User talk:Scarpy/Esquire Theatre

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ARY SCREENING OF THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW WITH COLORADO'S ELUSIVE INGREDIENT SHADOW CAST (CEI) who has been Shadowcasting the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Denver since 2000. Based at Landmark's Esquire         Theatre, CEI provides the full RHPS experience with audience participation, costumes, props, and tons of airborne toilet paper! CEI holds the world's record for largest RHPS performance, with over 8,500 people turning out to see the film at Red Rocks in 2013. Raunchy, rowdy, and risqué, mixes old school with modern debauchery. Come be offended all over again! This event is open to SFF Redrum & Horror Marathon badge holders, individual tickets can be purchased beginning April 2 for $10 DFS member and locals / $12 non-member.
 * The marquees at the Mayan, the Chez Artiste and the Esquire beckon film-lovers with the promise of foreign, independent or just-off-the-mainstream fare - some movies that may arrive in Colorado Springs in the coming months and others that never will come here - such movies as Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy," Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" and Patricia Rozema's adaptation of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park."
 * This year marks the 25th year of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show's" continuous run in movie theaters around the world. To celebrate, the Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing, Denver, is featuring Ellusive Ingredient, a live Rocky Horror Picture Show cast, to perform before and during the midnight showings Saturdays. This Saturday marks the cast's debut, and anyone who attends will receive an audience participation kit. (If you haven't seen the movie, audience participation is a good part of the fun -but we suggest keeping the fact that you haven't seen the movie before a well-guarded secret.) Anyone who shows up in costume or drag gets a prize. Pictured above, in a scene in the 1975 flick are, from left, Rocky (Peter Hinwood), Frank N Furter (Tim Curry), Janet (Susan Sarandon) and Brad (Barry Bostwick). Tickets ($7.50) go on sale the day of the showing.
 * "The Room" is considered the worst movie of all time -- which makes Wiseau the new Ed Wood, his movie the "Citizen Kane" of crap. Locals will get a chance to judge it for themselves this weekend when it shows at midnight at Denver's Esquire         Theatre tonight and Saturday.
 * Mindy Posey of the Landmark Theatre Corp. chain thinks rental demand may be slack. Landmark's Esquire Theater shows "Rocky Horror" at midnight on Saturdays, and consistently draws about 115 costumed, dialogue-shouting, paper-tossing devotees. "Half the reason people go to see it is for audience participation. You lose that on video," Posey said.
 * "Denver fans of 'Rocky Horror,' as it's commonly called - or just RHPS - have been making these midnight Saturday pilgrimages  to an inner-city movie house for a full 25 years now... This is just one of five cities in the country that can boast a quarter-century of continuous showings, said Scott Sworts, an  architect trainee and, in his spare time, member of Colorado's Elusive Ingredient, the all-volunteer "cast" that performs every  weekend at the Esquire with the movie. (The other cities are New York, San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles.)... 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' is a campy send-up of the science fiction, horror and musical genres, but the film itself is  a minor part of the RHPS experience. Actors dress up as the characters and shout lines from the film as well as their own  original dialogue during the show. They move up and down the  aisles, sometimes sitting with viewers, sometimes standing in  front of the screen... That back-and-forth has become the cornerstone of the  "audience participation" that now makes this movie famous - and far more popular than it ever was when it was released in September 1975... Starring then-newcomers Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick, along with British actor Tim Curry, who starred in the London  stage version of the show (which predated the film), 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' failed miserably in test markets... But then something odd happened. Reports vary as to where the audience participation started; one Web site devoted to the show says it was in Los Angeles that a group of audience members kept  returning regularly and started singing along with musical numbers. Another site says it all began at the Waverly Theatre in New York, with fans dressing up as characters for a Halloween 1976 showing... In any event, 20th Century Fox decided to market it as a midnight movie in the 1980s, and well-attended showings became parties... The audience was encouraged to participate, and they began  bringing props - rice to throw during the film's opening wedding scene, newspapers to put over their heads during a rainstorm on  the screen, and toast and toilet paper to hurl during other parts of the film... In Denver, "Rocky Horror" has been at the Esquire for eight years; before that, it aired at the Ogden Theatre, where costumed viewers and actors often fit in unnoticed with the eclectic East Colfax Avenue scene. Tonight and Saturday, in honor of the 25th anniversary and  Halloween, the Esquire at 590 Downing St. will do midnight  showings with a costume contest, and Landmark Theater city manager  David Kimball expects the 450-seat house to fill both nights.  (Tickets at $7.75 each go on sale at 11 p.m. each night; there are  no advance sales.)


