AMC 19th Street East 6
890 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10003
890 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10003
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Posted in the photos section the film scene from A Marriage Story which was filmed at a AMC Theatre. Unfortunately, AMC refuses to show Netflix movies.
What a shame AMC won’t show Netflix Movies. A Marriage Story has a quick scene leaving the 19th Street theatre before they renovated the lobby.
It appears about 15 minutes into the film.
Why would AMC allow them to film and not show their product
Please update, AMC took over this theatre in 2006 when they merged with Loews Cineplex.
Hopefully it won’t have a vermin problem like Levittown.
Just posted photos of the 19th Street renovations, I also posted from the original design in the photos section.
The only good screens are Theatre 1 and maybe theatre 2. Couldn’t see the theatre 2 renovations due to a private screening and the pre show was on in theatre 3.
The screens are fairly small, no masking like the Village VII and Regal Essex Crossing. The only good thing, scope films are not letterbox.
This is a semi Dine In theatre, if you order in advance, they will deliver your refreshments to your site, but it doesn’t have the full menu like Staten Island or Levittown
It features the Heated recliners like AMC Staten Island 9 with tables. As of today, you won’t be able to order fried foods. It on the AMC App. The AMC Cast member said their waiting for the license.
I was told by a cast member about over a year ago prior to the 19th Street renovation that it was supposed to be a Dine In Theatre, but as of today Limited selection.
It is the first Manhattan location with MacGuffins Bar.
Seat count was originally 1555 and now it’s just 560: 62, 72, 82, 89, 97 and 158. (That doesn’t include wheelchair spots, but does include companion chairs).
I saw the renovated theater today. I expect there is still some exterior work to go, as the Loews signage has been taken down but just put a cheap looking AMC banner hanging in its place.
The seats are different than other AMC recliners, more of a half recliners as it doesn’t go as far back nor provide all the leg room (this was the let down with the seats for me) of other recliners I’ve seen. The back warmer was nice, but I wish there was another setting, as they just had a high and low and I turned it on a few times in the movie but found even on the low setting it felt a bit too warm after a couple minutes and I would then turn it off (had it on high during the previews and that got way too high to me).
They also took masking away from Kips Bay when they renovated it (except for the IMAX, which was always an unmasked scope screen and didn’t get updated seating). That theater has a mix of aspect ratios, with the larger screens being scope and the smaller downstairs screens being flat (personally unmasked pillarboxed flat movies on a scope screen bothers me more than letterboxed scope movies). For the IMAX I’ve seen both pollarboxing or cropping used for movies taller than scope.
thehorror13, simple answer. Less maintenance. No motors to burn out. No pulleys getting stuck on tracks. I hate it too, since in all my 42 years as a projectionist, Im use to masking. Its just another byproduct of digital. With film, masking could cover any imperfections with the projector aperture. Digital gives you nice straight ridged lines.
Conversion from AMC Loews to AMC is about complete now. No longer an interior design of Loews. Now officially an AMC in all aspects. All six theaters were “gutted” and redone. Now with recliners. The recliners feature a heat button, that warms your back in the cold weather. Some of the auditoriums are now slightly stadium. Masking is no longer featured here. All screens are scope, except for theater three, which is flat. Which means in theater three, scope movies are projected on the flat screen with visible black bars on top and bottom (looks like letterboxed). The other theaters show flat movies with visible bars on the sides. Why they decided to take away the masking during this renovation is another blunder of and idea when AMC renovates or makes new theaters.
BTW, it also seems that the recliners used here have seat warmers.
Typically AMC’s policy after renovations is to keep the price the same for between 18 months to two years in order to attract audiences to the theater, and then raise the price up to two dollars (though if you have their A List subscription service, showings at the more expensive theaters are covered with no surcharge).
For instance, I believe Kips Bay (which completed its renovations right around Christmas 2016) still charges the same, but 84st (one of the first to renovate back in 2013) has charged more for years now and must be a very successful theater based on the crowds I see there.
The renovation seems to be complete. AMC just sent out an email today saying it’s remodeled.
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I wonder if after the renovation is complete they’ll jack up the already high ticket cost even higher. what I liked about the Chelsea Multiplex is after Bow Tie renovated it they didn’t jack up the prices.
It’s now partly renovated
According to the employees today, they said their getting recliners. Renovations start in February.
Once this theater gets recliners it will bring moviegoers away from Union square, which has the advantage of having 4dx.
Seeing a movie in a crowded multiplex is as enjoyable as going on a cruise one one of those new eleven story vessels that have more than 4,000 passengers.
While the marquee states it as AMC 19th Street East, it still has the look and design of an Loews Theater, unlike the newly refurbished AMC Village VII and AMC Kips Bay. Workers say it too should be/will be revamped into a true AMC Theater in the near future (probably with recliner seats etc..)
Theater is ok to still see a movie even with the nearby Regal Union Square. People still go here to see a movie, but sometimes its cool to go here on a lazy afternoon and see a movie with not much of a crowd to bother you by talking, using cell phones etc…. You can peacefully watch a movie for a change here unlike other noisy crowded multiplexes.
I think the overview paragraphs need an updating…
Nice picture along with the same font they use for their website with the curly letters.
AMC finally has removed the Loews signage (see in photo section) and instead of Movie Titles playing the Marquee it now simply reads AMC 19th Street East, the neon has also been changed from white to red to match the red AMC Logo. I wonder when the Kips Bay, 34th Street Lincoln Square & the Orpheum will get the same treatment? On the AMC website they still refer to this theatre as AMC Loews 19th Street East.
Looking at the Marquee photo’s, how lazy is AMC to not have the rest of it marquee filled in with black squares like Loew’s had always done in the past? Oh that’s right right I forgot in everyone of their renovations they completely ditch movie titles on a marquee for just their stupid logo, great way to do film exhibition AMC Entertainment!
Exterior and lobby photographs from July 2015.