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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1865
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-28-2000 04:34 PM

No, all purchase, staples to projector parts, must be approved by District.

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Paul Rich
Film Handler

Posts: 56
From: Murfreesboro, TN, 37128
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 08-28-2000 07:29 PM

What I'm worried about, and I'm hoping is going to be resolved soon, is the 4 or so distributors that are holding back releasing prints to Carmike. I know of Warner, and my boss said something about Fox and Paramount. You can't make any money if you don't have movies.

-Paul

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-28-2000 08:38 PM

Dreamworks is the other one I think. Someone said that Carmike owes them 7 million in film rental.

You see, the bad thing about Chapter 11, and why people are starting to stop doing business with us unless its on a cash-only basis, is that some Judge in New Jearsey gets to decide what debts Carmike has to pay. So if MTS gave us 3 million in credit, and the judge said we didn't have to pay, MTS would be up shit creek if you know what I mean.

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Jesse Skeen
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1517
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 08-29-2000 11:52 PM

Geez, I can't believe UA Greenback is closed! I went there the first week they opened in late '86, they were the first modern-style state-of-the-art theater in the area, I remember how cool it was seeing all the surround speakers along the walls. I hope someone else buys this place (anyone wanna lend me some $$?)
That's a real shame that place closes but they keep the old Sunrise Mall Cinema open; that leaves Cinedome as the main first-run theater in that area which I quit going to since they TWINNED one of their domes fairly recently (1992)!

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Scott D. Neff
Theatre Dork

Posts: 919
From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 08-30-2000 01:49 AM

UA Greenback closed?!?!

DAMMIT! To Sacramento with me! I need pics before they all go under!!!

I know Century just took over the Downtown Plaza -- I wonder if they're going to do anything special to it?

--Alright--

Heart attack over.

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Scott D. Neff
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www.cinema-west.com

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Jesse Skeen
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 08-30-2000 12:56 PM

Century has already twinned every auditorium at Downtown Plaza

(Just kidding!)

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Kevin Crawford
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 207
From: Sacramento, CA, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 08-31-2000 01:32 AM

Sorry, **** Heart attack begin *****

Century do anything to a theatre if they have no competition.

***** End Heart Attack ******

Scott if your in town on the weekend, come see me at THE CAGE, Bird that is.

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Barry Floyd
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-14-2001 09:41 AM

Just got the word that Carmike is closing some more of it's Nashville locations.

The Hermitage Four (which was open as recently as Thanksgiving)is now showing "CLOSED" on all four screens. This one actually hits home for me as I went to my very first "real date" at this theatre back in the early 80's.
With the closing of this theatre, and the recent closing of the "Regal Courtyard Cinema", it leaves no theatre operating within 12-15 miles of this northeast section of Davidson county.

Driving all over Nashville, the strip malls and some shopping malls are littered with the shells of closed theatres. Most of these old closed theatre buildings featured "sloping floors" in all of their auditoriums, so it's very doubtfull they would have any other viable use for a retail space without some very expensive remodeling. The land they sit on is definetley more valuable than the buildings themselves.

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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Nashville, Tennessee
(Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-14-2001 03:53 PM

The Hermitage 4 must have closed last night. Last Saturday's Tennessean on December 8 showed the Hermitage 4 showing Spy Game, Shallow Hal, Harry Potter, and Monsters, Inc.

Can you somehow verify the closing date? I'm keeping up with those.

Here are some Nashville theatres I know about. If anyone can fill in any opening/closing dates (even approximate ones), or information about them. I'd much approciate it. Either e-mail me or post information here, since I'm considering giving the Nashville area the treatment I gave the Huntsville/Decatur/Shoals areas in the historical information section of my site. Any information I get before taking this on will save me time when I go to search the newspaper archives. Look here to see the type of information I like to collect, and in what detail.

Jerry Chase, this week, provided me with an excellent summary of some of the theatre changes and information about both older and newer theatres over the years in Birmingham. If anyone can do the same for Nashville, that would be wonderful.

Here are theatres I know about in Nashville. If you know any of the question marks (opening/closing dates), even approximate, let me know.

Carmike Cinema North 6 [Rivergate] (open ?, closed 9/12/2000)
Carmike Galleria 10 [Cool Springs] (open ?, closed 8/17/2000)
Carmike 6 [Harding Mall] (open ?, closed 8/24/2000)
Carmike Stones River 6 [Stones River Mall] (open ?, closed 8/24/2000)
Carmike Lion's Head 5 (open ?, closed ?)
Carmike WIlliamson Square 8 (opened 1988?, closed 11/23/1999)
Carmike Jackson Heights 6 (open ?, closed between 8/24 and 9/19, 2000?)
AMC/Carmike FOuntain Square 14 (open 1988?, closed January? 1999)
Carmike Thoroughbred 20 (opened November 1999)
Carmike Hickory Hollow 8 (opened ?)
Carmike Hermitage 4 (opened ?, closed 12/13/2001?)
Carmike Bellevue 8 (opened ?)
Carmike Bell Forge 10 (opened ?)
Carmike Rivergate 8 (opened ?)
Carmike Wynnsong 10 (opened ?)

