QUOTE(TheDybber @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 05:40 PM)
OT -- In Austin, Houston and San Antonio, we have the Alamo Drafthouse (www.drafthouse.com). Let me tell you, it's the best thing ever to happen to movies. They take out every other row of seats and replace it with a long table. They have beer and wine and a full menu of great food. It's dinner and a movie all in one. I can't believe more places like this don't open up.
They have one art house theater and three mainstream theaters in Austin. And they do rolling roadshows and theme nights. For instance, they showed Jaws on Lake Travis where everyone was watching from innertubes. They also have a Big Night Night where they serve a full five-course meal for the movie Big Night. They always have guests speaking about their movies (Peter Bogdanovich was here two months ago).
Tickets are about $7.50, but they make their money on concessions that are actually good and reasonably priced. That's the way to go.
What a great way to make some money. Those are movie theatres I would go out of my way to visit. Seeing Jaws in a lake in an innertube? Genius!!
It seems to be pretty vanilla around here, although if something like that exists I imagine it would cost me more than 7.50.....