Cinepolis Parsippany

avatar 3d special edition is playing in 3d at this theater, the only morris county location.

I worked concession/usher at the AMC Inner Theatre one summer while in high school, and then worked as an usher at this theatre during my first year in college. I was hired when they were just about to open and construction was to supposed to complete and was behind schedule. The opening was rushed and not all screens were complete. I remember carpeting not being finished too.

Its interesting to hear about the sound complaints. I’m particularly aware of them, because there was a dispute between the owner and the construction company over the way that the walls separating the theaters were built or insulated, which allowed sound to bleed through, that I believe led to a significant delay in the construction company being paid after it opened.

Around the corner from the ticket sales is a window that faces the concession stand. It used to be a one-way mirror from the manager’s office.

One of the coolest parts of this theatre was/is the projection area on the second floor. The door to the stairs that lead up to it are acros from the concession stand and near the manager’s office.

I remember the projection area being a “T” hallway with all the projectors openly visible. The audio was CD-based, which from reading elsewhere on this site sounds like it might have been DTS. They were a non-union projectionist shop, which meant that you could gain experience and then try to join the union. I only ever remember one projectionist, who would wonder into the theatre every now and then and then disappear up those stairs. The managers also did projection work, as needed. I really wanted to become a projectionist, but the opportunity only came as I was leaving to focus on school, and sadly couldn’t pursue it.

The son of the owner was a manager there. As was a previous manager of their Succasunna theatre. Both nice guys. I ran into the owner’s son somewhere, after I left and after they had sold the theatre. I remember him saying that they left the theatre business and went into the technology business.

Aspen Extreme and Dumb & Dumber are the earliest movies that I remember there. I remember closing every night for weeks when the last movie to “get out” was Pulp Fiction and watched the last hour of it so many times that I was able to tell how certain sequences of the movie were shot and edited.

It was probably the best, if least paid, job I’ve ever had.

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From what I read on CT, Tuesdays at this theater (as well as other Clearviews) are hot days, since Cablevision customers who have all three services jam pack the theater and wait in line (in addition to non-Cablevision customers) for the movie to start.

Since I last went to Parsippany, have they put in stadium seating yet? Since Rockaway opened, the only Clearview with stadium seating and DLP I’ve been to that’s good is Mansfield. Pretty soon they’ll upgrade all the digital screens to 4k DLP NEC projectors.

During the morning show on DHA, there is a contest in which if a radio caller names the movie from where a quote is aired, they get free movie tickets to any Clearview cinema. For those who have an Optimum Rewards card and have all three services, free movie nights on Tuesdays are also offered.

Later this year, this theater will turn 15. Since then, there have been theater closings, renovations, and openings, the biggest of which is the AMC in Rockaway, the only theater in Morris County to have stadium seating but not true HD projection, which Clearview already has in three of its locations in Morris County plus one in Warren County except Madison and Chester.

I’m sure Mr John J. Fink that Meredith did indeed have something to do with the projection getting better. After Clearview kicked all the union projectionists to the curb to save money, (i’ll get to that in a moment) they had the popcorn poppers running the booths. No one knew what they were doing. And as far as saving money, they kicked me out of my 10-plex where I was making $17.00 per hour, and hired 2 people, one at $13.00 and the other at $8.00 to run the place. Now math was never my strong point, but even I know that adds up to more than 17. AND they had problems galore, which made me smile from ear to ear. They deserve all they get.

Interesting that you say that Meredith – Clearview bought out most of the mom and pop operations in Northern NJ (and in some parts of Long Island) I think the only downtown/independents they didn’t consolidate in the area are Hawthorn, Westwood and the Highway in Fair Lawn.

Some they do a great job with like Ridgewood and Great Neck, Long Island. Others suck (Tenifly, the first Clearview had the most uncomfortable seats of any movie theater, including the former folding chairs at Montclair’s long lost Screening Zone). I suppose you may be part of the reason why their projection has improved vastly in the last two years or so (I’d like to think its all the complaining I did on the message boards, in person and to Clearview – at one point this chain was offering such a poor quality experience it was as if they were practically driving people to stay home and rent a film on demand from their parent company Cablevision – luckily in terms of projection, seating comfort and the concession stand they’ve stepped their game up and amazingly are almost on par with National Amusements in terms of quality). Cinema 12 still has its problems including sound bleeding from theater to theater – it sucks when you go see a quiet drama next to a Sci-Fi action flick, especially in the small theaters directly behind the concession stand. Management changing sound levels of each picture still only does so much and can’t make up for Nelson Firman’s shoddy, cheapo construction.

Meredith, are you now doing all the tech work for clearview? I am wondering if you do the theatre I worked for 10 years, the Middlebrook Galleria in Ocean N.J.? I had that booth looking and running like a hospital ward. Clean and quiet. I’m sorry clearview kicked us all to the curb.

Like screen #4. The showing of Bollywood films is something that the AMC in Rockaway lacks.

Appears to have some new affiliation with Movie City in Edison:

http://www.moviecitynj.com/