Comments about UA Movies at Patchogue 13 in Patchogue, NY

uncleal923 on October 18, 2004 at 4:12 am

Okay, I concede it was great for a UA House

Michael Furlinger on October 18, 2004 at 4:11 am

GUST I WONDER IF I KNOW YOU OUR PATHS SEEM TO CROSS…?

Michael Furlinger on October 18, 2004 at 4:09 am

FOR A UA HOUSE , THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR …

uncleal923 on October 18, 2004 at 4:02 am

What I am saying is that it’s just a shadow of what it was I recall when the theater was new, and it was a grand place. Maybe I overstated it. However, well, it’s not what it was in the 1980s. The place is in decent condition. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that I’m surprised it doesn’t have tagger graffiti. That was probably prejudicial. It was a decent house, that’s correct. I would be going there if they did not build the Island Sixteen where I live. It may also be that I think I’m still angry that they tore down the drive in screen. Excuse me, I sometimes have a tendency to overstate things.

Michael Furlinger on October 18, 2004 at 3:50 am

This theater is still in ok shape for a UA HOUSE

uncleal923 on October 18, 2004 at 3:47 am

Hello Again;
I was at the theater just today, and they did not cut that Sunrise Indoor in half. The look was updated. The movie in there on October 17, 2003 was Shark Tale. The hallway makes an S curve just before the theater, which has two sets of double doors. Oh, by the way, bway agrees, I forgot he mentioned it on the Bay Shore Sunrise Drive In Page, which means I only brought the subject to this one. I think he’s rightfully upset with me for not mentioning that. Also, the snack bar is now the loading dock, it’s in back.

I was there, and, well, let’s just say I’m surprised it doesn’t have any tagger graffiti. I remember the multiplex in its heyday and it’s just a shadow, neigh, haunted house version of its former self. They need to fix the laminate by the men’s room sinks. The canvas along the sides need to be cleaned, at least in theater one. If you want to go to a Regal, go to the one on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma.

vinceiuliano on October 16, 2004 at 3:38 pm

this is awesome news, if true. next time i’ll be sure to bring a camera!

Michael Furlinger on October 16, 2004 at 4:18 am

Very true kind of reminds me of the old Whitman theater in Huntington had 780 seats.

uncleal923 on October 16, 2004 at 4:14 am

Thanks logislandmovies;
I wasn’t sure, but it seemed to be more than most theaters, including present playhouses that were once movie theaters.

Michael Furlinger on October 16, 2004 at 4:10 am

I WOULD THINK THAT THEATER WAS 750 OR 800 SEATS/ SOME ONE MUST HAVE THE SEAT COUNT FROM THE OLD INDOOR.

uncleal923 on October 16, 2004 at 4:04 am

R143, the last time I was in that particular theater was about two years ago, and it was still the same size. I don’t know the number, but I would not be surprised if it was 1,000. I’m glad someone figured it out.

R143 on October 15, 2004 at 5:22 pm

Is the the old indoor theater of the drivein, now part of the multiplex, the same size as it always was, or did they cut it in two? How many seats is that particular theater?

Bway on October 14, 2004 at 1:02 pm

That is pretty cool. I have been in that multiplex countless times, and never knew that. I think I had even seen movies in that particular theater. Is it a little bigger than the other theaters? I know exactly where you mean, as I was just on that side of the building a couple months ago (but not in that theater).
As a kid, I saw a few movies at the Indoor Drive In theater, so am happy to know it still exists. I thought it was all torn down when they built the UA Patchogue.

uncleal923 on October 14, 2004 at 5:05 am

HERE GOES; TO GET TO THE THEATER.
ONCE YOU PAY FOR THE TICKET, YOU WALK INSIDE. YOU PASS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CONCESSION STAND AND THE PRESENT MEN’S TOILET. YOU MAKE A LEFT AT THE REAR CORRIDOR. IF YOU WALK DIRECTLY INTO A MOVIE THEATER YOU HAVE GONE TO FAR, GO BACK INTO THE HALLWAY. ONCE YOU REACH THE VERY END OF THE HALLWAY, WALK BACKWARDS JUST A FEW STEPS. THERE WILL BE DOUBLE DOORS ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE. WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS AND YOU ARE IN THE ORIGINAL SUNRISE DRIVE IN INDOOR.

NOW; AS FOR THE SUNRISE CONCESSION
DO NOT ENTER THE BUILDING AT ALL COSTS. JUST WALK AROUND THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IT IS IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, ALL CEMENTED OVER.

MAYBE IS SHOULD CHECK THIS OUT.

vinceiuliano on October 13, 2004 at 1:53 pm

i find myself more and more buying dvd’s of movies i saw in the “old” days , and less and less seeing new films. i hate to say it cause i know it sounds like bitching, but the movies WERE more exciting and better, and the audiences more courteous.
last time i was at this patchogue theater with my wife, there was a group of about 8 teenagers running up and down the aisles, kicking cardboard containers around, being generally disruptive, until we yelled at them.
and who was the genius who thought of placing the door window in line with the screen? not only are you distracted by blinding light every time some clod has to get up, but it casts a wan pale across the screen!

Michael Furlinger on October 12, 2004 at 2:31 pm

Ua has enough problems keeping the pic on the screen without the worry of a curtain…….

RobertR on October 12, 2004 at 2:15 pm

Also, the theater no longer has a curtain.
posted by Gustavelifting on Oct 11, 2004 at 11:09pm

God forbid they keep one house looking like a real movie theatre with a curtain.

Bway on October 12, 2004 at 12:58 pm

Thanks. I will have to check that out next time I am in the Patchogue.

uncleal923 on October 12, 2004 at 4:09 am

Okay;
Here is the location of the old Patchogue Sunrise Indoor. The former snack bar building is attached to the multiplex. You go passed the present snack bar, as far as you can go without walking into a theater. You should now be by the theaters in the rear. You turn left and go as far as you can go. There will be a wall on your right and doors on your left. Just walk through one of those doors and you are in the theater. Some of the longer standing employees may be able to help you if you can’t find it. By the way, if you go around the left side of the building you can see where the old snack bar was. It’s cemented over now. Also, the theater no longer has a curtain.

Bway on October 5, 2004 at 3:33 pm

I am skeptical of the whole thing.

Michael Furlinger on October 5, 2004 at 3:15 pm

true put that one theater is much larger than the rest would be strange to do that.

RobertR on October 5, 2004 at 3:08 pm

It just seems odd to me that UA would build a new complex around that theatre. It had been closed for a long time prior to the drive-ins closing was it not?

Michael Furlinger on October 5, 2004 at 2:55 pm

THAT WOULD BE THE LARGEST THEATER THEN WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN THE AL L WEATHER?

Bway on October 5, 2004 at 12:32 pm

The original building is the “Farthest theater” from where in the current building? I also don’t remember seeing a boarded up anything that was a concession stand. Is that behind the current building?

Michael Furlinger on October 5, 2004 at 5:49 am

i am not sure about that claim/ been to this theater 60 or 70 times

UA Movies at Patchogue 13

600 Sunrise Highway, Patchogue, NY 11772

600 Sunrise Highway,
Patchogue, NY 11772