Reply #50 on: October 15, 2006, 02:51:01 am »
Thanks for posting that picture Shakes!  :D

Ok, anybody esle got anymore BBM Theatre pics?

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« Reply #51 on: December 16, 2006, 05:54:41 pm »
Oh I have never seen this thread, this is absolutely wonderful, it's so much fun to look through all the posts and see the cinemas where you have seen BBM. Thought I'd do a bump of this thread with some pictures.

The poster at the Tuschinski theatre in Amsterdam:

And this is the theatre (Tuschinksi) where I saw the movie for the fourth time!


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« Reply #52 on: December 16, 2006, 06:36:43 pm »




God. That theatre is beautiful!  :D

I wish our theatres looked like that over here.
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« Reply #53 on: January 07, 2007, 06:13:30 pm »
Here is a photo of the marquee at the Bridge theater in San Francisco during the last week of the movie being shown in the San Francisco area last April or May. This photo was shot the night before the marquee was changed to the next film. In other words, this view is one of the last visualities of Brokeback Mountain on a theater marquee during its initial run.

I asked the theater manager to rework the marquee to show only Brokeback Mountain; the front elevation had been featuring the upcoming attractions, and I thought such a photo for history and posterity ought not be tainted by anything other than BBM. After much discussion and salesmanship, he agreed, if I helped, which of course I was glad to do.

In honor of the last week, I had a florist make a display for the lobby; it was very nice, too. Red roses for passion, yellow roses for farewell, and pine twigs for Wyoming mountain motif. To add to the motif, the arrangement as on a bed of rock and drift wood. I sent it anonymously (and feel OK mentioning it here as I remain anonymous!) as a personal thanks as well as a congratulatory symbol for the last week of the film's run. The popcorn concession's girl told me they thought that the director or production company had sent it; is that not wonderful?

I shot two roles of film for this. The marquee is neon and goes through a regimen of lighting each letter of the Bridge name, then highlighting the entire display with lots of red neon. The timing is very fast so getting the all blue name was tough. I think the all blue is perfect.

What's more perfect is the name. I have been enjoying the name Bridge associated with BBM. The story bridges two wonderful men's lives. The film bridges many thoughts, yearnings, ideas, and emotions. A bridge is a linking of two important entities. Ennis and Jack created a Bridge we know as Brokeback, in many ways.

Enjoy!
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« Reply #54 on: January 08, 2007, 12:09:51 am »
Ooo!   great pic!    Thanks for sharing that.  Night photos can be so difficult to get just right.

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« Reply #55 on: January 08, 2007, 02:10:25 pm »
And he got them to have all the letters in black  :D, as opposed to my picture with the red "N" LOL.
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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #56 on: March 07, 2008, 10:23:24 am »
Comeback for an old, old thread  :)
I saw BBM in theatre again two days ago and took some pics of the theatre. The theatre is in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The Americans living here call it "K-Town" because they say it's hard to pronounce and spell for them  ;D


The theatre:




The showcase with BBM and I'm not There poster. An employee of the theatre saw that I took pictures and offered to open the showcase extra for me, so I wouldn't have the reflection of the pane on the pic  :D. What a nice guy.




Another poster shows the 10+1 Commandments for moviegoers. It's pretty funny. One commandment was: Cry as much as you want. It's dark and nobody will see you. I took this to heart.  :-\

I found the yin and yang symbols on the poster cool  8)


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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #57 on: March 07, 2008, 10:29:02 am »
Terrific pictures from K-town Chrissi!


How wonderful to see the BBM poster next to the I'm Not There one. That was great.
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« Reply #58 on: March 07, 2008, 10:56:34 am »
You saw it in the cinema again too, Chrissi, how was the experience for you? Did you cry big tears at the very end like I did? God it was heartbreaking to watch Heath step out of the frame.

Thanks for the pics!

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #59 on: March 08, 2008, 12:04:11 am »
Thanks for posting the pictures Chrissi!  :D

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #60 on: March 24, 2009, 09:11:44 pm »
Bumping for "Bump-Fest"  ;)

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« Reply #61 on: March 25, 2009, 10:09:37 pm »
Bump this




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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #64 on: March 26, 2009, 08:39:51 pm »
 :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

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« Reply #65 on: March 27, 2009, 12:33:07 am »
That was Valentine's Day last year and it was very last minute.

It was at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz.

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #66 on: March 27, 2009, 11:11:04 am »


Thanks so much for bumping this awesome thread!   :D


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« Reply #67 on: April 17, 2012, 12:37:24 pm »
Another bump for nostalgia.

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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #68 on: April 17, 2012, 08:08:44 pm »

     Thank you so much, for bumping this Paul.


   So happy to see this event again.  My lovely Brokie friends out and that gorgeous theater.  Hey Eric.. good to see you again..That sweet
face, and beautiful smile..

    I have to live so many of these events vicariously.



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Re: BBM Theatre Pictures
« Reply #69 on: June 10, 2012, 11:44:19 am »
 :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D