Despite the odds, Blockbuster is turning 40 — and cinephiles nostalgic for the ’90s and 2000s are invited to join in on the celebration.

Well, kind of.

Blockbuster launched in 1985 and hit its peak about two decades later with more than 9,000 video rental stores across the globe. The company closed all of its corporate-owned stores in 2014 after filing for bankruptcy — leaving only a smattering of franchised locations behind. Little by little, those started to peter out, too.

Except for one: The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend , Oregon. That’s a long way from Pennsylvania.

The store, which became a Blockbuster in 2000, hasn’t been open for the entirety of the company’s four-decade history. But when you’re all that’s left of a near-defunct global multimedia brand, what’s

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