Just a quick question, since Ive never been to this theatre. My buddy use to be one of the projectionists here before it went digital. It was a 14 screen theatre. If you split two theatres balconies, that adds 2 screens for a total of 16. Where is the 17th screen coming from??
Tomw, Dec 7, it will be 40 years that this theatre had its Grand Opening. Eventually being expanded to 8, 10, 12 and eventually 14 screens, it lasted until late May 2005.
rcdt55b, I heard you met one of my projectionist partners a week or two ago at dolby. Rich. I may try to get there to see my buddy Bernie one day. I still wish someday I could get to see the Music Hall booth.
Comfortably Cool, my wife is a wardrobe attendant on the Christmas show. She has been for the past 12 years. Except for minor tweeks, the show goes thru major changes every 3 years. Last year was a new show.
poland626, when I went to the new Cinemark in Watchung a while back, I snuck into the XD screen there. Its the largest house and only one with stadium seating. But man was the picture huge and the sound seem to come at you from all angles. My wife and I plan on seeing a movie in there one day.
Went here Tuesday night to see “Last Christmas.” This is only the 3rd time we have been here. I must say they have settled in very nice. Concession lines moved quickly and they had all items stocked. Popcorn was real tasty. Sound and picture was again top notch. And the heated seats felt real nice on a cold fall night.
HowardBHaas, wouldn’t it be nice to see Rahway get something like this?? It would sure be a shot in the arm for them, and a great place in Jersey to see it.
bigjoe59, again I will repeat. The pencil pushers of today care about the bottom line. As I said previously, this is nothing new. I dealt with this in the late 70s. It all about the money.
Exactly what ridethectrain said. This goes back to my days at General Cinema in the late 70s/early 80s. Once school was in and fall came, the orders came down from the home office to cut shows and payroll. Things would increase around the holidays, then get cut back after the new year.
bigjoe59 and moviebuff82, while the movie made a boatload of money, what bigjoe said is exactly what Warner Bros said after they cancelled my 70MM run in early July. They thought it would be a dog and didn’t want to spend money hiring specialized projectionist like myself. The theatres that are running it in 70MM have their own in house operators.
dallasmovietheaters, I must correct you on two things. The theatre was a free standing building built next to route 9 far from the rest of the stores. And the name change to Gateway occurred after the theatre was torn down and the route 9/Ernston road reconfiguration was completed.
Just a quick question, since Ive never been to this theatre. My buddy use to be one of the projectionists here before it went digital. It was a 14 screen theatre. If you split two theatres balconies, that adds 2 screens for a total of 16. Where is the 17th screen coming from??
This theatre as well as the 13 in North Bergen were dogs since the day they were built.
Tomw, Dec 7, it will be 40 years that this theatre had its Grand Opening. Eventually being expanded to 8, 10, 12 and eventually 14 screens, it lasted until late May 2005.
Yeah my wife has told me that too. Guess I missed the boat.
rcdt55b, I heard you met one of my projectionist partners a week or two ago at dolby. Rich. I may try to get there to see my buddy Bernie one day. I still wish someday I could get to see the Music Hall booth.
Comfortably Cool, my wife is a wardrobe attendant on the Christmas show. She has been for the past 12 years. Except for minor tweeks, the show goes thru major changes every 3 years. Last year was a new show.
Except for The Hateful 8 a years ago.
poland626, when I went to the new Cinemark in Watchung a while back, I snuck into the XD screen there. Its the largest house and only one with stadium seating. But man was the picture huge and the sound seem to come at you from all angles. My wife and I plan on seeing a movie in there one day.
Went here Tuesday night to see “Last Christmas.” This is only the 3rd time we have been here. I must say they have settled in very nice. Concession lines moved quickly and they had all items stocked. Popcorn was real tasty. Sound and picture was again top notch. And the heated seats felt real nice on a cold fall night.
The print of ELF is in beautiful condition. See you all on the 29th.
Does anyone know when movies, or the last movie was shown here?
Rocky Horror played at the Art Cinema a few blocks away. Never played here
Fridays 35MM print of “Hocus Pocus” is like new. Hardly any wear. I give it a 9 out of 10 as far as condition.
Hasent this theatre been damaged by the hotel collapse??
HowardBHaas, wouldn’t it be nice to see Rahway get something like this?? It would sure be a shot in the arm for them, and a great place in Jersey to see it.
DaveM, no they actually welded a T on for the filming, then replaced it. I was working at the arena last year when they were filming.
When the State reopened as a twin, both attractions were in 70MM.
bigjoe59, again I will repeat. The pencil pushers of today care about the bottom line. As I said previously, this is nothing new. I dealt with this in the late 70s. It all about the money.
And 9 years later, the school finally opens
Exactly what ridethectrain said. This goes back to my days at General Cinema in the late 70s/early 80s. Once school was in and fall came, the orders came down from the home office to cut shows and payroll. Things would increase around the holidays, then get cut back after the new year.
bigjoe59 and moviebuff82, while the movie made a boatload of money, what bigjoe said is exactly what Warner Bros said after they cancelled my 70MM run in early July. They thought it would be a dog and didn’t want to spend money hiring specialized projectionist like myself. The theatres that are running it in 70MM have their own in house operators.
dallasmovietheaters, I must correct you on two things. The theatre was a free standing building built next to route 9 far from the rest of the stores. And the name change to Gateway occurred after the theatre was torn down and the route 9/Ernston road reconfiguration was completed.
By the way, the guy 2nd from the right is ME
Actually 1979. The girl in the photo was married to my cousin and she started there in 1979.
I wonder what they are going to do with the digital projectors. I know of a non profit here in NJ that might be interested.