AMC Loews Meadow 6
800 Plaza Drive,
Secaucus,
NJ
07094
800 Plaza Drive,
Secaucus,
NJ
07094
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Wow, they sure updated this theater’s status fast – it’s not even 24 hours since it shut down.
I’ll give the new Kerasotes cinema a try just to see what it’s like, although I will miss the Meadow 6 and the way it blended in with the rest of the plaza. The AMC Clifton Commons is just up the road, although Route 3 is a pain to navigate at peak times. I guess I can also trek the 15 miles or so to the AMC Wayne 14, whose original portion looks like the Meadow 6 – minus the mural, of course.
Wonder which old theater will fall by the wayside next.
So now Secaucus residents will have to go to North Bergen for their movie fix, as the Columbia Park 12 is the only theater that shows the same movies that this theater had. That is, until the new Kerasotes 14 theater opens with the new Michael Jackson movie in a few weeks.
It’s all over. So long, Meadow 6.
For those who have AMC moviewatcher cards, they can go to either Jersey City, Linden, Ridgefield Park, Lincoln Square, Clifton Commons, or Jersey Gardens. Why is AMC shutting this place down? It’s not because of the lease not getting expired. It’s because there’s a new theater opening up that will have the same number of screens as this theater and its now gone sister theater. I’ve been to this theater several times, and it had more large screens than the Loews in Wayne, since there were six screens and some of them could show 70mm film and even show films in 8-channel SDDS, which was changed to Dolby Digital EX after AMC took over. A lot of businesses near the theater will suffer after the theater closes, only to resurface when Kerasotes opens up their new theater.
Saw my last film ever here today in “Surrogates” – was the ONLY person in Theater 5 and was easily outnumbered by the staff, who had already begun some minor breakdown of displays in the lobby. The auxiliary concessions stand in the middle of the theater main floor looked to have already been cleaned up and closed down. Hadn’t seen a film here in many years, and am sorry to see the old place go, as it still looks good in many respects, especially that unique mural of old-time Hollywood stars situated over the lobby. The 14-screen Kerasotes replacement in the parking lot looks much better now after having been painted, but it also looked like there’s still some interior work going on.
Sad to see the Loew’s era in Secaucus coming to an end. I attended the very first show at the old Harmon Cove Quad: “King Kong” (Jessica Lange version) in 1976. I walked there from Rutherford to see “It’s Alive” in 1977. And the biggest opening night crowd I’d ever been part of there was unfortunately for a very bad movie: “Jaws 2” (1978).
The final movies at the Meadow 6:
Fame
Pandorum
Surrogates (closed captioned)
The Informant!
Love Happens
Kaminey (an Indian film that opened in August)
It’ll be sad to see that movie theater go, leaving behind the Loews Wayne theater as the only one left out of the two NJ theaters that opened in 1982 by the company. It began as Loews Theaters (1982-1994), then became Sony (1994-1997), and then Loews (1997-2006) and finally AMC Loews (2006-10/8/09). When Sony owned this theater, it was one of the first theaters in NJ to have the 8 channel SDDS in the larger auditoriums, yet it didn’t became as popular as Dolby Digital or DTS. Sony no longer supported SDDS as they shut down their cinema sound division in 2002, yet the studios still mix films in the regular 5.1 format and not like the 8 channel kind. Sony still operates a website devoted to the format and has a list of 8 channel films, none of which were released this year.
I had a feeling this theater was closing soon. The Route 3 marquee (a new one, by the way) always displays the movie names with letters missing, and some of the letters that are up there are hanging off the sign ready to fall off. A sad sight.
Called today, last day for this theater is Oct. 8
Thanks. BTW, what movie was the most popular at this theater? Probably ET since it played previously at its predecessor, the Harmon Cove Quad.
You’re right. All those movies did in fact suck.
I think “Celebrity” was shown there; “The Man Who Knew Too Little” was in Wayne, and “Outside Providence” was in Paramus. My dad saw a rough cut of a really bad movie, “Robinson Crusoe”, with Pierce Brosnan….the print was bad, and reaction was negative; it eventually went straight to video and bombed.
What movies did you see under this program?
One of a few theaters that hosted the short-lived “Coming Attractions” series of sneak peek films. Do they still do that at AMC theaters? My dad and I would get like a free pass or something to an advance screening of a major movie, then after the movie was over, there was a survey that had to be filled out and returned to the studio for review before they make changes to the the rough cut. Most of the movies that I saw were not as good as the blockbusters that rarely get advance screenings, and they bombed.
Sounds like a bargain!
Makes sense since Kerasotes is selling tickets for Michael Jackson: This is It. They’ve also got tickets on sale for the midnight show of Twilight: New Moon – tickets are $10, which isn’t bad considering the other newest theater in Northern NJ (AMC Garden State) is at $11.50.
most likely this theatre is closing down the first week of october.. i heard some rumors over the internet
I figured that Cinemark would pick up the Xanadu project since they apparently bought out Muvico.
It now appears Muvico has walked away from Xanadu as the new site for the project (visitxanadu.com) is calling it “Movie Experience” and promises an IMAX screen. I don’t know if the California chain The Movie Experience is now running Xanadu (when/if it opens), or if they’re looking for another operator.
Looks more attractive than the old Meadows Six, and best of all, it will have stadium seating and digital projection and sound. Too bad moviegoers who have AMC cards won’t use it at this theater once the Meadows six closes, leaving moviegoers to drive to the many AMC theaters surrounding Secaucus. BTW, how’s progress going on the giant Xanadu theater?
This is how the Showplace 14 will look when finished.
When that theater is done, the Kerasotes theater will have all screens with DLP 3D projection and stadium seating (similiar to Clearview’s August debut of the Hoboken 5 plex). The only real competition will be the bigger Muvico Xanadu 18 plex with a real IMAX screen, whenever that’s done.
BTW, how is construction going on the new theater in Secaucus?
Here’s a list of movies that will play at this theater…
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Hopefully they play Toy Story in 3D…the first one.