Powell Theatre

3551 W. Emory Road,
Powell, TN 37849

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Christopher J Dugger
Christopher J Dugger on April 14, 2021 at 6:03 am

A hidden gem. My daycare group as a child would take us to early morning kid’s movies, and this the place I tried my first Astropop and Suicide! Last film I saw there was “Dazed and Confused” in 1993.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 4, 2018 at 2:03 am

This opened by Consolidated on July 14th, 1978 and closed in 2000. Grand opening ad posted.

greenth1ng
greenth1ng on September 5, 2015 at 5:57 pm

I think I might have also seen “Once Upon a Forest”, “Toy Story”, and “Muppet Treasure Island” here as well.

greenth1ng
greenth1ng on September 5, 2015 at 5:55 pm

One of the only memories I have of this theater is when I saw “The Pebble and the Penguin” here in 1995.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on April 11, 2011 at 9:26 am

Thnaks for the info GM.

GMNash
GMNash on April 4, 2011 at 8:22 pm

The Powell Twin was always a twin. Consolidated operated the theatre in the 1980’s, and Carmike got it in 1989 through the buyout.

SeeingI
SeeingI on January 11, 2011 at 7:42 am

I believe it had three screens at one point. I saw “Return of the Living Dead” here in 1985. The space is now a Knoxville Area Rescue Mission thrift store.

tntim
tntim on March 15, 2007 at 8:27 am

The Powell Cinema was built as part of a strip shopping center around 1980. It was a twin that each seated 175. It was closed in the late nineties and the space was converted to retail.