Boxoffice-March.1988

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Los Angeles
\doplion oi a new $4.25 an hour state
tiiinimum wage by the California Industrial
VVeltare Department Dec 18 is being per
ceived as a threat by California exhibitors
Theatre Association of California president
Robert Selig, whose organization fiad been
reconciled to a smaller jump to $4 an hour
warned that the 90-cent increase could cut
moviehouse employment, speed up automation
and raise ticket prices
As part of what AMC is billing as the largest
ma|or market expansion in its history, the
I ham opened two ma)or Southland multif)lexes
Dec 18 The Fullerton 8 and Victor
V alley 10 (in Victorville) |Oin AMCs existing
Century 1-4 (in Century City), as well as the
chain's Puente Plaza 10 (in Puente Hills) and
Mainplace 6 (in Santa Ana) All five multiplexes
were built on or after Sept 1987, and
are scheduled to be joined in 1988 by new
•\MC complexes in Hermosa Beach, Chino.
Santa Monica and on Sunset Blvd at Laurel
Canyon in Hollywood
A man was hospitalized in good condition
Dec 7 after a gunman shot him in the back at
a Los Angeles theatre showing of "Nuts, the
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story of a young woman facing trial for murder.
Freddie lohns, 32, of Los Angeles, said he
had no idea why he was shot The gunman
escaped the United Artist theatre on Clencoe
\ve. and was still at large at press time
The Wiltern, once a landmark Los Angeles
film palace, was showing movies again Dec
i l-)an 17 as part of the venue's special Rock
on Film series Enpying a renaissance as a live
action venue under the direction of legendary
San Francisco rock promoter Bill Graham,
the Wiltern was upgraded with a 15,000-watt
state-of-art sound system for the event, a 44-
iilm tribute to rock cinema produced by the
association with
American Cinematheque In
Graham The 18-day fest kicked off New
Year's Eve with a special four-hour program
devoted to the roots of rock Subsequent
nights featured a 12-hour Elvis Presley movie
marathon. Rock Around the Clock" (1956),
The Buddy Holly Story" (1978), "The Compleat
Beatles" (1982), "A Hard Days Night
(1964), Stop Making Sense" (1984), Thf
Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle" (1980), 'Purple
Rain "
(1984). a special four-hour compilation
of the Rolling Stones' concert films, a special
iwo-hours-plus Talking Heads "custom
show." the Los Angeles premieres of "jimi at
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Monterey "Shake." and many others
The event closed Ian 17 with the world pre
miere of lohn Waters' "Hairspray
The 1 1th Annual Excellence in Media Angel
Awards were slated to be handed out at the
Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills Fef) 16
National and international in stope. the nonprofit
Excellence in Media organization uses
the awards to jurlge motion pictures,
television,
radio, plays, vifleos. fKX)ks and recorri
albums for their merit and siriC>u
Ten imogeciaotv and
All screen surfaces are monufoctured, this process assures
longer life & reduced gom fode. as compared with painted surfoces
FRAMING flat
Fire test etc
- curved - wrap around - speaker platforms
provided, wood - steel - aluminum
- United States Testing Co inc provided upon request
AUTOMATED HIGH SPEED
U/L APPROVED TICKETING EQUIPtVlENT
Factory Service, the only auttiorizeC
manulacturer ana repair center
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