The Louisville Speakeasy Cinema, the only local dine-in, drink-in, dual-screen independent cinema is counting on the public to make the dream a reality. Cities across the country from Austin, Chicago, and Portland to Asheville NC and Springfield MO have their own cinema drafthouses showing quality artistic films – why not Louisville? Don’t we deserve to join their ranks?

What can The Speakeasy offer that others can't?

• Wood-oven fired pizza
• A full bar
• Outside seating
• Full service inside theaters
• Tons of awesomeness

We will screen everything that has been missing from Louisville's film scene until now. Documentaries? We got ‘em. Foreign films, director appearances, film festivals, filmmaking workshops. We will have drive-in movies in the parking lot with the sound broadcast over the FM dial. We will have special menus to reflect various films. We will screen the latest our local community of filmmakers can muster up. You get the idea.

This is where you come in. The recent economic downturn has led us to you, the very people who are going to come to the Speakeasy. We prefer to trust you rather than the banks. The film fanatics of Louisville are the key to making this project happen and here’s how you can help...