The Alamo Theatre is the second-oldest operating movie theater in the state of Maine. In May 1916, O.J. Hussey bought land on the corner of Main and Elm Streets in Bucksport, Maine overlooking the Penobscot River. He and May Hussey erected a 90-foot-long brick building and called it The Alamo Theatre. The Alamo is one of the oldest surviving cinemas in northern New England, though its interior has seen many changes over the past half century.
The last film shown in The Alamo's original 600-seat theater was Godzilla, before the screen was torn down in 1956. Over the next several decades the building contained an A&P grocery store, a community health center, and a bar and grill, before Northeast Historic Film bought the building at a foreclosure auction in 1992. Thanks to the generous support of members and friends, NHF has brought the once vacant, boarded-up building back to life as a community cinema. NHF's administrative offices and Study Center are located above newly-renovated cinema, while the state-of-the-art Conservation Center was added on to the back of the original building.
The Alamo serves as NHF's primary form of access to its collections. A wide variety of film is shown in The Alamo, from contemporary Hollywood productions on weekends, to early silent films with live music at the annual Northeast Silent Film Festival, to the work of local filmmakers. The auditorium was designed with the support of the community and is used by local schools and organizations for a variety of performing arts activities and meetings. The facility offers excellent projection capabilities, sightlines, and acoustics. Visit The Northeast Historic Film's Websitehere.
May 24, 2009 Note by Note: The Making of Steinway LI037 http://www.notebynotethemovie.com
Sunday at 7pm
A film followed by a live concert! with Eric Stumacher.
This film is a loving celebration of not just craftsmanship, but of the dying breed of person who is deeply connected to working by hand. In the end, this is an ode to the most unexpected, and perhaps ironic, of unsung heroes. It reminds us how extraordinary the dialogue can be between an artist and an instrument-crafted out of human hands but borne of the materials of nature.
115 minutes
PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.)
Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
UP
June 5-11, 2009
Friday 7pm
Saturday *3 & 7pm
Sunday 2pm
Monday, Tuesday 7pm
Wednesday 8:30pm
Thursday 2pm
$3 at 3pm- all seats $3.
96 minutes - PG
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
The movie was directed by Pete Docter, who also directed "Monsters, Inc.," wrote "Toy Story," and was the co-writer and first director on "WALL-E" before leaving to devote full time to this project.
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