Regal Hollywood 27 (opened Dec. 1997 or January 1998?)
Regal Courtyard 8 (closed between February 14 and 26, 2001?)
Watkins-Bellcourt [Hillsboro, used to be Carmike?] (open ?, closed ?)
Franklin Cinemas (opened ?)
Carmike Cinema South 4 [now Outer Limit] (open ?, closed 95/96?)
Carmike Bellcourt Twin (same as Watkins-Bellcourt?)
O'Neil Hickory Cinema 16 (open ?, closed mid-2000?)
Regal Nippers Corner 10 (open ?, closed 7/29/2001)
Carmike Wynnsong 16 [Murfreesboro] (open ?)
Franklin Drive-In (open ?, close ?)

Regal Bellevue Cinema 12 (open ?)
Regal Green Hills 16 (open late summer 1998)
Regal Indian Lake 10 [Hendersonville] (open ?)
Regal Opry Mills 20 (Opened May 2000?)

Springfield Cinema [Springfield] (open ?, closed ?)
Cheri Theatre [Murfreesboro] (open ?, closed?)

Watson Glen Cinema 10 [Franklin] (open ?, still there 95/96?)
Bell Road 4-5-6 , Mall Cinemas at Hickory Hollow Mall (open ?, still there 95/96?)
Plaza [Charlotte Pike] [2 screens] (open ?, still there 95/96?)

Valley Drive-In [?]

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

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System Notices
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Registered: Apr 2004

posted 07-02-2011 01:53 AM

It has been 3486 days since the last post.

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Gregory Marshall
Film Handler

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From: Nashville, TN, USA
Registered: Jun 2011

posted 07-02-2011 01:53 AM

Evans, here's what I know about some of the dates on these theatres:

Carmike Cinema North 6 [Rivergate] (open ?, closed 9/12/2000) Opened at the same time as Cinema South 4 (both were 4 screens at opening), June 1976, by Consolidated. Sold to Carmike late 1989.

Carmike Stones River 6 [Stones River Mall] (open ?, closed 8/24/2000) Opened late 1990 or early 1991 by Litchfield Theatres LTD. Litchfield sold to Carmike sometime later in 1991 or 1992.

Carmike Lion's Head 5 (open ?, closed ?) Opened in 1980 with 3 screens by Consolidated. Consolidated added 2 screens in the late 80's, and it sold to Carmike in late 1989.

Carmike WIlliamson Square 8 (opened 1988?, closed 11/23/1999) Opened Thanksgiving week, 1988, by Consolidated. Sold to Carmike late 1989.

AMC/Carmike FOuntain Square 14 (open 1988?, closed January? 1999) Opened November, 1987.

Carmike Bell Forge 10 (opened ?) Opened June 1983. Recently closed.

Regal Courtyard 8 (closed between February 14 and 26, 2001?) Opened at Thanksgiving, 1988 by Litchfield Theatres LTD.

Carmike Cinema South 4 [now Outer Limit] (open ?, closed 95/96?) See notes on Cinema North above. Building was demolished a few years ago.

Regal Indian Lake 10 [Hendersonville] (open ?) Opened late 1989 or early 1990, Litchfield Theatres LTD.

Bell Road 4-5-6 , Mall Cinemas at Hickory Hollow Mall (open ?, still there 95/96?) Hickory Hollow Mall Cinemas 1-2-3 opened in August of 1978. Bell Road Cinemas 4-5-6 opened at Christmas 1978. Both by Consolidated, bought by Carmike in late 1989. 1/2/3 were inside the mall, 4/5/6 were outside the mall.

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-02-2011 03:36 AM

Well, some of my posts in this thread are bit alarmist in a very embarrassing way. All I can say is please remember I was only 20 [Smile]

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Of course after emerging from bankruptcy I think Carmike had 3 profitable years and hasn't turned a profit since, so.....

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Gregory Marshall
Film Handler

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From: Nashville, TN, USA
Registered: Jun 2011

posted 07-02-2011 09:07 AM

Sorry, Dustin.... didn't mean to resurrect a 10-year old subject.... new to this forum, so I thought I'd update some opening/closing dates I knew about. I worked for Carmike at the Thoroughbred 20 in Franklin TN for two years, booth manager. That was 2002-2004, so I guess they had already emerged out of 'over-scrimping'.... just went back to 'scrimping'. Ha.

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Mitchell Dvoskin
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From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 07-06-2011 12:20 PM

Isn't there another thread called latest theatres to open or close on this topic?

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