March/April 2006 NANATOTO of California/NevadaCalifornia/Nevada Information for the California and Nevada Motion Picture Theatre Industry NATO of California/Nevada’s 2006 Scholarship CALENDAR of EVENTS & and Charitable Giving Hits Record $360,000.00 The members The Association will again provide eight HOLIDAYS of the National As- $6,250 scholarships to students of the University sociation of Theatre of California at Los Angeles and the University ShoWest Owners of California/ of Southern California’s Theatre Departments. March 13-16 Nevada can truly be This year the Association will be granting up proud of the Associa- to 18 scholarships to fi eld level employees and Deadline for Film tion’s record of chari- spouses and dependent children of corporate Product Seminar table and scholastic and management personnel in the amount of registrations fi nancial support. $7,500 each. Applications are available at our March 20 The 2006 fi scal year started with a cash web site www.NATOCalNev.org and are due Film Product donation of $125,000 to the American Red April 7, 2006. Winners will be announced at the Seminar Cross for assistance to the victims of Hurricane NATO of California/Nevada annual member- April 4 - Long Beach Katrina. This past January the Board of Direc- ship meeting to be held on June 14, 2006 at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. April 6 - Pleasant Hill tors unanimously approved a $50,000 donation to The Wonder of Reading inin supportsupport ofof thethe With this year’s recipients the Association Scholarship organization’s ongoing program of renovating and will have granted a total of $800,500 in scholar- Applications Due restocking individual elementary school libraries ship support since the inception of the NATO April 7 in the greater Los Angeles area. of CA/NV program. ▼ Passover begins April 12 Bruce Coleman and Ted Mundorff Elected to Board of Directors Good Friday The NATO of Cali- Ted Mundorff joined April 14 fornia/Nevada Board of Landmark Theatres in Easter Directors unanimously 2004 as their Head Film April 16 elected Bruce Coleman Buyer where he overseas and Ted Mundorff to fi ll fi lm buying for all Land- Mother’s Day two Board positions left mark and Silver Theatres. May 14 vacant with the recent Prior to joining Landmark Memorial Day resignations of Len West- Bruce Coleman Ted Mundorff he was Vice President, enberg of Loews Theatres and Sergio Contreras Film at Pacifi c Theatres where he was employed Observed May 29 of Premiere Cinemas. for 20 years. Bruce Coleman is executive vice president The members of the Association extend Board of Directors and chief operating offi cer of Brenden The- best wishes and appreciation to Messrs. meeting atres. He joined Brenden Theatres in1997 Contreras and Westenberg. Both gentlemen June 13 after serving 25 years with Mann Theatres as gave graciously of their time and efforts on Director of Engineering and Construction behalf of the industry by serving on many Membership Meeting and Senior Vice President of Planning and committees including scholarship, ADA and at ArcLight Cinemas Development. showmanship. ▼ June 14 NATO of California/Nevada March/April 2006 Previews is published by the Don’t Miss Out!! National Association of Theatre Owners of Register by March 20 for Film Product Seminar California/Nevada The NATO of CA/NV Spring/Summer Film Product Seminar is set for April 4th at Regal’s 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 830 th Los Angeles, CA 90049-5116 Edwards Long Beach 26 Theatre and on April 6 at the Century 16 Downtown Pleasant Hill th Phone: 310/460-2900 Theatre. Reservations are due by March 20 . Fax: 310/460-2901 The seminars will begin at 9:00 AM with a continental breakfast sponsored by ACS, Enterprises E-mail: Offi [email protected] Inc. The studio presentations will begin promptly at 10:00 AM. Special highlights of this seminar will www.NATOCalNev.org include the announcement of the NATO of CA/NV 2006 Showmanship Award winners and a screen- ing of CINERAMA ADVENTURE, which will be shown beginning at 3:00 PM immediately after the OFFICERS seminar, followed by a Q&A period with the fi lm makers, David Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch. Milton Moritz President & CEO DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: Monday, March 20th Raymond W. Syufy Chairman William F. Hertz, Sr. Attendance for the NATO of CA/NV Spring/ Summer Film Product Seminar is open to NATO ViceVice President of CA/NV member employees by reservation only, no walk-ins and no substitutions. Due to David Corwin space limitations we can accommodate no more than two persons from each theatre location. All Treasurer reservations must be approved by the respective corporate offi ce or district manager. Bruce Sanborn Secretary ❦ Location April 4, 2006 April 6, 2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Regal’s Long Beach 26 Theatre Century 16 Downtown Pleasant Hill Bruce Coleman Brenden Theatres 7501 Carson Blvd. 125 Crescent Drive David Corwin Long Beach, CA 90808 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Metropolitan Theatres Nora Dashwood Schedule Pacifi c Theatres Continental Breakfast ......................9:00 AM CINERAMA ADVENTURE Alan Grossberg Program Begins ..............................10:00 AM screening ................................3:00 PM UltraStar Cinemas Product Seminar conclusion ............ 