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Friday, March 21, 2008

Fall of the National



As LAObserved reports, the land where Westwood's Mann National theater once stood has been smoothed over. The theater is all gone.

Thepetecom put together a Flickr set of National Theater demolition shots, including the one above.

Can't say I ever saw any masterpieces at the National, but I did love the time warp feel I got when walking inside; I felt like it was 1981 all over again. Movies I did see there included "Private Parts" and one of the "Austin Powers" sequels.

It's always sad to see a large, single-screen movie theater go. RIP, National!

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