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  • "Denver fans of 'Rocky Horror,' as it's commonly called - or just RHPS - have been making these midnight Saturday pilgrimages to an inner-city movie house for a full 25 years now... This is just one of five cities in the country that can boast a quarter-century of continuous showings, said Scott Sworts, an architect trainee and, in his spare time, member of Colorado's Elusive Ingredient, the all-volunteer "cast" that performs every weekend at the Esquire with the movie. (The other cities are New York, San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles.)... 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' is a campy send-up of the science fiction, horror and musical genres, but the film itself is a minor part of the RHPS experience. Actors dress up as the characters and shout lines from the film as well as their own original dialogue during the show. They move up and down the aisles, sometimes sitting with viewers, sometimes standing in front of the screen... That back-and-forth has become the cornerstone of the "audience participation" that now makes this movie famous - and far more popular than it ever was when it was released in September 1975... Starring then-newcomers Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick, along with British actor Tim Curry, who starred in the London stage version of the show (which predated the film), 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' failed miserably in test markets... But then something odd happened. Reports vary as to where the audience participation started; one Web site devoted to the show says it was in Los Angeles that a group of audience members kept returning regularly and started singing along with musical numbers. Another site says it all began at the Waverly Theatre in New York, with fans dressing up as characters for a Halloween 1976 showing... In any event, 20th Century Fox decided to market it as a midnight movie in the 1980s, and well-attended showings became parties... The audience was encouraged to participate, and they began bringing props - rice to throw during the film's opening wedding scene, newspapers to put over their heads during a rainstorm on the screen, and toast and toilet paper to hurl during other parts of the film... In Denver, "Rocky Horror" has been at the Esquire for eight years; before that, it aired at the Ogden Theatre, where costumed viewers and actors often fit in unnoticed with the eclectic East Colfax Avenue scene. Tonight and Saturday, in honor of the 25th anniversary and Halloween, the Esquire at 590 Downing St. will do midnight showings with a costume contest, and Landmark Theater city manager David Kimball expects the 450-seat house to fill both nights. (Tickets at $7.75 each go on sale at 11 p.m. each night; there are no advance sales.)[1]
  • "This is just part of the history lesson you'll get this weekend as the Mayan and Esquire - two of Denver's art-house stalwarts - celebrate the former's 75th anniversary with a series of special events and screenings... 'The community has embraced these theaters for many, many years,' says David Kimball, city manager for Landmark, which programs the Mayan, Esquire and the Chez Artiste. 'I think they will continue to do so, and this is just a way for us to say thanks.' ... The Mayan opened in 1930, complete with a faux Indian ceremony. The Esquire - originally called the Hiawatha - had opened at East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street in 1927. It reopened as the Esquire in 1942 with "Thunderbirds." ... In 1988, the Esquire swirled in controversy when it had the city's exclusive run of "The Last Temptation of Christ," by Martin Scorsese. Nothing pushes ticket sales quite like a dust-up; the Esquire reported record attendance."[2]
  • "Landmark Theaters, operators of the Ogden, the Mayan and the Esquire, say there will be little loss to the city from the Ogden closing. It's true, some films will move to the upstairs screen at the Esquire or the Mayan, and with the three screens at United Artist's Chez Artiste, Denver will continue to get a good selection of non-mainstream pictures."[3]
  • Andrews, Brian (1997-09-08). "Where the Action Is". Highlander. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2024-05-01. For independent flicks, the Landmark chain, which includes the Mayan, the Chez Artiste, and the Esquire, provides quality movies compared to most of what Hollywood shoves down our throats.

Scarpy (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Denver/EsquireTheatre.htm Showtimes: www.landmarktheatres.com Address: 590 Downing Street Phone: 303-352-1992 Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Transportation: Catch the route 2 bus (Colorado via E 1st). Depart the bus at Corona Street and 6th Ave. Walk along 6th Ave one block to Downing Street. The Esquire is located on the corner of 6th Ave and Downing Street, and the trip from the Convention Center takes approximately 20 minutes. Admission Info: $9.75 General; $7.25 Matinee (M-F All shows before 6PM, Sat-Sun First screening daily) Description: Located in Denver’s residential Capitol Hill neighborhood, the Esquire presents independent films on two screens. For late-niters and cult film enthusiasts, the Esquire offers Midnight Movies on Friday and Saturday nights. View the showtimes online for more information. https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/14685/ArtsGuide_Denver_Midwinter_2009.pdf?sequence=1

