AMC Loews Paramus Route 4 Tenplex
260 E. Highway 4,
Paramus,
NJ
07652
260 E. Highway 4,
Paramus,
NJ
07652
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The picture of the screen in the article is from the early years. It doesn’t look 62 feet wide in that photo, but I watched “2001” from the front row of that theater and the screen was definitely not small.
Information on 70mm film presentations at this theater can be found at:
http://fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_new_york_main_page.htm
You can search 70mm engagements by year. Thanks.
Thanks. What was the last 70mm movie played at this theater?
That picture on this page shows a screen thats quite small. Is this from the early years or when it was divided?
I drove past it a few times recently (on the way to Edgewater Multiplex) – it must be a huge gym. It would have been cool if they kept a theatre in-tact as a “cardio theatre” – that is treadmills and ellipticals in one of the auditoriums with films screening. It sounds cool though that some of the architecture is still there, like the balcony.
I belong to the 24 Hour Fitness that now occupies what was this theater. It’s nice to see that the site is being used as opposed to just rotting like it has for a few years after it closed and the designers did not do a wholesale gutting. They’ve incorporated much of the main lobby (with the two flanking stairs that led up to the balcony sections) and the large theater space intact. If you remember this theater’s layout, you will be able to see it in the gym. I would have liked it if the designers of the gym had paid homage to what the space was maybe by using movie posters or something but they have not. The closest thing to it is the use of the upper balcony space for the cardio. The original slope of the balcony is still there and it looks down onto the large basketball area which was the main theater. You can literally see how good the sight lines were. It’s so high that it can be a bit dizzying.
The conversion to the Dark Side is complete: The Tenplex has reopened as a 24/7 Fitness. See link for photos and floor plan: http://www.24hourfitness.com/FindClubDetail.do?clubid=00616&sessionId=&edit=null&semiPromoCode=null
Theater 1 is now a basketball court… :–/
“The Turning Point” in the balcony X-mas, ‘77; the only way to see Barishnikov not-live!
Drove by the theater twice today—it’s been gutted and a lot of holes cut in the building, presumably for new windows. If you look inside you’ll see some of the wall treatments that were in the auditoriums still hanging, but otherwise the dividing walls and balcony in the original building have been torn out.
Damn I remember this theater. I loved this place. HUUUUGE screen! I remember seeing Twister there on opening day, and walking outside while Paramus was under a tornado watch! That was very surreal. Great used record store used to be right next to this theater as well. Off topic, but I think it was called Musicmaker or something like that. Great rare finds were found there.
Regarding the building itself, I’m hearing again that it’s going to be a 24-Hour Fitness Club.
When was Dolby Stereo installed at this theater? How about the digital surround sound systems?
What’s the latest?
Come May, it will be four years since the theater was closed and became a ghost theater. What’s the latest on the vacant property?
I hope it’s more parking and not another retail store.
I went by the theatre this past Saturday and from the outside, it look like the inside is completely gutted, with a large hole where the entrance and arcade used to be, and another hole in the back far wall. There is a huge mound of dirt piled up behind the theatre which is visible from the back road. The whole site is fenced off for safety reasons. I does'nt look like it’s going to be razed; more like what happened to the Town theatre in Emerson. The structure will probably remain and be chopped up and converted into who knows what.
Sad news in the moviegoing world. Two legends who brought excitement to this theater are gone. Both of which became huge draws 30 years ago. Irvin Kershner, director of Empire Strikes Back, and Leslie Nielsen, star of Airplane, his highest grossing movie, are now up in heaven.
***clarification a big HOLE
I see that the Tenplex is now all fenced off, and construction vehicles and a big whole where entrance used to be. Anybody know what is going over there?
It’s been a few months since this theater was commented….what’s the latest on the vacant space at the theater?
Unless you ever did the line for the Radio City Music Hall in the good old non-reserved days you’ve never seen a line. And when they opened the house the line vanished. Amazing.
I think so. The store will face some competition from Home Depot on Route 17. As for long lines going to the tenplex, my memory from going there was there was a long line for the x-men movie. CT users, what line was the longest to the theater in the history of this tenplex? I guess it was for the Star Wars movies.
Now that the Lowe’s Home Improvement store is under construction at the far end of the empty Tenplex parking lot, is there any update on the fate of the Tenplex itself? While exploring the site yesterday, I was depressed to realize that demolishing the empty Tenplex would improve the visibility of the Lowe’s to shoppers driving by on Route 4.
Although the Century affiliation is alluded to in conjunction with RKO, it should be pointed out that Century originated this house; one of two ventures off Long Island, including the Richmond on Staten Island. I also saw an add for a Century’s Dayton (Ohio) but don’t know if was part of the East Coast Century chain or the West Coast one.
This year is the 45th birthday for the Route 4 theater. Anyone buying that vacant space? On Facebook, there are several groups that still mourn the tenplex when AMC built a new one to replace it and its sister theater. The plus side of having the replacement was that the Tenplex didn’t have stadium seating or a single floor for disabled people to go to several theaters. What was the first digital surround sound movie to play at this theater?