Movie Madness Video

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Movie Madness Video
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Movie Madness Video
Location in Portland, Oregon
Address4320 SE Belmont Street
Location Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates 45°30′59″N122°37′02″W / 45.51638889°N 122.61722222°W / 45.51638889; -122.61722222
Opened1991 (1991)
Website
moviemadness.org

Movie Madness Video is a nonprofit video rental shop and museum of film history in Portland, Oregon's Sunnyside neighborhood, in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

The store was opened by Hollywood film editor Mike Clark in 1991. [5]

In October 2017, Hollywood Theatre launched a Kickstarter campaign to purchase and preserve the store. [6] [7] [8] The theatre acquired ownership in 2018 and Movie Madness is slated to be relocated across the street from Hollywood Theatre. [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Why Movie Madness Owner Mike Clark Doesn't Feel Threatened by Netflix". Portland Monthly . March 2017. ISSN   1546-2765. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Frost, Michelle (June 1, 2015). "Movie Madness: A Museum of Movie History". The Southeast Examiner. Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Site of the Week – Movie Madness Video". AMC Networks . May 2008. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Smith, Erin Geiger (26 November 2016). "Revenge of the Video Store". The Wall Street Journal . News Corp (Dow Jones & Company). ISSN   0099-9660. OCLC   781541372. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Turnquist, Kristi (October 11, 2017). "'Save Movie Madness' campaign aims to preserve a Portland video landmark". The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon: Advance Publications. ISSN   8750-1317. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Campaign underway to save eclectic Movie Madness video store". KGW. October 11, 2017. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ Crowell, Cameron (October 11, 2017). "The Hollywood Theatre Wants to Save Film History—But First, It Needs to Save Movie Madness". The Portland Mercury . Index Publishing. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ Gormley, Shannon (October 11, 2017). "Portland's Longest-Running Video Rental Store Is in Danger of Closing, So the Hollywood Theatre Is Stepping in To Save It". Willamette Week . Portland, Oregon: City of Roses Newspapers. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ "A Vibrant New "Film District" Is Growing Around Hollywood Theatre". Willamette Week. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
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