Bordeaux Cinema 3
1740 Owen Drive,
Fayetteville,
NC
28304
1740 Owen Drive,
Fayetteville,
NC
28304
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Located in the Bordeaux Plaza Shopping Center, the Bordeaux Theatre opened in 1966 a a single screen operation, owned and operated by the Charlotte based Sterart & Everett Theatres. The auditorium seated over 700. It was very large and wide, with superior Ultravision widescreen projection that was capable of showing 35mm and 70mm film. By the early or the mid-1970’s, the Bordeaux Theatre added a second auditorium, making it a twin cinema(Bordeaux 1 & 2). By 1980, the second auditorium was split down the middle making it a triple screen complex.
The original auditorium remained intact when it added on a Dolby Stereo sound system for the Fayetteville proemiere of “The Empire Strikes Back”, when it was released on May 21, 1980 for its exclusive North Carolina engagement run in 70mm 6-track Dolby Stereo. It was still owned by Stewart & Everett Theatres.
By 1986, the Bordeaux 3 was acquired by Carmike Cinemas after Stewart & Everett ceacd operations, and Carmike also took over other local cinemas, including the Westwood 6 and the Valley Twin.
The Bordeaux 3 continued to be a showplace for great entertainment until its closing in 1995.
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raysson:
1) What makes you believe the Bordeaux did not show “Empire” in 70mm? The research I conducted for the article you just cited revealed “Empire” did in fact open in Fayetteville on May 21, 1980 during the film’s exclusive 70mm limited-market release. (The film’s 35mm general release did not begin until mid-June.) If you like, I can email you a scan of the Bordeaux’s opening-day advertisement from the Fayetteville newspaper which confirms the film opened in that market on May 21 and was promoting a 70mm presentation.
2) The web address cited in your post above was misspelled. The address is www.In70mm.com. Also, wouldn’t it make more sense if you had cited the exact page rather than that site’s homepage, requiring readers to needlessly hunt for the article? The specific page is: http://www.in70mm.com/news/2003/empire/index.htm.
The Bordeaux Theatre in Fayetteville opened as a twin cinema that was owned and operated by Charlotte based Stewart and Everett Theatres in 1969. It remained a twin cinema until the mid-1980’s when Carmike acquired it and from there took the original auditorium and split it in two making a three screen cinema. It remained that way until the late 1990’s when the Bordeaux closed.
Here is a link to a damaged (yet viewable!) 1985 photo at my flickr account:
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Nice article Michael – very interesting about movie-goers in the first weeks (of Empire Strikes Back) seeing a slightly ‘unfinished’ version of the movie. And I do believe I was one of them!
Thanks for the information raysson, it is much appreciated. Maybe it is not completely accurate, and maybe a little more research needed to be done before your post, but you are obviously a big fan of old movie theatres and took the time to post the information that (you felt) to be correct. Don’t worry about those who have nothing better to do with there time than belittle you for missing minor details- keep up the good work!
What an unnecessary comment, Element02. You sound like a social-promotion cheerleader.
Hey, i gotta admit Michael knows his stuff,He called me out on a movie i was 100% sure we played first run in Augusta. I figured he was someone from Augusta,until i saw he was from Los Angeles and knew then he has his stuff together. I was the House Manager on the theatres the movie I thought for sure played,not some moviegoer. The movie was “STAR WARS”.
Thanks Michael Coate :–) You just proved to everyone how big of an ignorant, arrogant, self-righteous douche bag you really are :–) Way to go, Buddy! GO! FIGHT! WIN! Goooo Cinema Treasures!
I aspire to be as cool as Michael Coate when I grow up! Trolling a message board about old movie theatres and belittling/degrading anyone who didn’t fold their movie ticket stub correctly.. man, you’re on top!
Wow…where is a middle-finger emoticon when you need one.
I don’t remember whether “Empire” was run in 70mm or not but I can tell you the theatre was equipped with a “Cinemacannica” V-18 projector capable of 70mm operation.