AMC Garden State 16

One Garden State Plaza,
Paramus, NJ 07652

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HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on September 22, 2023 at 8:23 am

2 top notch, experienced projectionists projected almost 4 miles of film each time, including using a platter, of Oppenheimer, in regular 70mm (not IMAX) daily, starting July 21, last day Sept 21. A total of 224 shows. 4 shows Friday thru Sunday, 3 shows the other days. First 6 weeks the times were 8:45 AM, 12:45 PM, 4:45 PM, 8:45 PM. And 12:30 PM 4:30 PM. 8:30 PM. Final 3 weeks were 9:30 AM, 1:15 PM, 5:00 PM 8:45 PM. And Noon, 4:00 PM 8:00 PM. Some days Mark Joseph Pusillo was the projectionist. Other days Rich Rettino. 

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on September 16, 2023 at 2:35 pm

Oppenheimer has been showing in 70mm in auditorium 15, with about 290 seats and a nice large screen that appears to be about 35 feet wide. For those interested, auditorium 5 sits about 485 and has a huge screen that appears to be 60 feet wide.

markp
markp on July 26, 2023 at 9:26 am

Joshua Bilmes, yes that would be this past saturday. Glad I gave you a great presentation.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on July 24, 2023 at 11:00 am

they took the seats out.

Joshua Bilmes
Joshua Bilmes on July 24, 2023 at 1:05 am

Right now more accurately a 15 screen, since the VR area built in the Theatre 1 space doesn’t appear to be a thing any more,

Joshua Bilmes
Joshua Bilmes on July 24, 2023 at 12:58 am

So I guess I got to see markp in the booth when I did my Barbenheimer on Saturday. Glad there is still a 70mm screen in Paramus, which was the closest place for it to where I grew up. Couldn’t believe how immense the Dolby Cinema screen is for a flat movie. Fifty feet tall? Sixty? Huge.

markp
markp on July 20, 2023 at 8:18 am

JB1981, I am not there on thursday. I am in Rahway running 35MM Saturday Night Fever. The picture and sound was great. We did not watch as we had to make sure the print fed off the shipping reel ok. The person who did watch it said its powerful.

JB1981
JB1981 on July 19, 2023 at 9:21 pm

How does it look? :)

JB1981
JB1981 on July 19, 2023 at 8:48 pm

I have tickets for 5p tomorrow!

markp
markp on July 19, 2023 at 8:35 pm

Yes I will be running Oppenheimer here. Ran it this morning. Ill be there Fri and Sat, then 2 days off, 2 days on, 2 days off the rest of the run.

JB1981
JB1981 on July 19, 2023 at 4:07 pm

Will MarkP be running Oppenheimer in 70mm at this location?

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on December 11, 2021 at 1:24 am

If this place has upgraded to recliners, I doubt it still has 4,900 seats.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on December 11, 2021 at 12:30 am

Please update, it’s AMC Garden State Plaza 16

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on December 10, 2021 at 5:16 pm

the theater is now called amc garden state plaza 16. there’s also a dreamscape vr near the cinema that opened awhile ago.

markp
markp on June 10, 2020 at 8:42 pm

It could play in 70MM, (cinema 15). Its one of the 3 theatres I run 70MM at. However, I have not heard from Warner Bros about this theatre, or the other 2 in NYC that I cover.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on June 10, 2020 at 9:00 am

Could tenet play in 70mm here once they reopen in mid july?

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on May 21, 2020 at 6:11 pm

what amc should do when they reopen is to improve the regular projectors. Replace the seats. And keep prices stable.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on November 3, 2019 at 11:59 pm

Well whatever the technical cause was, the image was obviously too dark, a common problem at AMC. And Regal.

PeterApruzzese
PeterApruzzese on November 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm

There’s no “bulb” to turn down in a Laser projector.

RHETT52
RHETT52 on November 3, 2019 at 12:40 pm

Went to see Terminator in laser Imax. It was dark the entire movie including previews. Could see the picture but the bulb was obviously turned down. I went to lobby and told someone, but nothing happened. I hear theaters do this to save on the bulb. I also went to AMC Wayne and as the lights went down, a mouse came running past me. I left. A lousy weekend at AMC theaters!

JB1981
JB1981 on October 14, 2019 at 11:26 am

@Moviebuff why? Rockaway is really far away and doesn’t have IMAX laser

JB1981
JB1981 on October 12, 2019 at 9:43 am

Is the Paramus IMAX screen much larger than the one in New Brunswick. New Brunswick is closer to me… I’d like to check out Laser at some point. Wish it was coming to the Monmouth Mall AMC. Maybe next year. Trying to scope out the best place to see The Rise of Skywalker before tickets go on sale soon.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on September 27, 2019 at 3:38 pm

how is it? Can’t wait for rockaway to have it as well as clifton commons as most of the small imax projectors are being replaced with the laser PQ and AQ as well as seating to be on par with Dolby and other premium formats. How is the pricing compared to the previous imax in paramus?

B1G_Mac
B1G_Mac on September 25, 2019 at 9:28 pm

After three months of renovations (65 days, to be exact), the upgraded Laser IMAX auditorium with AMC Signature Plush Rocker seating opened here today.