Suniland Triple
11975 South Dixie Highway,
South Miami,
FL
11975 South Dixie Highway,
South Miami,
FL
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The Suniland was a single house with a completely new second screen, lobby and concession stand added later. A further third screen was later carved out of the main theatre. It showed mostly Warner Brothers, United Artists and Disney product for most of it’s existence as ABC Florida State Theatres were prone to do in South Florida.
John Huddy, then movie critic for The Miami Herald, had a personal vendetta against the place and often trashed it while reviewing movies.
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Al Alvarez
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Suniland becomes a twin.
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The last of Miami’s Florida State venues (Plitt by then) to close by the mid/late 80s, think a Luria’s (a Miami-based jewelry/luxury gift store chain) took the Suniland’s place. Luria’s itself went out of business in the 1990s.
AlAlvarez,
I managed the Suniland for a few years back in the early 80’s. I remember it well.
Oh my god! Is the Diane Walker I think it is?
Yes it is. I'v been trying to get a hold of you forever.
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The original single-screen Suniland Theatre was designed by architect Robert E. Collins, according to an item in the September 30, 1963, issue of Boxoffice Magazine which announced that construction had begun on the project.
The Suniland opens:
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Rick Comer was manager June 3 1983.
Yes I was at the Suniland in June of 1983. I actually started there in August of 1982. The theatre was playing AC/DC Let There Be Rock with the enhanced sound system, ET and we opened Fast Times At Ridgemont High my first week. We also were running “Shock Treatment” as a Miami area exclusive late show, what a dog. We were contracted to play it 12 weeks and by the third week we had maybe 10 people each night attend. Mike, do we know each other?