Chester Cinemas 6
Route 206 and Route 24,
Chester,
NJ
07937
Route 206 and Route 24,
Chester,
NJ
07937
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The Chester Twin Cinemas opened its doors on June 15, 1979 with “Golden Girl” in Screen 1 and “The Champ” in Screen 2. It was renamed the Cinema 206 Twin on September 25, 1981 after management changes. The original Chester Twin name made a comeback in August 1993.
Four more screens were added on July 14, 1997 after a two-month renovation closure, bringing a total to six screens and was renamed the Chester Cinema 6.
The photo shown is not the Clearview 6-plex as that was located across highway 206 from the older Chester Mall shopping center as seen in the overhead photo. The photo shows what is today the Crossfit gym. The poster encasements remain on each side of the old doors. Oddly enough, the newer Clearview Chester 6-plex was also turned into a fitness place called the Nitroflex Gym.
I recall seeing quite a few films here In the 90s. I can’t recall if it was privately owned or a chain around 1995.
Chester needs a new movie theater.
The gym is now open as i saw a commercial for it on tv….the gym is quite small compared to the one that replaced the route 4 tenplex years ago.
Theater should be changed to closed as this theater will be replaced by a gym.
According to sources this theater will close on may 19.
digital 3d begins this weekend with Alice in Wonderland.
Recently Screenvision installed digital projectors only for the pre-shows as well as live events at this theater.
I hope this theater gets the same digital projection that other clearviews have.
OK, it’s Chester, NY. I was close.
wrong theater.
Renovations afoot:
http://tinyurl.com/5wdzat
When Clearview bought this theater, in addition to the two screens, four new screens were added alongside installation of sound systems and raising prices. Has this place improved since my last visit (around 2006, when I saw Cars). I know other Clearviews in Morris have improved, like the Madison.
Since this theater’s owned by Clearview, have they ran any midnight showings of ROCKY HORROR? I know a bunch of them still do, such as those in Bergenfield and Bellevue. Right across the street from the theater there is a new retail development that has more upscale stores.
TC
I believe the Chester Cinema (Cinema 206) was originally built as a twin…circa ‘79. I know that the mall itself was put up starting in/around '76, and they gradually added as they went. The theater was one of the last 'things’ added.
I recall seeing 10 and THE IN-LAWS there in 1979, and I would swear that it was twinned already.
I KNOW it was twinned when I caught a midnight screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and THE MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE (double bill) sometime in ‘80/'81.
After Clearview bought the theater, it probably cut up the two big screens into six or added four into the theater.
Back in 1993 this was a twin theater.
see 2nd paragraph.
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Not sure if originally built as a twin – need to do some more research.
i can’t believe this theater is still open!!! This theater has to be one of those underpeforming theaters that are owned by Clearview. Any word on when it might close soon? This is the only theater reachable from 206 for those who live in Newton, since the Newton theater shut down.
The address should be Route 206 and 24, not 204. I’ve been to this theater twice in the past few years, first to see “Collateral” in one of the main four auditoriums when it opened during the summer of 2004, and the second time during the weekend when “Cars” came out last year in the two back auditoriums. Both were smaller than the average Clearview Cinema and resemble more like the Allwood Sixplex (which is also owned by Clearview). They’re not as profitable as the other Clearview theaters around Morris and Warren counties, yet they play a good mix of family, art-house, and blockbuster fare in a busy rural shopping center located not too far from the turkey farms.
The address should be Route 206 and 24, not 204. I’ve been to this theater twice in the past few years, first to see “Collateral” in one of the main four auditoriums when it opened during the summer of 2004, and the second time during the weekend when “Cars” came out last year in the two back auditoriums. Both were smaller than the average Clearview Cinema and resemble more like the Allwood Sixplex (which is also owned by Clearview). They’re not as profitable as the other Clearview theaters around Morris and Warren counties, yet they play a good mix of family, art-house, and blockbuster fare in a busy rural shopping center located not too far from the turkey farms.
What is the history of the theater?