 * "This is just part of the history lesson you'll get this weekend as the Mayan and Esquire - two of Denver's art-house stalwarts - celebrate the former's 75th anniversary with a series of special events and screenings... 'The community has embraced these theaters for many, many years,' says David Kimball, city manager for Landmark, which programs the Mayan, Esquire and the Chez Artiste. 'I think they will continue to do so, and this is just a way for us to say thanks.' ... The Mayan opened in 1930, complete with a faux Indian ceremony. The Esquire - originally called the Hiawatha - had opened at East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street in 1927. It reopened as the Esquire in 1942 with "Thunderbirds." ... In 1988, the Esquire swirled in controversy when it had the city's exclusive run of "The Last Temptation of Christ," by Martin Scorsese. Nothing pushes ticket sales quite like a dust-up; the Esquire reported record attendance."


 * "Landmark Theaters, operators of the Ogden, the Mayan and the Esquire, say there will be little loss to the city from the Ogden closing. It's true, some films will move to the upstairs screen at the Esquire or the Mayan, and with the three screens at United Artist's Chez Artiste, Denver will continue to get a good selection of non-mainstream pictures."

Scarpy (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2024 (UTC) www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Denver/EsquireTheatre.htm Showtimes: www.landmarktheatres.com Address: 590 Downing Street Phone: 303-352-1992 Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Transportation: Catch the route 2 bus (Colorado via E 1st). Depart the bus at Corona Street and 6th Ave. Walk along 6th Ave one block to Downing Street. The Esquire is located on the corner of 6th Ave and Downing Street, and the trip from the Convention Center takes approximately 20 minutes. Admission Info: $9.75 General; $7.25 Matinee (M-F All shows before 6PM, Sat-Sun First screening daily) Description: Located in Denver’s residential Capitol Hill neighborhood, the Esquire presents independent films on two screens. For late-niters and cult film enthusiasts, the Esquire offers Midnight Movies on Friday and Saturday nights. View the showtimes online for more information. https://alair.ala.org/bitstream/handle/11213/14685/ArtsGuide_Denver_Midwinter_2009.pdf?sequence=1
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 * Esquire Theatre (Landmark Theatres)


 * FRIDAY: Midnight movie madness - It's 12 o'clock at the Esquire. Want to change up the whole dinner-and-a-movie combo? Do as the Spanish do. Drink and socialize your way through the normal dinner hour. Grab a late bite. And then a late movie, with the best popcorn in town. The Esquire         Theatre, which turns 85 this year at 590 Downing St., still rocks its popular midnight series on Fridays (and Saturdays), featuring the movies fans know by heart. Tonight, it's the Oscar-winning "Black Swan." March 2: "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." March 9: "Ghostbusters." March 16: "Back to the Future." More: landmarktheatres.com



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 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=IJN19560914-01.2.73&srpos=4&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- Intermountain Jewish News, Volume XLIII, Number 37, September 14, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19560129-01.2.142&srpos=5&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 97, Number 29, January 29, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19540407-01.2.158&srpos=6&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 95, Number 97, April 7, 1954


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19540206-01.2.136&srpos=7&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 95, Number 37, February 6, 1954


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19560531-01.2.145&srpos=8&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 97, Number 152, May 31, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=IJN19560914-01.2.69&srpos=9&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- Intermountain Jewish News, Volume XLIII, Number 37, September 14, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=OTF19871106-01.2.35&srpos=10&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- OUT FRONT, Volume 12, Number 15, November 6, 1987


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19521227-01.2.150&srpos=11&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 93, Number 362, December 27, 1952


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19490303-01.2.176&srpos=12&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 90, Number 62, March 3, 1949


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19531125-01.2.78&srpos=13&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 94, Number 329, November 25, 1953


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19541121-01.2.150&srpos=14&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 95, Number 325, November 21, 1954


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19490215-01.2.82&srpos=15&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 90, Number 46, February 15, 1949


