I’ll tell ya, if you go to the link Pete listed, and click on the press release for the Paramus 16, it does sound like a nice place. Mind you, I’m not about to go there anytime soon, but it does sound very nice. Sounds too like they made an effort to keep one auditorium with a large (42 feet) wide 20 foot high curved screen. In fact they claim curved screens in all rooms.
Personally I disagree on the ICSO lenses, I think Schneider lenses are better. But that’s just me.
It becomes obvious what AMC was shooting for. A “showplace” vs. a 40 year old “dump”. I’m sure they achieved it. Time marches on People…
I didn’t wait in line. I saw the first show on opening day at the Stanley Warner Route 4 Triplex in Paramus NJ, for no reason than we had nothing to do that day. I, nor my friend, had any idea what the film was or was about. It just looked like an interesting sci-fi film to waste a few hours on. The theater was empty for that show, maybe 10 people in that huge auditorium. At that time the huge screen was still installed in what I believe they called “Theater 1”.
The film started, and 5 seconds in, during the Fox fanfare, the 70mm print jammed and melted. The lights came up, we waited 10 minutes, and they started it again from the beginning, only now there was a splice in the fanfare music!
As the film started, and those crazy infinity credits scrolled by we laughed and laughed. This film was going to be a joke.
Then…
That HUGE ship came out of screen top “over your head” with the rear surrounds pumping the sound effects at you. We stop laughing…
We left the theater awe struck.
In two days you couldn’t get into that theater if your life depended on it, and it stayed that way for weeks!
As already mentioned I saw Star Wars at this theater 30 years ago today at the first showing. What a memory. And I can’t forget seeing 2001 there years earlier when it was a single screen theater. I may not have been to the tenplex in years (don’t live nearby), but I’m saddened by it’s loss, just as I was when I saw the RKO Century Triplex on Rt 17 in a pile of rubble a few weeks ago.
“The 8:00 PM showing of Pirates will be at the AMC Loews (Stanley Warner’s) Paramus Route 4 Theater tonight, the last day of the Route 4 Theater’s operation.”
What a waste of time to build that print up on the platter, show it once, then break it down.
I just drove past it a little while ago, a last look at it still in operation. The entire building’s painted the ugly shade of dark green. How long has it been like that?
Christopher, didn’t Pete Apruzzese just say a few messages up that “The Tenplex has to close, it was part of the deal with the town to get the new location constructed.”
I know Pete and tend to trust his facts. What’s the story?
Frank’s correct, the current IMAX is called 70/15, and the film runs horizontally through the projector, like the old VistaVision format. 70mm “from days gone by” was 70/5 and the film ran vertically, like 35mm film does. There aren’t too many 70/5 prints left to run! Lawrence of Arabia is one, and there are a few more in archives, etc. Most of today’s IMAX films are blowups from 35mm or digital shooting. They are not shot on 70/15. I imagine those 70mm machines are still set up with their 6 track penthouses just waiting to be scrapped.
I guess when you say it twice, it carries more importance? Sorry about the dupe, but you can blame this very slow system for that. My first posting never showed up prior to me entering it again.
Pete: Who cares about presentation quality? Do you know of anyone who does? Obviously bathroom cleanliness and stall accessibility are more important. Sad, no?
All gone! As has already been mentioned the building came down a few days ago and is now just a pile of rubble. I noticed it yesterday morning on my way to work. I had been meaning to stop one morning and take some photos of the place, but never got around to it. Too late. RIP Century.
“The Tenplex’s last day of operation is May 24th.”
Hard to believe this theater is actually closing. I’m sure the land is quite valuable and will make a fine new mall. It’s just what Paramus needs, another mall.
I saw 2001 when it opened at this theater, when it was still a single, on what can only be described as a monster screen. I also saw the first screening (early matinee) of Star Wars. No crowds that day! Word had not spread yet, but in two days the lines were around the building into the parking lot. A notable remembrance of this showing was that the film broke and melted in the gate just after the Fox CinemaScope fanfare music that Lucas used on the front of his films at that time. I’m assuming both 2001 and Star Wars were 70mm presentations.
Vito: I didn’t mean to imply the theater at palisades Mall was a NA chain, I know it wasn’t. It was a Sony theater at the time (now AMC?) Just making about about how simple yet annoying things are allowed to be presented. This wasn’t a shutter out of phase by a few degrees, this was about a ¼ turn off.
Vito: Several years ago when I went to see Star Wars III, at the Multi-mega-plex at the Palisades Mall in Nyack NY, I watched the entire film with a travel ghost half the height of the screen. I believe this is a Lowes. That doesn’t say much for comprehensive or proactive maintenance does it? I went to complain. Not only did nobody know what I was talking about, I didn’t get a refund either. I never been there again since. I suppose I was the only one in the audience that knew what the white streaks were. Quality of presentation is just not a consideration at most theaters. Out of focus or out of frame is the norm (most focus issues).
