The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown location closed after 10 years of business, Wednesday. The night hosted a triple feature, including Earthquake in Sensurround, which created extremely loud sounds, requiring waivers and hard hats for the audience and staff in fear of falling ceiling tiles. On its last night, the Alamo screened two of its favorite films, "Big Night" and "Earthquake.
" While you may not be able to experience the Drafthouse feast for "Big Night" or the subwoofer effects for "Earthquake," you can still run by your local video store to re-create your own Drafthouse send-off. For those of you who love fine Italian cuisine and films that are raw and unforgiving, "Big Night" is sure to whet your appetite. "Big Night" is the story of two Italian brothers, Secondo (Stanley Tucci) and Primo (Tony Shalhoub) who have moved to the U.
S. in an effort to make a living out of their breathtaking Italian cooking. They open a restaurant called Paradise, which is soon about to be bankrupt, and have one night to prove that their restaurant should stay open.
Primo is a legendary chef who truly respects the wholesomeness of Italian cuisine. His motto is, "To eat good food is to be close to God." The film revolves around Secondo's efforts to keep his restaurant in business while trying to ensure Primo that his genuine tradition in Italian cooking is not compromised.
However, the Italian brothers learn that Americans are serious when it comes to eating what they like, and Primo's inability to cooperate in serving what the customers want quickly leads Paradise to the brink of bankruptcy. In an effort to salvage the restaurant, brother Secondo confides in Pascal (Ian Holm), an elderly businessman who owns a thriving and flamboyant competing Italian restaurant. In an effort to help the brothers, Pascal books a gig for an amazing jazz musician to play at Paradise for one night, and in that night the brothers can please a large crowd in order to keep their business afloat.
After gaining much publicity in their promotion of the performance, Primo cooks the meal of his life and Secondo entertains and caters like never before. The restaurant is packed. Yet, as the night unwinds, the patrons are drawn more to the unbelievable cuisine and good fun, not realizing that the musician will never actually play.
Pascal was only testing the boys, rather than helping them. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown location closed after 10 years of business, Wednesday.
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