that’s really hideous. oh well.
UA wasn’t really the best-run theater chain
in the area, I think Loews is probably the
better company all around (the big Levittown
multiplex over near Nassau Mall was always a good
theater, a bit crazy when something like Close
Encounters was there but always fun, you would see
everyone from school and your neighborhood there for
various big movies, Star Wars was certainly one of those),
or was at one time. I guess Cineplex Odeon has
replaced Loews in this regard but those places are a bit
too sterile, cookie-cutter and antiseptic for my taste.
I used to see a TON of movies in the 70s to late 80s
and most of the major Long Island Nassau County theaters
we would frequent, and the Meadowbrook UA was a major one.
The diner across the street I know is still there, cause
I ate in it not three years ago or less….
oh no! it’s demolished? I have no idea I barely get out
that way anymore, last time I drove down Hempstead Tpke.
it was still there, but this was like 2 years ago or so.
That sucks, that was actually a good theatre…
oh meant to mention highlights of that UA theater
were, for me: Return of the Jedi the day it opened even
though I found it not as great as the first two films;
midnight movies there including Rocky Horror, Pink Floyd:
The Wall and even Blue Velvet later on briefly(!).
I remember looking through the main auditorium door window
at JAWS when it was first out and not being allowed to go see it,
my parents only let me look at it quick through the door window
in that lobby there right off the ticket booth/entrance etc.
i think the closest theater to the Levittown was/is
the UA Meadowbrook/East Meadow just up Hempstead Turnpike and across
the street, a multiplex and it’s still there…I think one of
UA’s local NY offices is right in the building next door to
that theater, or used to be at one time.
ha indeed, a really scary theater but fun somehow,
and the price was right with the double features on
Saturday. I even saw Hunt for Red October and
A Soldier’s Story here later on in the 80s for peanuts.
I can’t recall now if I actually saw 2001 here..I’m now thinking it was at the Syosset Cinema 150 or a Westbury movie theater
rather than the Levittown Twin…I’ll try to find out for
sure on 2001. I don’t think the Twin was really equipped
for something like 2001, at least in 70mm Cinerama.
If I find out where 2001 was reissued in the 70s when I saw
it I’ll repost here and give the information to all.
This theatre sucked so bad but it was always fun to go
anyway and see bombs and goof around, cause at least
the popcorn was passable and you could see budget movies.
My favorite memories of this place are: my dad almost killing
the manager when we went to see Caddyshack and the projectionist
never made it to the theatre! We got a full refund and went
elsewhere that day. Whewww was my dad pissed! So was I.
The projectionist must’ve had too much acid the night before.
Also, seeing double feature with some funny company in
1985 or so of Gotcha(anthony edwards..i LIKE VEERGINS!) and
Day of the Dead. With a theatre-full of trolls and miscreants.
Ahhh, those were the days. This was an essentially creepy
theatre and gross (and the sound was awful and bled thru walls),
but I also saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time in 1974 with my parents, so it was not a total loss.
that’s really hideous. oh well.
UA wasn’t really the best-run theater chain
in the area, I think Loews is probably the
better company all around (the big Levittown
multiplex over near Nassau Mall was always a good
theater, a bit crazy when something like Close
Encounters was there but always fun, you would see
everyone from school and your neighborhood there for
various big movies, Star Wars was certainly one of those),
or was at one time. I guess Cineplex Odeon has
replaced Loews in this regard but those places are a bit
too sterile, cookie-cutter and antiseptic for my taste.
I used to see a TON of movies in the 70s to late 80s
and most of the major Long Island Nassau County theaters
we would frequent, and the Meadowbrook UA was a major one.
The diner across the street I know is still there, cause
I ate in it not three years ago or less….
oh no! it’s demolished? I have no idea I barely get out
that way anymore, last time I drove down Hempstead Tpke.
it was still there, but this was like 2 years ago or so.
That sucks, that was actually a good theatre…
oh meant to mention highlights of that UA theater
were, for me: Return of the Jedi the day it opened even
though I found it not as great as the first two films;
midnight movies there including Rocky Horror, Pink Floyd:
The Wall and even Blue Velvet later on briefly(!).
I remember looking through the main auditorium door window
at JAWS when it was first out and not being allowed to go see it,
my parents only let me look at it quick through the door window
in that lobby there right off the ticket booth/entrance etc.
i think the closest theater to the Levittown was/is
the UA Meadowbrook/East Meadow just up Hempstead Turnpike and across
the street, a multiplex and it’s still there…I think one of
UA’s local NY offices is right in the building next door to
that theater, or used to be at one time.
ha indeed, a really scary theater but fun somehow,
and the price was right with the double features on
Saturday. I even saw Hunt for Red October and
A Soldier’s Story here later on in the 80s for peanuts.
I can’t recall now if I actually saw 2001 here..I’m now thinking it was at the Syosset Cinema 150 or a Westbury movie theater
rather than the Levittown Twin…I’ll try to find out for
sure on 2001. I don’t think the Twin was really equipped
for something like 2001, at least in 70mm Cinerama.
If I find out where 2001 was reissued in the 70s when I saw
it I’ll repost here and give the information to all.
This theatre sucked so bad but it was always fun to go
anyway and see bombs and goof around, cause at least
the popcorn was passable and you could see budget movies.
My favorite memories of this place are: my dad almost killing
the manager when we went to see Caddyshack and the projectionist
never made it to the theatre! We got a full refund and went
elsewhere that day. Whewww was my dad pissed! So was I.
The projectionist must’ve had too much acid the night before.
Also, seeing double feature with some funny company in
1985 or so of Gotcha(anthony edwards..i LIKE VEERGINS!) and
Day of the Dead. With a theatre-full of trolls and miscreants.
Ahhh, those were the days. This was an essentially creepy
theatre and gross (and the sound was awful and bled thru walls),
but I also saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time in 1974 with my parents, so it was not a total loss.