Alamo Drafthouse Strikes Gold by Redefining the Cinema ExperienceWhile corporate-owned multiplexes have faced declining attendance, one indie theater chain is bucking the trend.

Ignore the calendar. The pages may say it's 2012, but here at the Alamo Drafthouse, it's the summer of 1982 all over again.

The Austin, Texas-based theater chain is dedicating a chunk of its movie programming slate this year to reviving the Hollywood blockbusters of three decades past, a box-office bonanza that includesPoltergeist,Tron,Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanandRocky III, all presented on Drafthouse screens in their original 35mm format.

Hard-core: Punk band Rockatansky plays with pyrotechnics before Alamo Drafthouse's presentation of The Road Warrior at a Summer of 1982 event; fans of the film dress up (pictured).

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