Title

Independent movie theaters in Maine are fighting back against national chains li

Authors

Katherine Wroth

Source

Maine Times

Date

6-25-1998

Pages

4-6

Abstract

Independent movie theaters in Maine are fighting back against national chains like Hoyts, which runs half of the screens in the state. A look at the survival tactics of three downtown theaters: Belfast's Colonial Theatre, which opened in 1912; Farmington's Narrow Gauge Cinema; and Brunswick's Eveningstar Cinema, which is the only one of the three in direct competition with Hoyt's. Eveningstar's owner, John Favreau, is trying to form a coalition of independent theater owners to get legislation passed that will outlaw "clearance zones" that stipulate that a movie can be shown at only one theater in a given market.

Subjects

Theaters

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