Tu Cine
4140 W. 5415 South,
Kearns,
UT
84118
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Previously operated by: Consolidated Theatres
Previous Names: Plaza Theatre, Valley Twin, Cinemas 5
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Opened on July 2, 1964 as the Plaza Theatre with Tony Randall in “The Brass Bottle”. It was one of, if not the only, purpose-built 3-strip Cinerama theatres erected in Utah. (The Villa Theatre was retrofitted about 12 years after it opened.)
Construction on the Plaza Theatre began one month before “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” opened at the Villa Theatre and three-strip Cinerama disappeared from the Salt Lake Valley.
The theatre was split on August 24, 1977 and renamed the Valley Twin. It was split again on April 14, 1989 into a five-plex and renamed the Cinemas 5.
It remained a discount movie house until Consolidated Theatres finally closed it when new 24 and 15-screen megaplexes were built nearby.
The Cinemas 5 was then used as a venue for live entertainment before being reopened as a movie theatre on May 16, 2002 serving the Latino community called Tu Cine.
Ticket prices for Tu Cine were below what other area "mainstream" theaters charged at $5 for adults and $3 for children. The theater re-opened with Spanish-language versions of "Star-Wars: Episode Two", "Spider-Man", and "The Scorpion King".
The Tu Cine closed in the Fall of 2007.
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This theater is now closed after it last ran films with Spanish sub-titles. The theaters have also been completely stripped so it ever showing films again is not very likely.
Opened July 2nd, 1964 Plaza Theatre opening 02 Jul 1964, Thu West Valley View: The Green Sheet (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad: Plaza theatre opening 02 Jul 1964, Thu West Valley View: The Green Sheet (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com
Reopened on August 24th, 1977 as the Valley Twin Cinema and as the Cinemas 5 on April 14th, 1989. Grand opening ads posted.