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19560224-01.2.183&srpos=16&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 97, Number 55, February 24, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=KKJ19560309-01.2.44&srpos=17&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- Kakushu Jji = Colorado Times, Volume 42, Number 7319, March 9, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19560118-01.2.161&srpos=18&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 97, Number 18, January 18, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19560101-01.2.86&srpos=19&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 97, Number 1, January 1, 1956


 * https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19500312-01.2.243&srpos=20&e=---en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Esquire+Theater---0-- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 91, Number 71, March 12, 1950


 * https://history.denverlibrary.org/neighborhood-history-guide/east-colfax-avenue

Colory

 * For each showing of "Naked Gun 33 1/3" or "Schindler's List," octagonal metal boxes housing an average of six reels of film totaling 50 pounds are shipped cross-country. On days when it is not open for a matinee, the Esquire on Downing Street has to have its bulky art-house flicks delivered to the dry cleaner's next door.

Managementy things

 * Rebecca Cole manages the Esquire Theater, 590 Downing St., which shows mainly independent films that usually don't attract big, mainstream audiences. She said extremely hot weather does draw customers. "Nice weather, people want to go to the mountains," Cole said. But this week, "I've seen a lot of people who are really grateful for the air-conditioning."

2019

 * And yet, there are more options than ever for Mile High cinephiles. Landmark Theatres, which owns the Chez Artiste, Mayan and Greenwood Village movie houses, last month unveiled a top-to-bottom renovation of its historic Esquire          Theatre following a burst pipe, with comfy, spacious new seating and upgraded concessions. (Landmark officials declined to comment on details.) That was a relief for people who feared Landmark might not have seen the value in renovating and instead would sell the real estate under the theater's East 6th Avenue perch.


 * Denver's historic Esquire Theatre will reopen June 14 after water damage and repairs shuttered it late last year... "We're back ... and better than ever!" Esquire owner  Landmark Theatres said in a press statement. "Be sure to come in and check out our modern, comfortable seats and improved theater-going experience." Esquire  would not elaborate on the improvements... Landmark officials have been tight-lipped about the closure since  it was first reported in December. The company confirmed a utility outage that led to the water damage but declined to elaborate... Landmark, which also operates the Mayan, Chez Artiste and Landmark Greenwood Village, first acquired the Esquire in 1980. The theater's iconic sign has beckoned art-house devotees and midnight movie-goers along a busy stretch of East Sixth Avenue for more than 90 years... The opening title on Esquire's revived schedule  will be Jim Jarmusch's star-studded zombie flick "The Dead Don't Die." The Friday-Saturday midnight series and other programming will resume July 5, according to Landmark spokesman Hugh Wronski.  -- John Wenzel

