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In 2002 another cloud passed over the 8 Interview with Adrian Jacobson 11
building. The State had been returning August 2006
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consistent profits, but the AFC was 9 Interview with Ross Holyman 9
scaling back funding to the AFI by nearly August 2006
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two million dollars annually. AFI
history.html
Chairman Denny Lawrence stood by the
11 Interview with Ross Holyman
cinema, but his hand was forced and it
22 ‘Statewide Evenings’, ABC Local
was put on the market.
Radio
Quick thinking and some persuasive 12 Diwell, Stuart ‘Passing of a
talking by Adrian Jacobson saw a passionate picture-show man’ The
mysterious businessman ‘Jack’ make an Mercury, April 8, 1992
offer for the cinema. On 9 August it The director of Shine Scott Hicks, with the 13 Alexander, Alison 2005, The
was sold and the next day the new manager of the State Adrian Jacobson. Companion to Tasmanian History,
owner’s name was revealed as John It was the success of Shine that paid for a Centre for Tasmanian Historical
23 Studies, Hobart pp. 359-360
Kelly, a North Hobart local. John major upgrade at the theatre.
promised to stay true to the values of 14 Smith, Elizabeth The State of The
Because of the passion and State. 7CAE FM's Hobart Magazine,
the State, acknowledging the theatre as
24 commitment of all those associated September 1980, pp. 3-4
“Hobart’s social heart”. 15 Interview with John Kelly, 14 July
with it, the State Cinema has been
After a tumultuous decade, it finally 2006
triumphant through the tests of time.
seemed that the State Cinema had an 16 ‘State Theatre ready for reopening’,
Now, Tasmanians hope that in the
assured future.Today the cinema has The Mercury, 12 February1976
turning points of the future, the cinema
changed again. Major renovations have will triumph again. ★ 17 Oxley, Gary ‘Quality films fail to
seen the construction of a coffee shop draw State patrons’, The Saturday
References Evening Mercury, 3 May 1980
and installation of a second screen. John
1 History of the State Theatre: 18 Letter from Judy Richter re: ‘Save
Kelly now both owns and manages the
Timeline, compiled by Tasmanian Post the State Committee’, 12 September
cinema. Reminiscent of the split
Office Directory 1984
between Ross Holyman and Gordon
2 Robson, Lloyd 1991, A History of 19 Diwell, Stuart ‘Success puts new
Gourlay, a business disagreement Tasmania Volume II, Oxford University shine on the State’, The Mercury, 8
caused Adrian and John to part ways in Press, p. 305. August 1997, p.3
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January 2004. Despite Adrian’s 3 http://www.women.tas.gov.au/signifi 20 Whinnett, Ellen ‘Curtain call faces
departure, the State has remained an cantwomen/search/emily_dobson.html cinema caught in AFI cash crisis’, The
alternative to mainstream cinema. 4 Robson, Lloyd 1991, A History of Mercury, 31 May 2002, p.11
Tasmania Volume II, Oxford University 21 Fax from Adrian Jacobson to Ruth
Considering the turning points and
Press, p. 339. Jones re: AFI funding, 14 May 1997
changes it has experienced, it is
5 Interview with Edgar Morris. (Adrian 22 http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/stories
amazing that the cinema still exists at
Jacobson private collection) /s643053.html
all. It has survived flammable nitrate
6 Pearce, Kim 1993, Historical Study of 23 Wood, Danielle ‘Mystery man wins
film, television, funding cuts, and North Hobart, State Government of out in film thriller’ The Mercury, 9
takeover bids from furniture companies Tasmania, p. 78 August 2002, p.3
and cinema chains. 7 ‘Hobart’s New Picture Theatre 24 Briggs, John ‘New owner plans art
Opened’, The Mercury, (date unknown) house cinema revamp’, The Mercury, 4
1935 November 2002, p.3
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COLLECTORS IN TOUCH

ENQUIRIES:
MIKE TRICKETT
25 Fairlie Street
North Geelong Vic. 3216
Phone: AH 03 5278 1986
Fax: 03 5278 3545
A third generation of stewardship: Adrian Jacobson with daughter Claire, who sometimes Email: filmman@ncable.net.au
worked with her father at the cinema.

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