Sundance Kabuki

Sundance Kabuki
Former names AMC Kabuki Cinema 8
General information
Status Complete
Location Japan Center
Address 1881 Post Street
Town or city San Francisco, California
Country USA
Coordinates 37°47′06″N 122°25′59″W / 37.785°N 122.433°W / 37.785; -122.433Coordinates: 37°47′06″N 122°25′59″W / 37.785°N 122.433°W / 37.785; -122.433
Opened 1968
Renovated 2006–2007

Sundance Kabuki is an independent film movie theater in the Japan Center complex in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood. Formerly the AMC Kabuki Cinema 8, it was acquired by Robert Redford's Sundance Cinemas chain in 2006 as part of an anti-trust agreement allowing AMC to acquire Loews.[1] Sundance renovated the theater, and reopened it under its current name in December 2007, as the chain's second theater.[2]

The theater was the first multiplex in San Francisco.[3] It has been host to San Francisco's Cherry Blossom Festival activities,[1] is one of a small number of theaters showing performances by the San Francisco Opera,[4] and has screened several films for San Francisco International Film Festival and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival as recently as 2011.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Sundance Cinemas to buy Kabuki theater / City, Japantown leaders welcome deal for multiplex, San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2006, retrieved 2011-12-31
  2. ↑ Kabuki upgrades the movie-going experience with dinner, drinks, art, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2007, retrieved 2011-12-31
  3. ↑ Natasha Chen, History is tucked away in this Japantown theater, L.A. Pilot (University of Southern California School of Journalism), retrieved 2011-12-31
  4. ↑ Grand Opera Cinema Series locations, San Francisco Opera, retrieved 2011-12-31
  5. ↑ 54th San Francisco International Film Festival showcases what’s unusual, San Francisco Examiner, March 29, 2011, retrieved 2011-12-31
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