This is how I like to remember movie theaters and how magical they were to me growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. The warmth of the lobby, the glow of the marquees inside, the smell of popcorn, the excitement of upcoming movies and the big promo stand ups, a bank of great arcade games, that mysterious excitement of what you were about to see walking into a dark theater, and great movies like Jurassic Park and The Fugitive to watch. I miss it a lot. It was like walking into another world and escaping anything boring in real life or any problems you had. For those couple hours, you were transported. Just doesn’t quite feel the same as it used to today.
@wonderfuljoey23 Жыл бұрын
I drove by the theater the other day and it’s sad to see the state it’s in. It also really cool he showed how the film projectors work.
@Tenormic311 ай бұрын
There's nothing left inside. Just the structure really.
@GeorgeStreicherMusic3 жыл бұрын
Seeing that Jurassic Park banner in the lobby is such a nostalgia hit...man I miss the 90s.
@beary85493 жыл бұрын
I saw Forest Gump here with my grandpa. This brings back good memories :) I loved that man.
@baxterwilson3684 жыл бұрын
I loved the Regency 8 theater. I went there a lot in the 80s and 90s. Last movie I saw there was Scary Movie in 2000. So many memories. I even saw Jason Goes to Hell opening weekend in that same auditorium.
@wadessirenvideos67503 жыл бұрын
As I mentioned in my first comment, I worked at Movie Tavern. Before then I worked at and started my career as a projectionist at General Cinema Theatres Prestonwood 4, Galleria 5, and Town East 5 alternately. Each of these 3 General Cinema Theatres had different sound equipment, but all had CENTURY MODEL S.A. PROJECTOR HEADS, AND CHRISTIE AW3 PLATTER DECKS. Town East 5 (in Mesquite, Texas) Had 1 Century J.J. Projector with a 35mm optical sound head, and a 70mm magnetic sound head. The lamp houses varied from theater to theater. One theater had Christie lamphouses, and the other I worked at had ORC 2000 LAMPHOUSES. O.R.C. was short for "Orcon." The largest auditorium at Town East 5 had a 3,000 watt xenon short arc lamp and a THX certification. All other auditoriums had 2,000 watt xenon lamps. Many people who ran the projectors at General Cinema Theatres who were relatively new to film projection got to learn from seasoned projectionists, good managers, and maybe the technicians when they offered free advice once in a while. Thanks to everyone who reads this.
@ShadowOfTheVoid10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I'm an Augusta area native, and I saw so many movies in both of these theaters. I remember when they built the 8-screen General Cinemas behind the Regency Mall in the late 80s, back when Gordon Highway was still a bustling thoroughfare instead of the desolate strip of highway it currently is. It was my family's default theater for pretty much all of the 90s, though we did see quite a few movies at Masters Cinema and the old Augusta West Regal (the one before the current one at the Augusta Exchange). I even went to the Regency Exchange 8 on my first date back in 1999 (we watched Varsity Blues). Those old General Cinemas clips for the coming attractions and feature presentation (esp. the candy & drinks in space) will be stuck in my head forever. It's sad that these places that I have so many memories of no longer exist. The Regency 8 was demolished a few years back and the long-abandoned Regency Mall looks like it's being gutted. Augusta has changed so much since my childhood. I'm glad some people actually took the time to document some of these places so we can relive those memories.
@marsman5710 ай бұрын
Yeah! I don't have videos of those other locations, but remember them well. I take time to document current theaters for when they are gone someday
@JohnSmith-4U4 ай бұрын
I remember visiting this theater (We saw the "Quick and the Dead" movie if I remember right) and mall in 1995 when I was stationed at the nearby Army base........The mall looked like it was outdated then even in the mid-90s......
@wadessirenvideos67503 жыл бұрын
I worked for Movie Tavern from 2003 to 2010 at an 8 screen theater that once was a General Cinema. The booth for the most part was the same, except Movie Tavern put D.T.S. digital sound systems in 6 of the 8 screens. The other 2 screens were converted to digital video projectors. Then they went ALL DIGITAL in 2010 and laid me off the first day of being all digital. They could have at least given me notice of my last day if employment 2 weeks or more in advance. I knew when they would go all digital, and a month before then, I asked the area supervisor and his boss if I was going to be laid off, and they refused to tell me. They might have honestly not known what the decision would be. That was a bad way to treat me after I was one of the best protectionists the company had ever had. I got called upon to train new managers for other theater locations about film projection.
@marsman573 жыл бұрын
My granddad got out after this because he would only run movies through the union. Sad that you were treated so poorly.
@thevincentgonzalesplan2 жыл бұрын
Just a former 80's to 90's movie theater employee/projectionist liking this. Thank you.😁
@seangriffon6502 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Got to love those old carbon ark rod type projectors.
