San Jose Century 21 domed theater closed, last movie was "Raiders"

WilliamBoyd8

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But for old-time's sake, the two 30-somethings stood in the box-office line and remembered how they camped out overnight to see "Star Wars" in the 1970s. They loved every minute spent on the asphalt with their fellow fans at the time.

"The charm is gone," he said. "This is a sad direction for San Jose."

For diehard movie fans of their generation, the domed theaters in southwest San Jose were perfectly symmetrical shrines fit for the action-packed, computer-assisted Hollywood blockbusters that first emerged in the 1970s. Now they resemble temples of doom, relics in the age of home media centers and on-demand television viewing.

The last movie scheduled at Century 21 Sunday was "Raiders of the Lost Ark." At the end of the movie, the Ark of the Covenant is put in government hands for secret study. Similarly, the fate of Century 21 will be decided by government.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25453615/century-21-domed-theater-san-jose-closed.htm

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