THE TWO TOWERS @ the Los Angeles Theatre (Labor Day weekend)

See Peter Jackson's THE TWO TOWERS in the opera house of LA cinemas. 2p Two Towers And if you want get an a la carte 10p Afterparty ticket.
About this Event

Part of our Let’s Go Back to the Movies series

Sunday, September 6, 2026 (Labor Day weekend so you can sleep it off in the Shire on Monday)

LOCATION: The Los Angeles Theater, 615 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014

SPECIAL NOTE: We’re screening the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy in the opera house of Los Angeles cinemas-the Los Angeles Theater, built in 1931 by showman H.L. Gumbiner — with Charlie Chaplin himself putting up money to finish it in time to host the world premiere of City Lights, with Einstein in the audience.. We’ll have 1 hour intermissions between each movie so audiences can explore the theater, go down to an entire level we’re setting up with bars, food courts, music. This is a once in a lifetime experience, a mecca of cinema. We have a whole day planned of cinema, food, drink, trivia, tours, movie lore.

10a THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001, dir by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, 178mns, USA/NEW ZEALAND, theatrical version)

2p THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002, dir by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, 179 mns, USA/NEW ZEALAND, theatrical version)

6p THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003, dir by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema, 201mns, USA/NEW ZEALAND, theatrical version)

10p THERE AND BACK AGAIN AFTERPARTY After-hours in the secret rooms of the 1931 Los Angeles Theatre, spaces almost no one gets to see after our Lord of the Rings trilogy screening Sun 9/6/26 @ 10p. Music, drinks, food, dancing, fun. Celebrate seeing this trilogy like the great opera it is with fellow LOTR and movie lovers.

You can get tickets to any individual movie (and add the Afterparty a la carte) or get the All-Day pass (all movies, with or without afterparty, best deal).

Please note that while we are working to screen these movies on 35mm prints if possible, if we have any issues, we will have DCP/digital back ups. The show must go on!

2p LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS The movie that may have the single greatest battle sequence in all of cinema, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers delivers everything on all fronts.

Here we truly meet central tragic character Gollum (a revelatory Andy Serkis), one of the first CGI characters who fully worked as an emotional, captivating key character (sorry Jar-Jar). Gollum was one of the original keepers of the ring of power and it has turned him into a cave dwelling horrific monster who will hunt Frodo and Sam to get his hands back on the ring.

Here we get the splitting of the fellowship and incredible cross cut stories of Frodo and Sam making their way to the evil land of Mordor while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli chase the armies of evil.

Merry and Pippin encounter the ancients Ents, tree spirits, who sense time differently yet may make the pivotal difference in fighting evil.

It all builds to the battle of Helm’s Deep, a night time sequence where the Fellowship and humans must face literally an army of evil in the THOUSANDS. In the rain.

Nothing will prepare you for the sheer moviemaking bravura of this sequence, one of the greatest of all time.

Will the forces of evil get their hands on the ring of power and end the age of good and plunge the world into darkness? You may have to wait for that answer until…

NOTE: In between each movie, folks with all day passes will be able to explore the theater, go to a floor with drinks, bars, food courts, music, And for the most adventurous, we’ll be throwing an after hours party in secret rooms of the theater almost no one ever gets to see at 10pm to celebrate making it through the full day.

10p THE LORD OF THE RINGS THERE AND BACK AGAIN AFTERPARTY (21+): If you get the All-Access Pass or see a single movie and get the a la carte After Party pass, you get access to our Afterparty: after-hours in the secret rooms of the 1931 Los Angeles Theatre, spaces almost no one gets to see after our Lord of the Rings trilogy screening Sun 9/6/26 @ 10p. Music, drinks, food, dancing, fun, secret tours, and more.

Celebrate the completion of a day of cinema and a journey to Mordor and back with friends, fellow Hobbits, drinks, food, music, dancing, fun, and more.