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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Sydney Hardtop on the ropes
Council pulls plug on last Indie Aussie Cinema
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| (Glenbrook, New South Wales Australia- -
) The Blue Mountains city council wants to close the doors for twelve
weeks. The owner of the family-owned historic Glenbrook Cinema wants
to stay open. Twelve long weeks with no ticket and candy sales seems
like something out of a B horror movie. Even scarier, not being able
to see a big screen picture show on Saturday night, holding hands
with your sweetheart. |
| Battling entrepreneur Ron Curran has already made most
of the repairs. The city council wants more. It's been a roller coaster
of a ride for Curran since he opened the doors back in 1968. "The
first night we couldn't get the projector started. Luckily, no one
showed, so we were okay" Curran remembers fondly. "We're
as much a part of this community now as the Koala Bears. They love
us. We love them." |
| The locals do love the place. When the box-office phone
rings off the hook as it does most of the time and when the lines
stretch down the block, Ron recruits his wife Karen to help take the
tickets and daughter Tamara to pop the popcorn. He's chronicled his
comical misadventures in the screen trade in his book: A Little Cinema. |
| With a precious piece of Australian cinema history on
the verge of extinction, the faithful have organized the Friends of
the Cinema, bent on raising funds and keeping those doors open and
the city council at bay. From Down Under to Hollywood they are spreading
the word via their web site: www.glenbrookcinema.com.au. |
| The Glenbrook focuses on family fare like The Incredibles,
Finding Neverland, Phantom of the Opera, De Lovely, Hero, Oceans Twelve,
Moulin Rouge and The Piano. Babe was Glenbrooks's most popular movie
screening ever, back in 1995. The ticket line stretched just about
to the horizon. |
| .What they need now is an old-fashioned Saturday afternoon
matinee Raiders of the Lost Ark style movie miracle. Here's hoping
they find one. |
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Contact:
In Los Angeles: Denny Dormody (818) 241-3334
In Australia: Ron Curran, Managing Director
Glenbrook Cinema www.glenbrookcinema.com.au
Cnr Ross St. & Great Western Highway, Glenbrook, New South Wales
Australia
PO Box 388 Springwood NSW 2777 Australia
+61 2 4739 0003
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