Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater turned 100 last year — and now the venue is ready for its close-up. Netflix announced today that the iconic movie palace and birthplace of the red carpet will reopen next month after a three-year renovation and renovation.
The streamer acquired the Egyptian in 2020 and worked with the American Cinematheque on a restoration that evokes the monumental hall’s Roaring Twenties splendor. The Egyptian’s grand reopening will be a David Fincher show on November 9 the killer, starring Michael Fassbender, followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmaker.
Netflix also announced today that the short documentary will be released on November 9th Temple of Cinema: 100 Years of Egyptian Theatre. Directed by Angus Wall, the film features interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson, Lynette Howell Taylor, Autumn Durald Arkapaw and the theater’s restoration architect Peyton Hall.
A fixture on Hollywood Boulevard since the Golden Age of Hollywood, the Egyptian Theater hosted the world premiere for Douglas Fairbanks’ Daredevil. Robin Hood in 1922. Premieres of silent film classics such as Cecil B. DeMille also took place here The Ten Commandments (1923), Charlie Chaplin’s The gold rush (1925) and the John Barrymore-Mary Astor photograph Don Juan (1926).
The disastrous Northridge earthquake in 1994 severely damaged the ship and rendered it unusable. In 1996, as part of the Hollywood Revitalization Project, the city sold the venue to the American Cinematheque with the understanding that the non-profit cultural and arts organization would raise substantial funds to restore the venue and expand the organization’s public film program. knit to attract attention for excitement.
The Egyptian reopened in 1998 with an exhibition by DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.
Another program for the revamped Egyptian is The Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest 2023, presented by the American Cinematheque from November 10 to 21; Bradley Cooper master, the Leonard Bernstein biopic he directed and starred opposite Carey Mulligan, November 22-December 7; And The beautiful story of Henry Sugar and other Wes Anderson shorts highlighting the filmmaker’s latest film and some of his favorite features from 1995 to 2021.
During the Covid lockdown, the pop-up Arena Cinelounge Drive-In opened in Las Palmas Avenue behind the Egyptian.
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