Cultural Events
The theater was the site of the premiere of Errol Morris' first film Gates of Heaven (1978), an event at which filmmaker Werner Herzog ate his shoe before the audience in fulfillment of a bet made with Morris. This event was recorded in the documentary Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980) by local filmmaker Les Blank. Linwood Dunn gave a talk on the special effects behind King Kong for a showing of the film. A live orchestra would play for select silent films.
For 22 years, it was locally famous for its late-night showings of the cult film Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). The ongoing audience participation group, which eventually went on to recreate the film live on stage at the theater under the name Barely Legal, was one of the earliest, and best well known, of such groups.
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