Eventy things

 * Front Range moviegoers will get their first crack at seeing Michael Moore`s controversial film "Fahrenheit 9/11"  when Boulder`s Free Speech TV hosts a special fund-raiser and sneak preview of the movie at 7 tonight at Denver`s Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St. (The film opens Friday in area theaters.) University of Colorado graduate Urban Hamid, an Iraqi-Swedish journalist whose footage is used in the film, will introduce the screening. A discussion of the movie is slated to follow the showing. $40 (proceeds support Free Speech TV and New York`s Deep Dish TV). (303) 938-1132 or www.deepdishtv.org.
 * Historic Denver movie houses the Mayan Theatre,  110 Broadway, and the  Esquire          Theatre,  590 Downing St., celebrate their 75th anniversaries this weekend with a selection of vintage films, antique cars, live music and prizes. Today is the Mayan`s day, with screenings of "The Wizard of Oz" at 10 a.m., "I`m No Angel" at 12:30 p.m. and "The Last Picture Show" at 3 p.m. On Sunday, the Esquire shows "Casablanca" at 10 a.m., "Singin` in the Rain" at 12:15 p.m. and "The General" at 3 p.m., with live accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Tickets, popcorn and soda are 75 cents each, except tickets to "The General," which are $5. (303) 352-1992 (Mayan) or (303) 352-1992 (Esquire).
 * The 15th Denver International Film Festival opened officially last night with its gala and screening of "Strictly Ballroom," but the festival gets going for real this afternoon at 1:30 at the Tivoli. Movies will run all day and well into the night through the weekend at the Tivoli Theatres, with special screenings of 25th anniversary films - "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Graduate" and "In Cold Blood" - at the Paramount...There's also a full schedule Monday through Thursday at the Tivoli, with the official Thursday night closing at the Esquire.
 * A good test of a film festival is the quality of the films you see by accident. At the 15th Denver International Film Festival, if a person were to choose a few films blindly, chances are he'd see something good....Where: Tivoli, Esquire and Paramount theaters, plus some events at Boulder Public Library
 * The Denver International Film Festival opens its 14th edition tonight at the Paramount Theatre with "Little Man Tate," the first film directed by actress Jodie Foster. The film leads a schedule of some 80 festival programs tomorrow through Oct. 17 at the Cherry Creek Cinema. It concludes with John Sayles' "City of Hope" at the Esquire.
 * The 13th annual Denver International Film Festival will open Oct. 11 at the Paramount Theatre with the American premiere of "Waiting for the Light," a comedy starring Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr and Vincent Schiavelli... The closing film at the Esquire Theatre will be Charles Burnett's "To Sleep With Anger," a new comedy in which Danny Glover plays a villainous house guest.
 * Do you get your movie reviews from your bartender? Fox Searchlight thinks you do.  The flick "The Impostors" opens Oct. 2 - and 125 local bartenders are invited by Grand Marnier to a private screening Monday night at the Esquire, with a pre-party at Chives.
 * Wednesday: "Stealing Beauty," a new film from Bernardo Bertolucci, will be screened as part of the 1996 edition of Denver Cannes, Too! The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. at Landmark's Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St. Afterward, guests adjourn to La Coupole Cafe, 2191 Arapahoe St., for a patio party with Perrier-Jouet champagne, a buffet supper and dancing. Tickets are $20, or $15 for members of the Denver Film Society. Call 595-3456.
 * You certainly can Cannes...If, like me, you couldn't find time in your busy schedule to get to Cannes this year, you can pretend by attending the Denver International Film Society's "Denver Cannes, Too!" tomorrow night... A screening of the Italian film "Especially on Sunday" at the Esquire will be followed by a summer buffet on the patio at La Coupole restaurant. In a nice European touch, the Italian film "Cinema Paradiso" will be screened outdoors on a billboard above La Coupole's patio. Tickets are available at 321-3456.
 * DENVER - Landmark Theatre Corp., in conjunction with Sony Classics, is presenting a special benefit premier of the new film "Howard's End" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St. All proceeds benefit the Colorado AIDS Project. Tickets are $25 for preferred seating and a champagne reception afterward, or $10 for the film only. For more information, please call the Colorado AIDS Project at 837-0166.
 * A special benefit premiere of "Howards End" will be shown at 7 p.m. May 19 at the Esquire         Theatre to benefit the Colorado AIDS Project.
 * The Denver premiere of "Howards End," starring Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham-Carter, takes place Tuesday as a benefit for the Colorado AIDS Project. Festivities begin at 7 p.m. at the Esquire         Theatre. Tickets are $10 and $25, with the latter category including preferred seating and a dessert reception afterward at Chives American Bistro.
 * Thursday: A screening of Lina Wertmuller's new film, "Me, Let's Hope I Make It," followed by a champagne party at LaCoupole Cafe are the highlights of a benefit for the Denver International Film Society. The $20-a-ticket "Denver Cannes, Too" begins at 7:15 p.m. at the Esquire         Theatre. After the show, the scene shifts to LaCoupole, wh ere guests will enjoy hors d'oeuvres, Mumm champagne and music. For details, call, 321-FILM. Friday: The Colorado Ballet Auxiliary installs its eighth president, Anne Clark, during a brunch at Jim and Barbara Ruh's home in Cherry Hills Farm. She succeeds Loretta Kelce. Members of the auxiliary raise funds for Colorado Ballet and help with audience development, public education and other volunteer programs. Hindi Roseman and Lisa Nelson are in charge of the brunch.
 * Direct This!: Critics pick favorite directors at the Esquire          Theatre: With competition looming from the Starz FilmCenter (which  opens on April 5), Landmark Theatres is instituting changes to be  a more active Denver film exhibitor. Landmark is starting a new,  free Film Club (www.LandmarkTheatres.com) with special perks; a  Meet the Filmmakers program; and the "Direct This!" series... The latter occurs at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the  Esquire          Theatre, 590 Downing St., beginning April 6. (There is one  locale exception; see below.) Each screening is free for the first  100 Film Club members. After that, admission is $4.50 for Film  Club members and $5.50 for others.
 * Big eats: Barolo Grill over-served 22 people Wednesday night, all winners of the restaurant's Big Night Sweepstakes. The lucky guests entered a drawing at the Esquire         Theatre to eat the meal that was served in the art-house hit movie "Big Night." Chef David Steinmann cooked up nine courses - including soup, pasta, salmon, risotto, mushrooms and ending with a full roasted pig affectionately called "Babe at Barolo." The meal was washed down with dozens of bottles of Italian wine and copious amounts of grappa.
 * Michael Shalhoub isn't a French waiter, but he plays one at LoDo's La Coupole.His brother, Tony Shalhoub, isn't an Italian cook, but he plays one in the piping-hot new film "Big Night," at the Esquire.
 * Movie patrons who see "Big Night" in the first three weeks can register to win a nine-course $250 dinner for two at the Northern Italian restaurant, Barolo Grill. Ten couples will be chosen. Registration slips are available at the Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St.; Barolo Grill, 3030 E. Sixth Ave.; and Cooks Mart, 3000 E. Third Ave. Registration ends at 5 p.m. today. "Big Night at Barolo Grill" will be at 7:15, Oct. 30.

