416 Eaton Street
Key West FL 33040
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305-295-9493
All shows General
Admission $9
[Members $6]
except special ($5 matinees)
where indicated
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at the Tropic box office during
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TROPIC CINEMA
For years, the
lament in Key West over the slim
pickings of films offered by the
local multiplex was like talking
about the weather. Everyone deplored
it, but no one did much of anything
about it. It was against that
backdrop that a small group of film
buffs put out a call in 1998,
seeking volunteers interested in
rejuvenating the local cinema scene.
They tapped into a well-spring of
community interest. Volunteers
crowded meetings, offer ideas,
suggestions and help for a project
to bring alternative film to town.
Working committees were formed to
search out venues, track down film
sources, and round up projection
equipment.
The talk quickly moved from planning
for "next year" to doing something
right away, and it happened. From
the gala opening fund raiser, the
Key West premiere of Roberto
Begnini's Life is Beautiful, to the
first Key West International
Festival of New Cinema, the Conch
Republic has begun to see the best
of independent, foreign and
alternative movies.
As the membership
and attendance of the KWFS grew, it
became clear that no part-time
venues could fill our needs. By the
2002-2003 season we had begun a fund
drive to create a permanent
full-time home. This goal was
finally realized in the spring of
2004 with the opening of the new
Tropic Cinema. The Tropic is a
full-time, two-screen theater, with
a large lobby serving as a cultural
center and gathering place.
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