Atwater Theatre
Place Alexis Nihon,
Montreal-Westmount,
QC
H3Z 3C1
Place Alexis Nihon,
Montreal-Westmount,
QC
H3Z 3C1
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Opened on April 24, 1967 on the Metro Level, the Atwater II followed on the Fashion Level on August 22, 1969.
The downstairs auditorium was twinned down the middle in 1979 resulting in three screens.
In 1986, a third screen was added at Metro Level, while the Fashion Level cinema was gutted to make way for a food court.
The Atwater finally closed on Jan 3, 2001 because of competition from Famous Players Paramount and AMC’s Forum 22 across the street. Zeller’s and another store now occupy this space.
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Mike Rivest
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There was a Westmount Theatre operating in 1941 in Montreal. Seating capacity was given as 1,302.
Star Wars ran here for at least two years (1977-1978) first downstairs, then up. I remember driving in on my motorcycle from Pointe Claire to see it here more than 35 times! I recall that when they moved the print upstairs the projectionist re-cued it for the automation in that booth, and he applied the changeover tape about 2 seconds too soon, so about two seconds of reel 4 was always cut off (despite my repeated protests, may I add).
An archived article from April ‘97 on the expansion of the Atwater—> View link
Nice find, Elissa, I guess that AMC across the street scared than away. Peter, Star Wars did not open here, it opened at Place Victoria, Place Bonaventure, Cote Des Neiges (both screens), CP Chateauguay and CP St. Eustache. Star Wars played its 1997 reissue here. The cinema I downstairs had 70mm.
Does ANYBODY have a picture of this multiplex? It’s so hard to believe that despite 30+ years of operation, nobody seems to have posted any photographs of it online.
An overexposed photo of the cinema can be found at my Montreal document on page four at View link
and View link
1967 article (lots about the mall on these pages)
View link
There was an EXPO 67 rash of new cinemas downtown, all in the Underground city
March 31st, Place Du Canada (Odeon)
April 18th, Place Bonaventure
April 20th, Atwater
December 22nd, The Cinema at Westmount Square.
All are gone now.
A small photo of the lobby of the Odeon Atwater Theatre from Boxoffice, September 25, 1967.
A view of the lobby from the opposite direction appeared in Boxoffice of January 15, 1968.
Joe, links are now dead, therefore I uploaded a picture of it here.