  • FRIDAY: Midnight movie madness - It's 12 o'clock at the Esquire. Want to change up the whole dinner-and-a-movie combo? Do as the Spanish do. Drink and socialize your way through the normal dinner hour. Grab a late bite. And then a late movie, with the best popcorn in town. The Esquire Theatre, which turns 85 this year at 590 Downing St., still rocks its popular midnight series on Fridays (and Saturdays), featuring the movies fans know by heart. Tonight, it's the Oscar-winning "Black Swan." March 2: "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." March 9: "Ghostbusters." March 16: "Back to the Future." More: landmarktheatres.com[4]
  • Panavision and DeLuxe Color[8]
  • Woody Allen - Colorado Springs Gazette, Oct 6, 1989, Page 41, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
  • 303321FILM - Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Oct 14, 1988, Page 42, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
  • Colonial Dames - Colorado Springs Gazette, Sep 16, 1973, Page 71, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
  • Denver film festival - Colorado Springs Gazette, Oct 5, 1990, Page 37, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
  • Antique lectures - Colorado Springs Gazette, Oct 2, 1972, Page 26, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US

2019

  • And yet, there are more options than ever for Mile High cinephiles. Landmark Theatres, which owns the Chez Artiste, Mayan and Greenwood Village movie houses, last month unveiled a top-to-bottom renovation of its historic Esquire Theatre following a burst pipe, with comfy, spacious new seating and upgraded concessions. (Landmark officials declined to comment on details.) That was a relief for people who feared Landmark might not have seen the value in renovating and instead would sell the real estate under the theater's East 6th Avenue perch.[10]
  • Denver's historic Esquire Theatre will reopen June 14 after water damage and repairs shuttered it late last year... "We're back ... and better than ever!" Esquire owner Landmark Theatres said in a press statement. "Be sure to come in and check out our modern, comfortable seats and improved theater-going experience." Esquire would not elaborate on the improvements... Landmark officials have been tight-lipped about the closure since it was first reported in December. The company confirmed a utility outage that led to the water damage but declined to elaborate... Landmark, which also operates the Mayan, Chez Artiste and Landmark Greenwood Village, first acquired the Esquire in 1980. The theater's iconic sign has beckoned art-house devotees and midnight movie-goers along a busy stretch of East Sixth Avenue for more than 90 years... The opening title on Esquire's revived schedule will be Jim Jarmusch's star-studded zombie flick "The Dead Don't Die." The Friday-Saturday midnight series and other programming will resume July 5, according to Landmark spokesman Hugh Wronski. -- John Wenzel [11]

Eventy things

  • Direct This!: Critics pick favorite directors at the Esquire Theatre: With competition looming from the Starz FilmCenter (which opens on April 5), Landmark Theatres is instituting changes to be a more active Denver film exhibitor. Landmark is starting a new, free Film Club (www.LandmarkTheatres.com) with special perks; a Meet the Filmmakers program; and the "Direct This!" series... The latter occurs at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Esquire Theatre, 590 Downing St., beginning April 6. (There is one locale exception; see below.) Each screening is free for the first 100 Film Club members. After that, admission is $4.50 for Film Club members and $5.50 for others.[12]

Contexty things

  • Denver has become one of the top markets for Landmark Theatres, the nation's leading art-film exhibitor, according to its vice president of marketing, Ray Price. Landmark operates eight screens at the Mayan, Chez Artiste and Esquire theaters... "It's a hard business," Price said. "The very definition of independent film is that what "they' don't want is what we pick up. We get the theaters that are abandoned, the films the studios don't want. But if you work hard and get lucky, it works out."[13]
  • And there is confectionary life beyond Goobers, Dots and Whoppers. These days, at Landmark's Esquire Theatre, chocolate lovers can enjoy an imported Lindt bar while watching the 7:30 p.m. showing of "Chocolat." (At $2.75, it doesn't cost much more than a domestic candy bar.) Mayan Theatre moviegoers are fond of the Vienna bagel dogs... At Chez Artiste, the icy Italian sodas are popular. The Mayan and Esquire theaters have a barista on hand who can froth up cappuccinos or half-caf lattes. Haydn Sillech, president of Colorado Cinema Holdings, which recently took over six Mann Theaters in the metro area, says Dippin' Dots - those tiny frozen pellets that look like sleet but taste like ice cream, sort of - have proven to be a big draw, especially for younger viewers. Ditto the hot pretzels.[14]