Yea, the Senator just a few months ago had a nationwide plea for money to keep they from being foreclosed and off the auction block. They made the amount they needed at the very last minute.
I just wanted to differentiate it from the “classic” 70mm. The Imax 70mm is referred to as 70/15 (70mm, 15 perf horizontal pull). The original 70mm is a 5 perf vertical pull. The 70/15h does have a larger image area than the 70/5v, so with sharper lenses, better film stock, it stands to reason the resolution and image clarity is higher with the Imax.
Most theaters no longer utilize “projectionists”. With platters and automation, pretty much anyone can build a print and thread a projector. That is what my reference to loss of talent, expertise, and pride refers to. Theater chains have chosen this route to save money, and it shows.
The Ziegfeld is just another “Theater”. It is not an Egyptian, NuArt, or Lafayette. I give them credit for trying, but ultimately, I suspect they will not take the necessary steps to bring the high end classic films to NY. It takes money, and the only thing that matters to these companies is ROI. I can’t blame them for that, but that’s the facts.
“I recently ran into a young whipper snapper at a screening who admitted to have never seen a movie in 70mm. Ya gotta feel sorry for the lad.”
Arf! Indeed.
Even with last year’s problems with the Laurence of Arabia show, it was still spectacular to see it in 70mm. It had been decades since I saw something in 70mm, and you have no idea what you’re missing until you see it again, or see it for the first time. I think it’s safe to say all of us have been to a 70mm screening (and not the current flavor called Imax). I’m all for a 70mm series, but there aren’t that many 70mm prints left in existence.
I agree with Bill, that screen is plenty big enough. Bigger than any local theater here in NJ. Of course it gets smaller as you sit father back, no magic there! Try going to Lafayette in Suffern and watching the film from the last row of the balcony. It’s like watching a 19" TV set.
That screen was huge during the 70mm LOA last year, and Bll and I were at least 15 rows back. No problem with having the image span all your peripheral vision.
I’ll tell ya, if you go to the link Pete listed, and click on the press release for the Paramus 16, it does sound like a nice place. Mind you, I’m not about to go there anytime soon, but it does sound very nice. Sounds too like they made an effort to keep one auditorium with a large (42 feet) wide 20 foot high curved screen. In fact they claim curved screens in all rooms.
Personally I disagree on the ICSO lenses, I think Schneider lenses are better. But that’s just me.
It becomes obvious what AMC was shooting for. A “showplace” vs. a 40 year old “dump”. I’m sure they achieved it. Time marches on People…
“Experience the Difference®”
Don’t ever say those words… They’re trademarked by AMC! :)
I didn’t wait in line. I saw the first show on opening day at the Stanley Warner Route 4 Triplex in Paramus NJ, for no reason than we had nothing to do that day. I, nor my friend, had any idea what the film was or was about. It just looked like an interesting sci-fi film to waste a few hours on. The theater was empty for that show, maybe 10 people in that huge auditorium. At that time the huge screen was still installed in what I believe they called “Theater 1”.
The film started, and 5 seconds in, during the Fox fanfare, the 70mm print jammed and melted. The lights came up, we waited 10 minutes, and they started it again from the beginning, only now there was a splice in the fanfare music!
As the film started, and those crazy infinity credits scrolled by we laughed and laughed. This film was going to be a joke.
Then…
That HUGE ship came out of screen top “over your head” with the rear surrounds pumping the sound effects at you. We stop laughing…
We left the theater awe struck.
In two days you couldn’t get into that theater if your life depended on it, and it stayed that way for weeks!
Photoman: Nothing sounds like magnetic sound, be it 4 track 35mm, or 6 track 70mm. To me, nothing beats magnetic.
How does one set the “Status” of this theater to ‘closed’? It appears that must be an administrative function.
As already mentioned I saw Star Wars at this theater 30 years ago today at the first showing. What a memory. And I can’t forget seeing 2001 there years earlier when it was a single screen theater. I may not have been to the tenplex in years (don’t live nearby), but I’m saddened by it’s loss, just as I was when I saw the RKO Century Triplex on Rt 17 in a pile of rubble a few weeks ago.
“The 8:00 PM showing of Pirates will be at the AMC Loews (Stanley Warner’s) Paramus Route 4 Theater tonight, the last day of the Route 4 Theater’s operation.”
What a waste of time to build that print up on the platter, show it once, then break it down.
I just drove past it a little while ago, a last look at it still in operation. The entire building’s painted the ugly shade of dark green. How long has it been like that?
Christopher, didn’t Pete Apruzzese just say a few messages up that “The Tenplex has to close, it was part of the deal with the town to get the new location constructed.”
I know Pete and tend to trust his facts. What’s the story?
