Movie 1 & 2
324 Front Street,
Santa Cruz,
CA
95060
324 Front Street,
Santa Cruz,
CA
95060
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Another lawsuit, earlier, 1987: http://www.leagle.com/decision/19871335681FSupp654_11241/THE%20MOVIE%201%20&%202%20v.%20UNITED%20ARTISTS%20COMMUNICATIONS,%20INC.
Movie 1 & 2 filed a lawsuit against UA Theatres and distributors: http://www.leagle.com/decision/19902154909F2d1245_11941/MOVIE%201%20&%202%20v.%20UNITED%20ARTISTS%20COMMUNICATIONS
This opened on February 24th, 1984. Grand opening ads in photo section.
The Movies was where you ended up if you wanted to see a movie that was so bad, every other theatre in the area decided not to play it. If it played at The Movies, it didn’t play at any of the UAs, or the Skyview Drive-In, or Scotts Valley. And if you went to The Movies, you were subjected to the worst cinema experience possible: extremely long and narrow “houses” with screens probably less than ten feet wide, with poorly maintained mono sound and a “I think we can fit this here” mentality when it came to the box office and snack bar. This theatre was so bad, even Troma wouldn’t play their worst dreck here. It was about the only place one could see the late 1980s output of Cannon and Empire Films. It is surely not missed.