Contexty things

 * Denver has become one of the top markets for Landmark Theatres, the nation's leading art-film exhibitor, according to  its vice president of marketing, Ray Price. Landmark operates  eight screens at the Mayan, Chez Artiste and Esquire theaters... "It's a hard business," Price said. "The very definition of  independent film is that what "they' don't want is what we pick  up. We get the theaters that are abandoned, the films the studios  don't want. But if you work hard and get lucky, it works out."


 * And there is confectionary life beyond Goobers, Dots and Whoppers. These days, at Landmark's Esquire      Theatre, chocolate  lovers can enjoy an imported Lindt bar while watching the 7:30  p.m. showing of "Chocolat." (At $2.75, it doesn't cost much more  than a domestic candy bar.) Mayan Theatre moviegoers are fond of  the Vienna bagel dogs... At Chez Artiste, the icy Italian sodas are popular. The Mayan  and Esquire theaters have a barista on hand who can froth up  cappuccinos or half-caf lattes. Haydn Sillech, president of  Colorado Cinema Holdings, which recently took over six Mann Theaters in the metro area, says Dippin' Dots - those tiny frozen  pellets that look like sleet but taste like ice cream, sort of -  have proven to be a big draw, especially for younger viewers.  Ditto the hot pretzels.

Had a 70mm at one point

 * "2001" opens today at the Esquire         Theatre for what is  advertised as a one-week run. The theater has one of the two new  70-millimeter prints, featuring a digitally restored and  remastered sound track, that Warner Bros. Pictures prepared last  year to "celebrate" "2001" in 2001.
 * Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" isn't always successful, but it's interesting from start to finish. Altman tells the stories of a number of different families and couples who manage to connect in one way or another by the end. It's a typical Altman blend of overlapping scenes and dialogue that has enormous visual power even when the story turns maudlin or empty. Just about everyone is in the movie - Matthew Modine, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Anne Archer, Jack Lemmon and others. The movie is playing in 70mm at the Esquire.

Exclusives

 * "An Inconvenient Truth," starring former Vice President Al Gore, opens in New York and Los Angeles on May 24, the same day Gore`s new book of the same title comes out. The movie arrives in Colorado on June 9, showing at Denver`s Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St.
 * [Yellow Submarine] digitally renovated and presented in DTS digital stereo sound, opens today for a one-week engagement at the Esquire           Theatre. For the first time in the U.S., it will contain the  animated sequence for the song "Hey Bulldog." This was cut from  the original release, perhaps because the Lennon composition was  too much a churning, hard-edged rocker for the dreamy, cheerfully  psychedelic mood of the film.
 * That's the topic of a new documentary film, "Who Killed the Electric Car?"... Viewers will get a chance to decide for themselves on GM's motives when the film makes its Denver debut tonight in a special screening at the Esquire         Theatre, then begins a longer run July 14.
 * On the other hand, Fonda achieved a genuine career re-invention in "Ulee's Gold," which was a thoughtful independent film about - among other things - the meaning of nonviolence in a violent country... It opened exclusively at the Esquire         Theatre in June, and was still playing first-run long after "Batman & Robin" and "The Lost World" had departed their first-run screens. (At its peak, "Ulee's Gold" was in several suburban locations, too.)
 * A premiere screening of "That's Entertainment! III" will be 7:30 p.m. July 6 at the Esquire Theater, 540 Downing St. A reception follows at the Denver Buffalo Company, 1109 Lincoln St. Admission for the film and and party is $25 a person, film only, $10. Call 298-8223.
 * Shayvision, a film chronicling the life of Davis, who has emerged as a nationally renowned artist since his playing days in Boulder, will will make its Colorado premiere at 7 p.m. tonight at the Esquire Landmark Theatre in Denver.

