Jean Cocteau Cinema | |
Former Names: | Collective Fantasy Cinema |
Address: | 418 Montezuma Avenue |
Built: | 1910 |
Opened: | 1975 |
Renovated: | 2013 |
Closed: | April 2006 |
Reopened: | 9 August 2013 |
Owner: | Brent Kliewer (1983-1986) Blue Pearl Corporation (1986-1989) Trans-Lux Corporation (1989-2010) George R. R. Martin (2013-present) |
Operator: | Jon Bowman Jenni Higginbotham Nicole Lawe David Sidebottom |
Tenant: | Wild Hare Salon of Santa Fe (Kristin Mader) |
Seating Type: | 128 Standard 4 VIP |
Seating Capacity: | 132 |
The Jean Cocteau Cinema is a historic movie theater (formerly the Collective Fantasy Cinema[1]) located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It is currently owned by American author George R. R. Martin. In addition to films, the cinema hosts author talks and book-signings, along with a small display of signed books for sale; burlesque, magic and variety shows; art exhibitions and concerts.[2]
In 1976, four partners (Lynne Cohen, Mary Hether, Anne Lewis and Richard Szanyi) opened the first movie theater on the site, the Collective Fantasy Cinema. In 1983 Brent Kliewer bought the theater, remodeled it, and renamed it the Jean Cocteau Cinema (for the famed French novelist and filmmaker). The theatre closed in 2006 before being purchased and renovated by Martin in 2013.[3] [4]