Regal UA Falls 12
9000 SW 136th Street,
Miami,
FL
33176
9000 SW 136th Street,
Miami,
FL
33176
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Please update, the theatre name is Regal UA Falls 12, the old name UA The Movies at The Falls could be listed as previous names. The theatre reopened after 2 year shutdown due to Hurricane Andrew and became 12 screens on January 28, 1994 (Grand Opening ad in photos section). Total capacity is 1753. This is a basic old school UA Multiplex from the 1980’s still open in South Florida. At rivest266, another ad posted with the expansion, your directory had 2005.
Yes, I also remember The Falls ending at the movie theater in the early 80s. I attended UM until ‘85, and saw many films there. I also often visited the original Banana Republic, when it still sold jungle-themed clothing/items.
Regal is proposing adding four new screens and luxury seating:
Regal Cinemas Plans Upgrades for UA Falls 12
The way I remember it, I thought the mall originally ended at the movie theater, before being expanded down to Macy’s with the remodeled and enlarged movie theater now in the mall’s middle.
I saw “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion“ at The Falls. I remember being glad I had driven down and made it into the theater before a nasty-looking thunder storm had reached me. … Eventually I could hear the thunder through the walls, then with maybe 20 minutes left in the film, the power flicked on-and-off a few times, the image on the screen froze, and the film strip melted! ….. A hole began in the middle, then expanded outward, consuming Romy and Michele, leaving an empty white screen in its wake. The projector’s bulb then ceased while the sound continued another second or two in the darkness, then the lights came up. … The projector was started and stopped a couple times malfunctioning in different respects, then several minutes later an usher came in to tell the people who hadn’t already left that the film would not be restarting. … Today their projectors are probably digital with no film strip to melt. …. In 2016 I still have not seen the end of the film. (It’s almost time for their 20th year reunion, so maybe I’ll get to see it. : ) )
Here’s an interesting thread I found on the IMBd page for the film with people discussing why they did or didn’t attend their reunions and how they feel about such things.
February 8th, 1980 grand opening ad is at View link