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WILL CORWIN

Three weeks into the Hollywood Theatreā€™s campaign to save Portland video store Movie Madness, the non-profit has announced new rewards and a benefit screening in hopes of hitting a stretch goalā€”building an in-store screening room and bar at Movie Madness. The Hollywood is now hoping to raise an additional $75,000, after their "Save Movie Madness" Kickstarter reached its initial goal of $250,000 in just nine days.

This Friday, the Hollywood is hosting a benefit screening of Hayao Miyazakiā€™s 1997 animated classic Princess Mononoke. Besides being the best fictional representation of what itā€™s like to ride a wolf (not sorry Game of Thrones), the Studio Ghibli masterwork is also the most rented film in Movie Madness' 26-year history.

In addition, the Hollywood announced new rewards, which include a screen-printed poster by local graphic design firm Jolby & Friends, and a pizza party in the hoped-for screening room, complete with the choice of any movie from Movie Madness' collection and pizza from Sizzle Pie.

In our feature a few weeks back, the Hollywood and local film lovers made their case for keeping historical film collectionsā€”like the one at Movie Madnessā€”available to the public in an era of online streaming services that offer smaller, unreliable, and less diverse libraries.