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The Bethel Cinema

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

269 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, Connecticut

A Brief History
(AKA The Agony and the Ecstasy)
hotpopcornOur theater has a somewhat checkered past that makes for potential fodder for a screenplay of its own. Originally part of the independent Jerry Lewis Theater chain in the ‘70s, it later housed a Triple-X adult movie theater into the early ‘80s, until being reborn as an evangelical Christian church – no fooling! With the sins of its past exorcised, the building was finally reclaimed as a movie theater, although this time as a true art house, showcasing the best and brightest in independent film. In any case, a new indie spirit rose out of these conflicted ashes and a legend was born. Come and experience it in all its new-found glory.
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