@Beth922829 күн бұрын
When I was living in Gurnee,Illinois there was one that was close to me near Lakehurst Mall. I used to go to it and the Marcus theater in the 90’s. I remembered General Cinema was being remodeled in early 1986.
@seafoodcharlie37103 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome find. Thank you for posting this. I was a regular at both theaters in the late 80s; almost every weekend seeing a movie there. It's sad how that whole side of town went to hell in a handbag.
@Mechafresh824 жыл бұрын
I can hear the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade cabinet playing in the background 😂
@BradyA1124 Жыл бұрын
I recognized it from the very first sound it made hahah
@pancakemuffinberry214 жыл бұрын
Wow! I still remember seeing movies at these places! My first movie was at the 3 screen cinema. My parents took me with them to see an R rated movie because they couldnt find a babysitter for me that night lol. I've seen quite a few movies at the 8 screen cinema as a kid. I remember my mom's best friend picking me up early from school one day and she took me and her daughter to see The Flintstones here. I miss these places.
@ThePoreproductions3 жыл бұрын
Your parents took you to a R rated movie?! What the heck is wrong with them????
@Gabytherageman Жыл бұрын
@@ThePoreproductions They Didn't Had A Choice.
@jopat873 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was back when it wasn't uncommon for the poster next to the door to show what movie was on that screen.
@markquiswest6607 Жыл бұрын
I missed the 1990's here in Augusta,GA.
@nickpeck45613 жыл бұрын
I found out that this was taken during the Candy Band/Spotlights Era, due to the Coming Attractions sequence shown during 8:32-8:55 and 11:08-11:29.
@nortorioustxc43592 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the memories. I don't think I was fortunate to go into the Regency Mall 3 because most of the movies I remember watching was at the Regency 8..That and the Regal Augusta Village 12 were the places to be.
@donnya.oryankingdonny2303 жыл бұрын
I used 2 go over there in Chicago, when I was a little boy. Ford City Mall with General Cinema.
@chuck87182 жыл бұрын
I worked at a gcc in 88. I wore that ridiculous vest and bowtie too 🤣
@srbarkerchan4 жыл бұрын
August 1993...I was about three months old when this was filmed.
@ThePowerpuffHotline3 жыл бұрын
12:40 I wish there was one of these Coming Attractions snipes where sold on eBay
@mmojdeenettfsavecanadathxt19111 ай бұрын
It was on eBay Nowadays
@tundraportal7 ай бұрын
Great video, love these classic theater tours
@wadessirenvideos6750 Жыл бұрын
Was the man filming this video your grandfather? Very interesting as I worked with the same Cinemeccanica Victoria 5 projector heads, Cinemeccanica lamphouses, and Christie AW3R platter systems at Movie Tavern. All of the Mono or non stereo theatres got upgraded to digital surround sound DTS 6 tracks, and it was amazing watching the technicians install them. Film projection is an art, craft, and a learned skill.
@marsman57 Жыл бұрын
Yes, it was my granddad. He worked in booths from the 1950s to around the year 2000 when the last union house in town closed.
@wadessirenvideos6750 Жыл бұрын
@@marsman57 He must be a really nice man, he did show humor during the video recording, and has a very cheerful voice. Great memories of General Cinema, I worked at one in 1995 in Dallas, until it closed in 2000. My theater happened to be non-union, so I could learn from the projectionist there. He taught me not only about how to run the projectors, but also how to do maintenance, change xenon short arc lamps, and troubleshooting for the most common problems. He was not against union workers, but made sure that the union had nothing to do with the theater he and I worked at. This way, we became a training center theater.
@Designsbyg9 ай бұрын
this was nice to see. The Victoria 5 is always nice to see running.
@SuonoReale2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for recording this! I saw many movies at this theater back in the day, most notably the Super Mario Bros movie.... (even though that movie was...not that good...).
@marsman572 жыл бұрын
I saw that one at the Augusta Exchange Regal. I wish I had video from there.
@PowerGlove795 ай бұрын
I love that movie lol
@rlmaassАй бұрын
This is awesome.
@Thrashin_Victim Жыл бұрын
Wow I remember that place when I went there a few times in the early 90s. There was another movie theater that had a pizza place in front of it (Think it was a Sbarros). Been trying to remember the name of it.
@marsman57 Жыл бұрын
The Regal Exchange near the Augusta Mall was contemporaneous, but I'm not sure if they had a Sbarros nearby.
@Thrashin_Victim Жыл бұрын
@@marsman57 Dont think it was that one. It was in like a strip mall if my memory serves me. Probably long gone by now.
@PowerGlove795 ай бұрын
I swear this was the same layout as The Lakehurst mall General Cinemas. I went there all the time in the early 90s
@cade32X8 ай бұрын
I LOVE GENERAL CINEMA ‼️ 🔵 G C C
@jessecoffey47374 жыл бұрын
Such fascinating footage being filmed here.
