Riverview Twin Cinema
5200 N. Roxboro Road,
Durham,
NC
27704
5200 N. Roxboro Road,
Durham,
NC
27704
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A Kroger Fuel Center now sits where the former Riverview Cinema once stood. The cinema opened in 1972 as a single screener and closed in 1995. It was demolished in 2002.
April 27,1974..NOW SHOWING AT DURHAM’S EXCLUSIVE SHOWCASE THAT IS THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA..Off Roxboro Rd. It’s Pam Grier as FOXY BROWN…Rated “R”..No Passes!!! Due to the capacity crowds we’re expecting for this feature we are adding a special midnight late show for FOXY BROWN Friday and Saturday. We asked moviegoers to attend our matinees and avoid the capacity crowds for this feature. Theatre will be cleared immediately after each performance.
When the RIVERVIEW CINEMA was twinned in 1986,it was split into two sections. While the original auditorium had 550 seats,the twin cinema was split down the middle combining 275 seats each. It closed in 1995.
June 30,1973-COMING SOON
Marlon Brando in “LAST TANGO IN PARIS”-Exclusive!
“SWEET JESUS PREACHER MAN”
Billy Dee Williams in “HIT”
Richard Pryor and Max Julian in “THE MACK”
June 29,1973-NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA It’s Richard Roundtree!!! Back Again For More Slam Blam Action!!! in “SHAFT IN AFRICA”-Rated “R” NOTE: Due to the capacity crowds for this feature we strongly urge moviegoers to arrive early for showtimes for the best seats. This feature will sell out quickly,so please be advised. EXTRA added late shows on Friday and Saturday night!!! SPECIAL: The First 200 customers in attendance gets 1 FREE box of popcorn and 1 FREE drink while this last!!! HURRY!!!
June 1,1973-Exclusive Engagement at RIVERVIEW CINEMA.. James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson in Sam Peckinpah’s “PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID”-In Color Rated “R” NOTE: Due to capacity crowds we urge moviegoers to arrive early for best seats! There will be No Passes Accepted…AVOID THE CROWDS..ATTEND MATINEES!!!
September 22,1973-Exclusive Engagement Showing….. We’ve Got The Best In Town with Jim “Slaughter” Brown “I ESCAPED FROM DEVIL’S ISLAND”-In Color Rated “R” NOTE: Due to the capacity crowds we urge movie goers to arrived early to get the best seats…This will sell out quickly!!! Avoid the crowds! Attend Matinees! EXTRA added late show Friday and Saturday night!!! SPECIAL: The First 200 Customers gets 1 FREE Box of Popcorn and 1 FREE drink while they last!!!!
August 13,1974…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA…Exclusive First Run Showing!!!! The Incredible ISSAC HAYES as “TRUCK TURNER” Exclusive Showing!!! No Passes Accepted Rated “R”
COMING SOON……
“THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON”
“MACON COUNTY LINE”
“WILLIE DYNAMITE”
“THE BLACK CONNECTION”
April 12,1974…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA… It’s Pam Grier-Exclusive Engagement! First Run!!! “FOXY BROWN” Rated “R” Sorry,No Passes or Special Discounts Accepted. Special Late Shows Friday and Saturday Night!!!
November,1985…LATE SHOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “JOY:CHAPTER TWO”-Adults Only
June,1982…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA It’s The BIG Three..TOGETHER AGAIN On One BIG Show! Richard “SHAFT” Roundtree
Jim “SLAUGHTER” Brown
Fred “HAMMER” Williamson
IN “ONE DOWN,TWO TO GO!!!”-Rated R
November 21,1982…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in “48 HOURS” Rated R Special Matinee Showings Thanksgiving Day and Special Late Shows Friday and Saturday…No Passes Accepted
December 7,1984…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA First-Run!!! Exclusive Area Engagement Showing!!! Eddie Murphy in “BEVERLY HILLS COP”-Rated R Sorry,No Passes or Special Discounts Accepted!!! Special Late Show Friday and Saturday Night ONLY!!!