Frank’s correct, the current IMAX is called 70/15, and the film runs horizontally through the projector, like the old VistaVision format. 70mm “from days gone by” was 70/5 and the film ran vertically, like 35mm film does. There aren’t too many 70/5 prints left to run! Lawrence of Arabia is one, and there are a few more in archives, etc. Most of today’s IMAX films are blowups from 35mm or digital shooting. They are not shot on 70/15. I imagine those 70mm machines are still set up with their 6 track penthouses just waiting to be scrapped.
What 70mm capable projectors are still installed? Century JJ’s?
Yes, post the pictures.
I guess when you say it twice, it carries more importance? Sorry about the dupe, but you can blame this very slow system for that. My first posting never showed up prior to me entering it again.
Pete: Who cares about presentation quality? Do you know of anyone who does? Obviously bathroom cleanliness and stall accessibility are more important. Sad, no?
Pete: Who cares about presentation quality? Do you know anyone who does? Bathroom cleanliness is obviously more important. Sad, no?
Am I missing something, or did Clearview publish this guide? If so, I suspect a conflict of interest.
All gone! As has already been mentioned the building came down a few days ago and is now just a pile of rubble. I noticed it yesterday morning on my way to work. I had been meaning to stop one morning and take some photos of the place, but never got around to it. Too late. RIP Century.
“The Tenplex’s last day of operation is May 24th.”
Hard to believe this theater is actually closing. I’m sure the land is quite valuable and will make a fine new mall. It’s just what Paramus needs, another mall.
I saw 2001 when it opened at this theater, when it was still a single, on what can only be described as a monster screen. I also saw the first screening (early matinee) of Star Wars. No crowds that day! Word had not spread yet, but in two days the lines were around the building into the parking lot. A notable remembrance of this showing was that the film broke and melted in the gate just after the Fox CinemaScope fanfare music that Lucas used on the front of his films at that time. I’m assuming both 2001 and Star Wars were 70mm presentations.
Pete: That’s too funny! Hey, maybe we should have watched those reels that Saturday with the travel ghost, just for the sake of it!
Vito: I didn’t mean to imply the theater at palisades Mall was a NA chain, I know it wasn’t. It was a Sony theater at the time (now AMC?) Just making about about how simple yet annoying things are allowed to be presented. This wasn’t a shutter out of phase by a few degrees, this was about a ¼ turn off.
Vito: Several years ago when I went to see Star Wars III, at the Multi-mega-plex at the Palisades Mall in Nyack NY, I watched the entire film with a travel ghost half the height of the screen. I believe this is a Lowes. That doesn’t say much for comprehensive or proactive maintenance does it? I went to complain. Not only did nobody know what I was talking about, I didn’t get a refund either. I never been there again since. I suppose I was the only one in the audience that knew what the white streaks were. Quality of presentation is just not a consideration at most theaters. Out of focus or out of frame is the norm (most focus issues).
Yea, the Senator just a few months ago had a nationwide plea for money to keep they from being foreclosed and off the auction block. They made the amount they needed at the very last minute.
“By the way Jeff, you sounded down on 70mm IMAX”
I just wanted to differentiate it from the “classic” 70mm. The Imax 70mm is referred to as 70/15 (70mm, 15 perf horizontal pull). The original 70mm is a 5 perf vertical pull. The 70/15h does have a larger image area than the 70/5v, so with sharper lenses, better film stock, it stands to reason the resolution and image clarity is higher with the Imax.
Most theaters no longer utilize “projectionists”. With platters and automation, pretty much anyone can build a print and thread a projector. That is what my reference to loss of talent, expertise, and pride refers to. Theater chains have chosen this route to save money, and it shows.
Vincent: A lack of talent, expertise, and personal pride.
In other words, the theaters have fired or let go everyone who ever gave a damn. It aways is, and always will be, about the money.
The Ziegfeld is just another “Theater”. It is not an Egyptian, NuArt, or Lafayette. I give them credit for trying, but ultimately, I suspect they will not take the necessary steps to bring the high end classic films to NY. It takes money, and the only thing that matters to these companies is ROI. I can’t blame them for that, but that’s the facts.
“I recently ran into a young whipper snapper at a screening who admitted to have never seen a movie in 70mm. Ya gotta feel sorry for the lad.”
Arf! Indeed.
Even with last year’s problems with the Laurence of Arabia show, it was still spectacular to see it in 70mm. It had been decades since I saw something in 70mm, and you have no idea what you’re missing until you see it again, or see it for the first time. I think it’s safe to say all of us have been to a 70mm screening (and not the current flavor called Imax). I’m all for a 70mm series, but there aren’t that many 70mm prints left in existence.
I agree with Bill, that screen is plenty big enough. Bigger than any local theater here in NJ. Of course it gets smaller as you sit father back, no magic there! Try going to Lafayette in Suffern and watching the film from the last row of the balcony. It’s like watching a 19" TV set.
That screen was huge during the 70mm LOA last year, and Bll and I were at least 15 rows back. No problem with having the image span all your peripheral vision.