Had a 70mm at one point

  • "2001" opens today at the Esquire Theatre for what is advertised as a one-week run. The theater has one of the two new 70-millimeter prints, featuring a digitally restored and remastered sound track, that Warner Bros. Pictures prepared last year to "celebrate" "2001" in 2001.[15]

Exclusives

  • That's the topic of a new documentary film, "Who Killed the Electric Car?"... Viewers will get a chance to decide for themselves on GM's motives when the film makes its Denver debut tonight in a special screening at the Esquire Theatre, then begins a longer run July 14.[16]

Just midnight

  • Esquire entanglement - Doesn't sound quite right to kill two (love)birds with one stone. But tonight and Valentine Day's night you can take your adored to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," a strangely romantic flick about romantic estrangement. Michel Gondry directed this Charlie Kaufman-penned wonder, which has two midnight showings at the Esquire theater. Jim Carrey is terrific as Joel Barish, a guy who learns his ex-gal has undergone a procedure that erased him from her memory. He opts for the same experimental treatment, then struggles with the decision. Consider this a well-timed chance to also catch Oscar nominee Kate Winslet in one of her finest roles to date as Joel's fading beloved, Clementine. Midnight tonight and Saturday. Rated R. 108 minutes. $7.25. Esquire Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; 303-733-9939 or landmarktheatres.com[17]
  • Kid "Dynamite" - FILM|Lights! Water buffalo! Action! Did someone say "action"? There's no shortage of it as frenzied fisticuffs and high-flying antics have marquee status in Thai director Chalerm Wongpim martial-arts candy, "Dynamite Warrior," about a baddie, a hero and, ahem, action. Denver premiere tonight as part of the Esquire's Midnight Madness series. In Thai with English subtitles|Midnight Friday and Saturday|Esquire Theatre, 590 Downing St.; $7; 303-352-1992[17]
  • "Se7en" remains unpleasantly burrowed in the mind, with its startling dispatch of one of the lead characters. The roundhouse mayhem of "Fight Club" (midnight tonight and Saturday at the Esquire Theatre) left this moviegoer sitting stunned in a parking lot.[18]
  • "Se7en" remains unpleasantly burrowed in the mind, with its startling dispatch of one of the lead characters. The roundhouse mayhem of "Fight Club" (midnight tonight and Saturday at the Esquire Theatre) left this moviegoer sitting stunned in a parking lot.[19]
  • Die Hard for Holidays - FILM|Is there such a thing as campy anti-terrorist fun? If so, it likely resides in the genial action flick "Die Hard," which will play Esquire's Midnight Madness series. Bruce Willis takes on sneering baddie Alan Rickman all by his own self, and blows up a lot of skyscraper glass in the process.|Midnight, Saturday.|Landmark's Esquire Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; $7; 303-352-1992[20]
  • FILM|A top DVD guide calls "The City of Lost Children" a "weird, not-for- the-kiddies fairy tale," which means it's the perfect French oddity for Midnight Madness at the Esquire. An evil inventor is kidnapping children to steal their dreams, because he has none; a brave band of outcasts tries to fight back. Could be the antidote to overflowing Turkey Day cheer.|Midnight, Friday and Saturday.|Esquire Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street, Denver; $7; 303-352-1992[21]
  • FILM|"Jaws" starting at midnight? Now that's scary, kids. The Esquire continues its midnight-madness series with the swim- stopping blockbuster, promising to clear the beaches for the whole season. Let's hope everyone will shout out in unison, "We're going to need a bigger boat!"|midnight Saturday|Landmark's Esquire Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; $7; call 303-352-1992.[22]
  • FILM|"Jaws" starting at midnight? Now that's scary, kids. The Esquire continues its midnight-madness series with the swim- stopping blockbuster, promising to clear the beaches for the whole season. Let's hope everyone will shout out in unison, "We're going to need a bigger boat!"|midnight Saturday|Landmark's Esquire Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; $7; call 303-352-1992.[22]
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  10. ^ Wenzel, John (2019-07-21). "Movie mania - Despite national downturn, Denver-area theaters are thriving". Denver Post.
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