I often went to this movie theater in the 90s and because Roseville Har Mar movie theater was about 5 minutes away, these two movie theaters usually didn’t play the same films.
In my memory, their DTS and SDDS rooms were some of the best screens to watch the newest movies. One of my earliest memories going there was watching “Mortal Kombat”.
If anyone is interested, I found someone’s personal website that has pictures of the movie theater from outside and inside.
I often went to this movie theater along with my family and friends while growing up in the 90s. Parents took me there to see “The Last Emperor” when I was probably only 7 years old but my earliest memories going there was watching “Aladdin”.
Tickets on Tuesdays were a buck and popcorn was buttery and cheap. They played second run films so if you missed a movie in its first 2-3 weeks of play, you had a chance to see it for a cheaper price.
Quality of the screens weren’t too bad though only one or two had Dolby Surround stereo. The rest were simply mono. Because they played second fun tilms, sometimes the print of the films were often scratchy especially near the end of the reels.
The only time the movie theater had any problems on me was when the projector suddenly turned off during “The Net”. Also, the projectionist sometimes forgot to switch lenses between flat or anamorphic films so I would go out and tell the staff to flip the lens. Good old memories.
I vividly remember seeing this movie theater while sitting in my parents' car in the 90s. Never went there but apparently it had a 70mm projector one time in during its opening.
According to the 30th anniversary of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” posted on thedigitalbits.com, this movie theater played a 70mm print in six-track Dolby stereo for its special engagement back in 1984. What other special 70mm engagements did this movie theater also had? Anyway, would have been nice to experience something like this back in the day.
I often went to this movie theater in the 90s and because Roseville Har Mar movie theater was about 5 minutes away, these two movie theaters usually didn’t play the same films.
In my memory, their DTS and SDDS rooms were some of the best screens to watch the newest movies. One of my earliest memories going there was watching “Mortal Kombat”.
If anyone is interested, I found someone’s personal website that has pictures of the movie theater from outside and inside.
http://freemars.org/ben/deep-impact/index.html
Screen 1 was THX certified with 5.1 surround sound and it was simply one of the best rooms to experience a movie in the Twin Cities back in its day.
I often went to this movie theater along with my family and friends while growing up in the 90s. Parents took me there to see “The Last Emperor” when I was probably only 7 years old but my earliest memories going there was watching “Aladdin”.
Tickets on Tuesdays were a buck and popcorn was buttery and cheap. They played second run films so if you missed a movie in its first 2-3 weeks of play, you had a chance to see it for a cheaper price.
Quality of the screens weren’t too bad though only one or two had Dolby Surround stereo. The rest were simply mono. Because they played second fun tilms, sometimes the print of the films were often scratchy especially near the end of the reels.
The only time the movie theater had any problems on me was when the projector suddenly turned off during “The Net”. Also, the projectionist sometimes forgot to switch lenses between flat or anamorphic films so I would go out and tell the staff to flip the lens. Good old memories.
I vividly remember seeing this movie theater while sitting in my parents' car in the 90s. Never went there but apparently it had a 70mm projector one time in during its opening.
According to the 30th anniversary of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” posted on thedigitalbits.com, this movie theater played a 70mm print in six-track Dolby stereo for its special engagement back in 1984. What other special 70mm engagements did this movie theater also had? Anyway, would have been nice to experience something like this back in the day.