2:30 PM Exit .........................................By 5:00 PM William F. Hertz, Sr. Mann Theatres George Krikorian To Register Krikorian Premiere Cinemas Send the following information to the NATO of CA/NV office Greg Laemmle via Email ([email protected]) or fax (310/460-2901): Laemmle Theatres Ted Mundorff Landmark Theatres Name & position • Email Address • Company Name • Theatre name Neal Pinsker Daytime Phone • Business Address Regal Entertainment Group Indicate whether you will be attending the Southern (4th) or Northern (6th) California Seminar. Frank Rimkus Galaxy Theatres Bruce Sanborn The Movie Experience Raymond W. Syufy In Memoriam Century Theatres Longtime NATO of California/Nevada member Robert Gran passed away on Sunday, February 26, John Tegtmeier Paradise Cinemas 2006. Bob, with his sons, operated theatres in Santa Maria, Buellton, Madera and El Centro. The Asso- Dick Walsh ciation extends its profound sympathy to his wife, three sons and all the employees of Gran Theatres. AMC Theatres ◆ ❦ The members of NATO of CA/NV extend their condolences on the loss of our friend and Charlene Sievers co-worker, Diane Carelli. Diane was a long time employee of Renaissance Rialto Theatres and a member Director, Member Services of the NATO of CA/NV Advisory Board. 2 NATO of California/Nevada March/April 2006 years since the live broadcasts began, Mon- Reminding us once again of this industry’s Cinema’s Treasure: days were the preferred choice in order not rich history that is so easily forgotten. ▼ to impact Sunday box-offi ce. –Andreas Fuchs is an independent The 72nd season required nothing Meet the Oscars! exhibition consultant and industry analyst By Andreas Fuchs short of “a visual metaphor of the Academy who will be meeting Oscar in the AMPAS Awards on the edge of a new millennium.” In the same edition of Previews last pressroom. After co-writing Cinema Trea- By encircling the statuette with the zeros in year, we took a look at the houses that Os- sures—A New Look At Classic Movie the numeral 2000, the designer – Arnold car built. During this 78th Annual Acad- Theatres with Ross Melnick, he is now on the Schwartzman worked on four posters and emy Awards season, this column highlights team behind the upcoming theatrical docu- several Oscar trailers – also beautifully evoked some of the traditional ways the Academy mentary NowNow Showing!Showing! America GoesGoes to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. ItIt waswas alsoalso thethe fi rstrst of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the Movies. ([email protected]) time that the poster was made available to the calling attention to the Golden Boy. Of public for purchase. With more than 50,000 course, you have all been showing the trail- posters now distributed worldwide, designs ers in your theatres for years – some 20,000 have been further adapted for use in banners, prints with Oscar-winning moments have print ads, postcards and outdoor advertising been shipped – and putting up the posters on billboards, transit shelters and taxi tops in in your lobbies. More recently, however, the key markets of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, the iconic fi gure has been popping up in New York City and Philadelphia. George Krikorian, a NATO of a lot more places and is no longer as big California/Nevada Board Member and (or just as small) as a one-sheet. Even more up close and personal, the owner of Krikorian Premiere Theatres, For the fi rst time this year, the Academy “50 Golden Statuettes” – 13 1/2 inches tall, has acquired thirteen coveted Oscars® chose two vintage photographs for its offi cial weighing in at 8 1/2 pounds of gold-plated for his personal collection. According commemorative poster. Conceived by Joan britannium, designed by Cedric Gibbons to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Maloney of San Diego-based Studio 318, and handmade each year by R.S. Owens and Sciences reference library only the family of Walt Disney has a larger personal “Black Tuxedo” and “White Gloves” show- and Company in Chicago – were show- collection than Mr. Krikorian. case two hitherto unidentifi ed actors – I pre- cased live in the hearts of Manhattan and dict here and now that they will be revealed Hollywood. After ten days in the window The Krikorian Oscar® Collection during the March 5 telecast – cradling their of ABC’s Times Square Studios, the Oscars 1930 “Skippy” to Norman Taurog for beloved statuettes. Academy Executive Di- were fl own from JFK to LAX on United Best Director rector Bruce Davis liked the transformation Airlines’ Oscar One in time to make their 1933 “Cavalcade”, to Fox Film Corp.