AMC Neshaminy 24 Theatres
660 Neshaminy Mall,
Bensalem,
PA
19020
660 Neshaminy Mall,
Bensalem,
PA
19020
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^ Yes, it looks to be either #1 or #24.
You see the non-stadium rows, basically all of them, except for the one closest to the stadium seating (for handicap seating purposes) will be removed, when they convert it to an imax theatre.
Auditorium photo apparently taken today
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Is that one of the two largest auditoriums?
It will be Auditorium #1 that will be converted to Digital IMAX at the soon to be renamed AMC Neshaminy 24 with IMAX Theatre.
Also, “The Dark Knight” midnight showing opens on 10 screens, short of the 16 that “Star Wars Episode III” opened on back in May 2005.
I’m hearing Kung Fu Panda will be the first movie shown in IMAX when it is converted.
Right now, it’s either gonna be Aud #1 or Aud #24 that will get the Digital IMAX installed. Not sure yet which one of the 2 will get it. Both Audutoriums currently seats 617
One of 100 theaters to show films in IMAX 3D come summer 2008 as part of deal between AMC and Imax.
Ooops! Freudian slip there! I meant to say Jim Rankin! So far as I know, Howard B. Haas is still alive and well meantime. Again my apologies!
Great points, Vince! And ultimately it does come down to the customer being the ultimate judge. The hell with that supply side economics business. Which ultimately had been just a big load of crap anyhow. And if Howard B. Haas was still around today I think he’d be first in line to agree with us, God rest his soul!
Sure, ante up for admission and transportation costs, and assure unlimited access to each auditorium running both flat and scope. Would be even better if you could provide the SMPTE test reel for a.r.’s for absolutely exact measurements, though I could get by with a simple “aspect ratio finder.” Wouldn’t need a sound pressure level meter, though. These ears haven’t begun to fail yet. OTOH, I’ve already “reviewed” most of the sites on these pages where I’ve visited although not in any official capacity, simply as a paying audience member who resents being hoodwinked by an ignorant theatre management and bamboozled by even more ignorant city magazine reviewers who apparently have too much tofu in their ears and eyes.
Ditto!
Vince, I would look forward to reading your own movie theater reviews on these pages! We shouldn’t expect local magazines to be as expert as you are!
Why is it that nobody wants to cut to the heart of the matter when it comes to evaluating theatres? Aspect ratio? Screen illumination? Sound level and balance? These are the items that the recently departed Oscar-awarded John Pytlak wrote endlessly about from his Kodak offices and embodied in his motto “film done right."
Anybody can have digital surround sound A-chain equipment. I do in my living room…doesn’t necessarily make my living room an excellent theatre.
Why not point out the number of auditoria with common-width screen masking. I, for one, will demand of management that if it and its architects decide to willy-nilly chop off 10 to 15% of the screen image, that they also chop off 10 to 15% of the admission price…and the concession prices. Else, they will have 0% of my $upport.
How would you evaluate them right now, Eddie, since you seem to be well familiar with both? Also, it would be great if you could add to this evaluation UA Grant Plaza Cinema 9 and Franklin Mills 14, if you’re well up on those, too. For I see no good reason why Philadelphia Magazine should have the ultimate say on this.
Yea, a new evalution of the theatres would be interesting to see.
Eddie, in regard to these two theaters, you may be correct. This one continues to be very well patronized, much better per seat than the Orleans. I’ve not heard of any other in the Philly area with a 590 seat auditorium and 61 feet wide screen, and this one has two such auditoriums!
However, the magazine’s evaluation of many other theaters (and I posted most) seems to have been on point. Of course, it may be time for a new evaluation by the magazine especially since some theaters like the Bridge and UA King of Prussia weren’t then open, others have changed hands, etc.
I live pretty much right in between the Orleans and the Neshaminy, and there’s absolutely no comparison. One is among the very best in modern multiplexes and the other is a sad old shell of its former self. I grew up LOVING the Orleans — but I haven’t been back there in at least two years. That part of NE Philly could really use a good theater. I’d love to see AMC use do a big-time upgrade on that spot.
So you’re saying, Eddie, that the 1999 Philadelphia Magazine was too kind and should’ve rated them much lower. I fully agree with you with regard to the AMC Orleans 8, while at the same time I’ve never been to the Neshaminy 24 so I can’t judge on that. Meantime, what things would you suggest these theaters should do to merit at least a 3 rating, which you feel Philadelphia Magazine went too far in giving them?
So basically philadelphia magazinbe rated neshaming and orleans a 3 in 1999? All that says to me, is that the writers didnt know crap in 1999.
June 1999 Philadelphia Magazine rated the AMC Neshaminy 24 a “3” on a 1 to 5 scale with comment “One of county’s busiest, and the wear and tear shows.” Highest possible rating was achieved in the Seating category, and very high rating for Screen & Sound. The “Service” rating was lower than any other in the Philadelphia area.
Those pictures are definatl-y before I worked there (I started in 2003)
Interesting thing about the piccure of the neshaminy mall sign, Hardshell Cafe would be replaced by mannie brown’s, deck the walls is currently closed, strawbridges is now macy’s, then again if I listed all the changes (Closings, reloactions, openings, renamings) to neshaminy mall since 2003, it would be pretty long.
But as for the lobby picture, well by the time I got there, the crack on the floor would be changed to black (and still is), and the extra’s condiment stand is off to the side..
That above site also has a photo of the lobby with concessions stand.
more exterior photos & description here:
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You are correct, I should have included the Ziefeld. And also the Silver Theatre AFI in Silver Springs Maryland.
Alas I’ve never been in either the Uptown DC or the Senator in Balitmore both both good great.
photo of exterior:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrambojr/145428629/
You are trying to provoke Philadelphians by stating NYC is the best? Why not suggest the Ziegfeld, which you have included among your Favorites on this website? Instead, you’ve got a theater with tiny screens, Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, which I went to once and will never return to.
The Avalon and Uptown in D.C. and the Baltimore Senator also are among the best East Coast treasures.
If we are going to talk multiplexes, this one- Neshaminy, is one of the most profitable in the nation. I added today the AMC Plymouth Meeting Mall 12, which is also an exceptional Philadelphia area
movie theater. In Philadelphia, the Bridge is a great movie theater and featured in the book Cinema Treasures.