opened with the following films: Mame in Kine 1, Juggernaut in Kine 2 and Sleeper in Kine 3. the most succesful film shown at the complex (financially) was The gods must be crazy
The Cine 1000 was for me the finest cinema in which to see a film. The cine 700 was also memorable although its long rectangular shape made it difficult to see the screen from the very back. The cine 300 was small but intimate. I loved the cinema complex and spent a large part of my youth watching films there. I also remember them adding some horrible shoebox type cinemas on the ground floor in the early 1980s. They also had a cine 100 high upstairs which used to be used to preview films to critics but was later opened to the public. I would be grateful for any further historical info as it is very difficult to obtain elsewhere.
Central Johannesburg. It was the premier cinema complex in the city. Each of the three huge cinemas was individally designed with its own distinctive theme. Going to see a movie there was an event.
I remeber seeing such classics as Funny Girl, The way we were, Superman in huge 70mm presentations.
Today it is a home for vagrants and criminals and achieved notoriety recently when a 9 month old baby was sexually assaulted in one of the cinemas. A sad state of affairs
opened with the following films: Mame in Kine 1, Juggernaut in Kine 2 and Sleeper in Kine 3. the most succesful film shown at the complex (financially) was The gods must be crazy
The Cine 1000 was for me the finest cinema in which to see a film. The cine 700 was also memorable although its long rectangular shape made it difficult to see the screen from the very back. The cine 300 was small but intimate. I loved the cinema complex and spent a large part of my youth watching films there. I also remember them adding some horrible shoebox type cinemas on the ground floor in the early 1980s. They also had a cine 100 high upstairs which used to be used to preview films to critics but was later opened to the public. I would be grateful for any further historical info as it is very difficult to obtain elsewhere.
Central Johannesburg. It was the premier cinema complex in the city. Each of the three huge cinemas was individally designed with its own distinctive theme. Going to see a movie there was an event.
I remeber seeing such classics as Funny Girl, The way we were, Superman in huge 70mm presentations.
Today it is a home for vagrants and criminals and achieved notoriety recently when a 9 month old baby was sexually assaulted in one of the cinemas. A sad state of affairs