Uptown Theater (Washington DC)
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- See also, Uptown Theatre.
The Uptown Theater, also known as The Uptown or AMC Loews Uptown 1, is a historic single-screen movie theater in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. The theater is considered by many as "the best screen" in the Washington D.C. metro area,[1] and has been the site of many Hollywood premiers since its opening on October 29, 1936. The theater was designed by architect John J. Zink, whose firm designed over 200 theaters across the United States. Originally, the theater had a capacity of 1,120, including the balcony, however, a $500,000 renovation project in 1996 decreased capacity to its current 850.
The Uptown features a curved, 70-feet long and 40-feet high screen, one of the largest in the area.
[edit] Trivia
- The Uptown held the world premiere of 2001: A Space Odyssey on April 2, 1968. The release was presented in a 70mm projection format with a six-track stereo magnetic soundtrack
[edit] References
- ^ "AMC Loews Uptown 1", The Washington Post. Retrieved on January 15, 2007.
