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greenpenguino
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Problem frink?? ;)I first saw Empire (SE Edition) on a screen in Stirling, Scotland with my Grandfather.
The cinema's been re-purposed as a Jehovah's witness church-thingy.
Wolfman said:
Odeon Guildford in Surrey, U.K.
Wow! That looks a lot nicer than the one they have now. Were the screens bigger or smaller than the ones in the current odeon? I saw Tintin and a bunch of other films there and they were pitifully small.
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Bingowings
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Magister Pontifex Maximus^I saw The Spy Who Loved Me there, Stirling I mean, at Allan Park (they even put my name over the door).
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greenpenguino
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Problem frink?? ;)Bingowings said:
^I saw The Spy Who Loved Me there, Stirling I mean, at Allan Park (they even put my name over the door).
That's the place! ...I think.
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Fang Zei
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I am ready for the trials!I'm too young (27 years and a month) to have seen the original versions on the big screen in one of their official releases, but the theater where I saw the SE's in '97 and TPM on May 19th of '99 (and twice more in the following weeks .... no, I'm not proud) is now a GYM.
Oh, the irony.
Wolfman
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greenpenguino said:
Wolfman said:
Odeon Guildford in Surrey, U.K.
Wow! That looks a lot nicer than the one they have now. Were the screens bigger or smaller than the ones in the current odeon? I saw Tintin and a bunch of other films there and they were pitifully small.
There were three screens. Screen 1 was the biggest and had a balcony. I would say screen 1 was bigger than anything the new multiplex has to offer.
Check out this website. Although the pictures are more vintage, it gives a good idea of what the cinema was like on the inside. Guildford Odeon from pics #918-930. Awesome !
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.aspx?uid=107735&index=912&mainQuery=odeon&searchType=all&form=home
toho-scope
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Unlimited Rice Puddingsaw TPM and AOTC at Odeon port solent and ROTS at VUE at gunwharf quays
both are still standing
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thedaner
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They are not. I first saw Star Wars at Q Cinema 4 in Millard, Nebraska. It expanded to Q Cinema 6, then it became Douglas Q Cinema 9. It was closed and demolished in 2008.
http://www.cinematour.com/picview.php?db=us&id=3573
The other was Indian Hills Theater in Omaha. Saw Star Wars in 70mm. Unfortunately, that landmark was demolished in 2001 due to high renovation costs (and pure greed).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/91817548/sizes/o/in/set-72057594054766350/
Q Cinema 4 is where I first saw Tommy Jung's poster before the movie came out. That image alone made me want to see the movie.
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Cuchulainn
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Savoy Cinema, Dublin.
This is where I saw Star Wars. The cinema is still there (this pic is from 2006)
Classic Cinema, Harolds Cross, Dublin.
This is where I saw The Empire Strikes Back. It no longer exists.
Ambassador Cinema, Dublin.
This is where I saw Return Of The Jedi. The building still remains but it is no longer a cinema. And no, I didn't see TPM there.
FanFiltration
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Everything is a psyop!
I saw it during it's first run in 1977 at Menlo Park Cinema in Edison, NJ
The theater was torn down quite a few years ago. Saw Moonraker, and Star Trek the Motion Picture there too in 1979. In 1984/85 I worked there making popcorn and taking tickets.
This large theatre sat at the corner of US Route 1 and Parsonage Road in Edison, outside the Menlo Park Mall. It was one of Northern New Jersey’s large, prestigious theatres that was later twinned in the mid-70s. It played exclusive engagements of both “Star Wars” and “The Empire Strikes Back”, in 70mm.
It was demolished after Cineplex Odeon opened a 12-screen multiplex theatre in the newly rebuilt Menlo Park Mall around late 1991.
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negative1
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negative1nope,
it was either the grand, or the odeon
in calgary alberta:
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Odeon
AKA: Marda 33 Av. SW*
January 18th, 1952 opened as Marda*
March 26th, 1964 opened as Odeon*
1965 opened with “The Sound of Music by
Odeon Theatres*
June 1975 twinned*
1978 became part of Canadian Odeon*
1984 became part of Cineplex Odeon*
1988 closed
Odeon owned the Odeon Theatre
the grand
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Grand
Opened 1912 twinned on September 15th,1972
and closed about 1985
Odeon owned the Grand from the 1940's on,
W. P. Sherman was the manager in 1912.
Seating: About 1924 to 1972 1409 seats
1972 to about 1985
Cinema # 1 561 seats
Cinema # 2 568 seats
Total 1129 seat
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for empire strikes back, leicester odeon 70mm
in london england: may 1980
http://www.in70mm.com/news/2012/odeon/index.htm
later
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Is the theater where you saw Star Wars still standing ?