Big Cinemas Movie City 8
1655 Oak Tree Road,
Edison,
NJ
08820
1655 Oak Tree Road,
Edison,
NJ
08820
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movie534, I absolutely love what I did, but I was pushed to where you could not think. It was like flying an airplane in a spiral dive. That is crazy. Well, I have read your messages, so you know exactly what I am talking about.
And the poor public had to put up with this money-saving. No professional showmanship and I say GOODBYE!!!
movie534, it was a mess! We had a list of problems for each and every theater. Anything from bulbs, bulb blowers, lamphouse vein switchs, relays, LEDs out of alignment, dust within sound pots, lack of oil, gears, it went on and on. Each house had 5 to 10 problems.
NCS was taken over by Strong. I had to quit a couple months ago. It was one job when all theaters were union. But, with almost all theaters run by kids, it was a joke. I had to hang it up and say, Bye-Bye! And most management thought it was great to just keep calling in the service guy.
There were three of us to handle all theaters, ALL THEATERS, in New Jersey and New York. I would return two or three times a day to some theaters. I worked six am until midnight and finally said, Adios.
Can you blame me?
Hey Meredith, a quick question. My fellow union brother worked here up till March 2004. He spent like 3 years working with the tech’s from NCS getting everything in working order when clearview kicked us to the curb. Just how bad was the booth? I remember it running smooth when he left.
Yes it is Fred. We did a lot to get the booth up-to-shape. Good place and good people working there.
I think this theater Is being booked by phoenix theaters with its parnership with Adlabs. This is their website http://www.phoenixtheatres.com/
website – appears to be affiliated with Parsippany Cinema 12:
http://www.moviecitynj.com/
The above heading should be updated. It now goes under the name of Movie City 8 and is now independently owned. Clearview gave this up over 3 years ago. Also, the main fare now is mostly Indian Movies.
The theater was recently purchased by an independent owner who plans on updating the interior slightly and running 2 screens of Bollywood films with six screens of popular release films.
Originally opened as Movie City 6, then two screens added later. Clearview bought this and the Woodbridge Cinema 5 (now closed) from Howard Grant, who owns MegaMovies nearby. Expect to see this theatre close in the near future.