December 22,1977…NOW SHOWING AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA First Run!!! It’s Rudy Ray Moore star of DOLOMITE!!!! And Smokey Robinson(YES! The Motown Legend In His First Feature Role),and they’re going to show how to get the man “BIG TIME” with music composed and arranged by Smokey Robinson available on Motown Records and Tapes….Rated PG-Parental Guidance Suggested
October 17,1976…NOW SHOWING at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA Exclusive Engagement Showing….“CAR WASH”-Rated PG Special Late Shows Friday and Saturday Night!!! Sorry, There Will Be No Passes Accepted!!!
October 23,1978….EXCLUSIVE showing at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA… First-Run Showing of Charles Burnett’s “KILLER OF SHEEP”-Rated R
NEXT ATTRACTION:
Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield in “A HERO AIN’T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH”-Exclusive Engagement Showing only at this theatre!!!
“SOUNDER CHAPTER 2”
Laura Gemser is back for a double bill with “SISTER EMANUELLE” and “EMANUELLE IN AMERICA”-Both features are adults only! Rated X
On the marquee in 1976…..“GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND” for the matinee showings….. For the late night evening shows—Double Feature-Adults Only “BLACK EMANUELLE PART 2” and “EMANUELLE’S REVENGE”
July 22,1978…Exclusive Engagement Showing at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA…First-Run Showing of “THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY!” Starring Donna Summer, and The Commodores with Lionel Richie! Rated PG *Sorry,No Passes Accepted for this feature
October 15,1978….Double Feature with “Welcome Back Kotter’s” Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs with Ren Woods in “YOUNGBLOOD” with a “SUPERBAD” soundtrack from WAR!-In Color-Rated R
Plus on the same program….It’s Glynn Turman star of “Cooley High” with Louis Gossett,Jr. in “J.D.’s REVENGE”-Rated R
December 23,1976….on the marquee for the Christmas attraction playing at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA….It’s Yaphet Kotto and Dolemite’s Rudy Ray Moore…they’re going to show you how to do THE MONKEY HUSTLE……Rated PG-Parental Guidance Suggested
December 25,1975….STARTS FRIDAY AT THE RIVERVIEW CINEMA.. NEVER FEAR…..PAM GRIER’S HERE…..as one bad chick in “FRIDAY FOSTER” with Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt, and Antonio Fargas…Rated R
June 6, 1975….NOW SHOWING at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA….Exclusive! It’s GONE WITH THE WIND turned HELL UPSIDE DOWN!!! The side of life that was never showed…until now….“MANDINGO” With James Mason, Ken Norton, Susan George, and Perry King….Rated R Special Late Shows Friday and Saturday night at this theatre ONLY!!! Sorry, There Will Be No Passes Accepted for this Attraction….,.
By the late-1980’s and throughout the early 1990’s, this movie theatre also operated as a video store selling VHS tapes as well video rentals and it also had a video arcade while at the same time continue showing second-run films at bargain prices. The RIVERVIEW TWIN CINEMA closed in 1995. The last two picture shows that played here was on Screen 1 was a Spike Lee flick “DROP SQUAD” that played first-run at reduced prices. Screen 2 was a kids flick “FREE WILLY” playing its second run,reduced admission.
In case you wanted to know…“DROP SQUAD” starred Ving Rhames, along with Vondie Curtis-Hall, Eriq LaSalle, Paula Kelly, and Penny Johnson-Jerald. Released in 1995.
July 12,1974….NOW SHOWING at the RIVERVIEW CINEMA… The BIG THREE…Action Packed Excitement Throughout!!! FRED WILLIAMSON with JIM BROWN and JIM KELLY in the Action Explosion Hit of 1974..“THREE THE HARD WAY”
The first-ever blaxploitation “X” rated movie played here as an exclusive engagement “LIALEH” in 1973.
Also played here first-run in 1973 to capacity crowds. Breaking all attendance records in motion picture history….the highest grossing ADULT picture of 1973 Starring Georgina Spelvin in “THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES” Rated XXX-Adults Only-No One Under 18 Admitted