Just midnight

 * Stay up late - Friday and Saturday. More late-night viewing. No rest for the bleary as the Esquire's midnight series gives cult darling "Birdemic: Shock and Terror" its Colorado premiere. Inspired by a flock of seagulls - not the band but those in Hitchcock's seaside thriller - director James Nguyen delivers a cheesy homage. This one's for "The Birds." Midnight at the Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St. $7.25. landmarktheatres.com or 303-352-1992.
 * Esquire entanglement - Doesn't sound quite right to kill two (love)birds with one stone. But tonight and Valentine Day's night you can take your adored to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," a strangely romantic flick about romantic estrangement. Michel Gondry directed this Charlie Kaufman-penned wonder, which has two midnight showings at the Esquire theater. Jim Carrey is terrific as Joel Barish, a guy who learns his ex-gal has undergone a procedure that erased him from her memory. He opts for the same experimental treatment, then struggles with the decision. Consider this a well-timed chance to also catch Oscar nominee Kate Winslet in one of her finest roles to date as Joel's fading beloved, Clementine. Midnight tonight and Saturday. Rated R. 108 minutes. $7.25. Esquire         Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; 303-733-9939 or landmarktheatres.com


 * Kid "Dynamite" - FILM|Lights! Water buffalo! Action! Did someone say "action"? There's no shortage of it as frenzied fisticuffs and high-flying antics have marquee status in Thai director Chalerm Wongpim martial-arts candy, "Dynamite Warrior," about a baddie, a hero and, ahem, action. Denver premiere tonight as part of the Esquire's Midnight Madness series. In Thai with English subtitles|Midnight Friday and Saturday|Esquire         Theatre, 590 Downing St.; $7; 303-352-1992


 * "Se7en" remains unpleasantly burrowed in the mind, with its startling dispatch of one of the lead characters. The roundhouse mayhem of "Fight Club" (midnight tonight and Saturday at the Esquire         Theatre) left this moviegoer sitting stunned in a parking lot.


 * "Se7en" remains unpleasantly burrowed in the mind, with its startling dispatch of one of the lead characters. The roundhouse mayhem of "Fight Club" (midnight tonight and Saturday at the Esquire         Theatre) left this moviegoer sitting stunned in a parking lot.


 * Die Hard for Holidays - FILM|Is there such a thing as campy anti-terrorist fun? If so, it likely resides in the genial action flick "Die Hard," which will play Esquire's Midnight Madness series. Bruce Willis takes on sneering baddie Alan Rickman all by his own self, and blows up a lot of skyscraper glass in the process.|Midnight, Saturday.|Landmark's Esquire         Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; $7; 303-352-1992


 * FILM|A top DVD guide calls "The City of Lost Children" a "weird, not-for- the-kiddies fairy tale," which means it's the perfect French oddity for Midnight Madness at the Esquire. An evil inventor is kidnapping children to steal their dreams, because he has none; a brave band of outcasts tries to fight back. Could be the antidote to overflowing Turkey Day cheer.|Midnight, Friday and Saturday.|Esquire         Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street, Denver; $7; 303-352-1992


 * FILM|"Jaws" starting at midnight? Now that's scary, kids. The Esquire continues its midnight-madness series with the swim- stopping blockbuster, promising to clear the beaches for the whole season. Let's hope everyone will shout out in unison, "We're going to need a bigger boat!"|midnight Saturday|Landmark's Esquire         Theatre, East Sixth Avenue and Downing Street; $7; call 303-352-1992.