@markoportuondo73753 жыл бұрын
This was in August ‘93 and Jurassic Park was still playing in cinemas. Damn!!!
@marsman573 жыл бұрын
I looked up some details at it was still doing over $3.5 million in a weekend when this was filmed (over $2000 PTA)
@markoportuondo73753 жыл бұрын
@@marsman57 Holy hell. And it released in June that summer yet still making that much. That’s crazy. Wonder what doing during the holidays of ‘93. I know Mrs. Doubtfire was in the top spot around that time.
@iNtRoVeRsIoNaLiSm9 күн бұрын
So different compared to current operations. great to see this history/.
@Mechafresh82 Жыл бұрын
@14:09 brotha is sporting that clean-ass box fade.
@masive1498 Жыл бұрын
The best year for movies.
@gochem3013 Жыл бұрын
This is the first time I see this place. I cannot believe I witness the film tape quality on the big screen in that time. This is why Film Tape is better than Digital.
@mikeplanka13892 жыл бұрын
Before Stadium Seating.
@SwampyFox3 жыл бұрын
I think I had to make a run from Cola SC to here to pick up bags of popcorn kernels when ours didnt get shipped!
@Mechafresh824 жыл бұрын
@ 14:29, "Drop it!" - Robocop: The Arcade game from Data East
@adamharris77752 жыл бұрын
This video is from 1992.
@marsman572 жыл бұрын
We have discussed this in other comments, but despite the timestamp saying 1992, the evidence from the movies featured says it must instead be the Summer of 1993. Unless you're saying this for a different reason.
@danielvasquez6138 Жыл бұрын
Great video! I wish I was born in the 80s and 90s. These theaters look very nice and classic back in the day. P.S. I think you took this video in mid September 1993 instead of August 1993 because Undercover Blues wasn’t released until September 10th of that year.
@silviobentivoglio70272 жыл бұрын
it would of been nice to get anything that was general cinema from regency 8 like the poster light up display that has the general cinema on it or anything else
@dehehehduduejdudheh58502 жыл бұрын
Did You Project Tom And Jerry The Movie On The Big Screen.
@SakuraCrusader3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: My mom was in 11th grade when This was filmed she would have been still in school
@Realm442 жыл бұрын
Your mother and I both were still in school. I was getting prepared for the 9th grade. Time flies
@TaraGothGirl11 ай бұрын
At 9:00, there is a trailer for Rudy.
@plushblueep4 жыл бұрын
TITLE DATE: August 1993 TAPE DATE: April 1992 ME: Visible confusion
@marsman574 жыл бұрын
I think the tape date was wrong due to various pieces of evidence in the video. Most notably that Jurassic Park was already released.
@plushblueep4 жыл бұрын
marsman57 Ah. Thanks.
@gingerwhatley71643 жыл бұрын
Say hello to Sarah, Yolanda and Norma. I was away in Athens the week. Yolanda was always employee of the Month!
@seangriffon6502 Жыл бұрын
Such a great video. Love it. Are the projectors the Carbon Ark rod kind or the zenon lamp kind. I remember the Peerless magna ark projectors. Had to replace those rods lots. Kind of upsetting that the theaters are going to a costly digital format. Theres just something refreshing about old school film.
@edwinperez60944 жыл бұрын
It Is Predicted There Is A 35MM Coming Attractions Give It To Us
@yaritzaperezsantiago63494 жыл бұрын
Its been released.
@MrVCidade3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZOwc4Vor8d4rqM from the GCC Archives: Coming Attractions bumper '92.
@GeorgeStreicherMusic3 жыл бұрын
Do you have any footage of projecting Jurassic Park?
@marsman573 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately what is posted is all I have.
@mortalkombatarcadelover44793 жыл бұрын
Nobody has a recording of the General Cinemas in Sandy Springs Atlanta, Georgia?
@marsman573 жыл бұрын
I only have recordings of spots my granddad worked at or visited, and I don't think I have anything from that area. If I come across something though, I will let you know.
@mortalkombatarcadelover44793 жыл бұрын
@@marsman57 ok Thank you.
@mmojdeenettfsavecanadathxt19111 ай бұрын
@@marsman57The First film to Use DTS and THX Grand Before the movie starts Was Jurassic Park
@ThePoreproductions3 жыл бұрын
what movie is that at 15:55?
@hiltonkilljoi2 жыл бұрын
True Romance (1993) starring Christian Slater; Patricia Arquette - directed by Tony Scott and music by the one and only Hans Zimmer
@ThePoreproductions2 жыл бұрын
@@hiltonkilljoi Figures. I Looked it up on IMDB. HA HA!
@hiltonkilljoi2 жыл бұрын
@@ThePoreproductions I really like your reviews by the way. Keep up the good work! 👍
@JohnSmith-4U4 ай бұрын
14:04 Young man "mean mugging" customers to make sure they don't try funny business in the theater.