MANN'S GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE

COMPLETE RENOVATION INCLUDES
JBL PROFESSIONAL SCREENARRAY®
AND SURROUND SPEAKERS

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 5, 2002 - The historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre has received a complete renovation, including restoration of the theatre's original interior including balcony, and new state of the art audio and projection equipment. For the audio system, Mann Theatres, Grauman's parent company, chose JBL Professional Speakers including custom ScreenArray® systems augmented by JBL subwoofers and surround speakers.

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Since its opening in 1927, the Grauman's Chinese Theatre has become the world's most famous movie theatre. It was the dream theatre of Sid Grauman, "Hollywood's Master Showman," and his last and most extravagant creation. With its Chinese theme and historic foot and hand prints, millions of visitors a year visit this shrine to cinema. Mann Theatres recently undertook an extensive two-year renovation of the theatre, restoring its original decor inside and out as well as returning to its original name. The jade-green bronze roof rises 69-feet into the air and the interior of the theatre is decorated with a king's ransom in exotic art from China.

When the theatre had its grand reopening on November 9, the completely new speaker system was exclusively JBL, with five custom ScreenArray three-way speakers, 4642A subwoofers and 8340A surround speakers. The new Mann six screen theatre adjacent to the Chinese Theatre also feature JBL ScreenArray, subwoofer and surround speaker systems. These theatres and the new Kodak theatre are the central attractions at the new Hollywood Highlands Plaza in the center of Hollywood.

"JBL has always delivered an excellent product along with quality service. Together we will provide the ultimate presentation to our customers as well as the industry in which we serve," stated Ben Barbosa, C.E.O. of Mann Theatres, "We at Mann look forward to continuing our long term relationship in the years to come."

"The Grauman Chinese Theatre is the ultimate movie palace and being asked to install our ScreenArray speakers there is a thrill and honor for us at JBL," said Chuck Goodsell, Director of Cinema Products for JBL Professional. "They could put any speaker they wanted in this historic theatre and they selected JBL."