I GUESS THAT’S AN EASY WAY TO FLIP-OFF THE MPAA

This picture comes from theater marquee advertising that the theater will not enforce the R-rating on Fahrenheit 9/11 is from Michael Moore’s website. I’m sure you won’t see any major chains doing anything similar (at least not officially), but it is a good reminder that the MPAA’s ratings are not legally binding, and basically theater owners have the right to enforce the ratings as they wish.

7 thoughts on “I GUESS THAT’S AN EASY WAY TO FLIP-OFF THE MPAA”

Sweet! That’s the Grand Lake in Oakland, CA. Gorgeous theater, even after splitting it into two screens. Damn, I miss the Bay Area.

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Burning Down the House

The Kinks are getting even more re-release treatment: as previously reported, Village Green will be reissued this year, and to honor the 40th anniversary of the band, thirteen other albums are on the way to Super Audio reissue glory! Oh…

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it’s very important for middle-school and high-school age kids under 17 to see this film, despite the sometimes graphic content.

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I gave credit to Michigan, and the theater’s in Oakland? sigh. Just goes to show that the Bay Area is much bigger than some people think. I grew-up in San Francisco, spent the first 17 years of my life there, and all my family is still there. I don’t think I’ve EVER been to a movie in Oakland. The AMC in Emeryville, sure. But Oakland? Nah.

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There are several great places to see movies in Oakland and they all have character and
personality not found in the megaplexes in Emeryville. (The new AMC EmeryBay tried to be clever by creating a huge mural of classic movie stars but nobody thought to mention that including images of movie heroes smoking probably isn’t the most PC thing to do in this town adjacent to Berkeley.)
Anyway, the Grand Lake is a wonderful old movie palace, reasonably well divided
leaving the downstairs auditorium fairly intact with the second in the balcony.
Adjacent are two small newly created movie palaces with their own balconies.
The marquee is a wonder and owner Allan Michaan has been putting up political statements for several years and getting lots of press in the process. He is clearly anti-Bush. On the roof is a huge sign that has 3000 light bulbs that animated and create fireworks when lit on weekends.
The Piedmont is another old theater specializing in art film with a great main floor theater and a balcony divided in two with weird sightlines. Still, people love the theatre
where they have prize giveaways every Saturday night. The film selection is fine and the staff friendly in this Landmark owned location.
The Parkway is also an old theater that was twinned many years ago (upstaiurs
and down) but now is a cinema brew pub restaurant. They show a mix of sub run studio and independent films and host a campy Thursday night series called Thrillville. Also lots of community events and film festivals. You can order a variety of foods, beer and wine to consume in the theater during the show. They are famous for creating the Baby Brigade, a policy allowing parents to get out of those and bring their newborn babies to dinner and a movie on Monday nights.
Finally, the Jack London Square Cinemas in the modern 9 plex that has been a huge success and reinvigorated the area so that shops, restaurants, music clubs and evening strolls along the waterfront have resulted in a wonderful place to go. In anticipation of Emry Bay, they retrofitted all the theaters with a much more gentle stadium seating.
When in the Bay Area, support an Oakland theater. As opposed to the corporate all chain shopping center environment of EmeryBay, each of these Oakland theaters in a lively and unique neighborhood surrounded by locally owned businesses.

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