Brentwood Theatre

RobertR on August 28, 2005 at 5:50 pm

1973 GWTW at the Brentwood
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moviegoer on May 5, 2005 at 5:20 pm

Brentwood per se could not support it but if it were to be spruced up and billed as the only single-screen showplace on all of Long Island it could draw traffic from all over. People would be camped outside it right now if the next Star Wars was opening there. That’s an extreme example but with the right marketing I think it could be successful that way.

moviegoer on May 5, 2005 at 4:20 am

I live in Brentwood and miss this old theater very much. It basically died a slow death once the Commack Multiplex opened. Before that it had been a first run theater and I recall lines out to the parking lot for films like Superman. But when Commack opened in 1983 Brentwood became a discount/2nd run huse and then closed altogether in the late 80s. It was vacant for several years and then briefly revived again as discount house and I went there to see an Schwarzengger picture, Eraser, I think, solely because I wanted to see what the sinde looked like because it had been closed for so long.

It had a very nice balcony but they never let people sit up there unless the floor filled, which it never did.

There’s a stage in front of the screen so it has occasionally been reopened as a performing arts type place but nothing has worked very well. The building is still there and looks to be in good shape and I think someone with enough money could probably do some business reopening it as a nostalgia, movie-palace type theater.

Michael Furlinger on September 28, 2004 at 11:00 pm

nice theater/old ua style/one would not think this would have lasted this long.

chip26 on June 9, 2004 at 12:47 am

For years, the Brentwood Theatre was operated by United Artists. It was operated mostly as a 99 cent house, with the occasional foray into first-run movies(I remember seeing Tron there on opening weekend). It was most successful as a discount house.