Despite this very telling film title, no one saw it coming.
The above picture is from Eastwood Mall in 1965. The Eastwood Theatre was originally a one-screen house with original Cinerama capabilities. The original Cinerama technology was an anamorphic 70mm (shooting movies with 3 cameras), and consequently, presented by 3 projectors. "How the West Was Won" is probably the most famous of the ten films shot on the original 3-camera format.
Eastwood in '65 and '04.
There were 2 Cinerama theatres in B'ham, the other was at The Ritz. Well, it was HUGE curved screen, but eventually the auditorium was converted into two, and it became the Eastwood Twin. I remember seeing movies like Song of the South and E.T. here. *tear* Joined later by the Village East Twin across the street, both theatres would be closed with the opening of the Festival up the street in 1989 (for more dead movie houses, check out B'ham Wiki). Village East became [a now defunct] OfficeMax and Eastwood became office space, but was recently torn down with the rest of the mall, to help further the GNP of the People's Republic of China (by building a Wal-Mart).
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