Pittsford Plaza Cinema 9
3349 Monroe Avenue,
Rochester,
NY
14618
3349 Monroe Avenue,
Rochester,
NY
14618
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June 3rd, 1988 grand opening ad in photo section.
Recently Zurich has finished replacing all of the complex’s original seats with recliners. I believe they indicated that the seats that are on the stadium decks in the auditoriums that have stadium seating were not converted to recliners (just the floor seating in those auditoriums).
I can remember going to this theater and seeing one of the best movies never to win an oscar. that movie being “The Shawshank Redemption”. if I remember the theater may have only been ¼ full..saw many other movies there too, but cant remember which ones,
If memory serves, Dick Tracy was the only 70mm film there.
Here is the website for this theater http://www.zurichcinemas.com/
That is kind of sad, but I’m sure it provides a nice contrast to the Regal/Cinemark dominated local market. Not that I hate Cinemark, Tinseltown is my favorite local theatre by far!
The rear left theater in the General Cinema was THX certified. It had sand filled walls per Lucasfilm’s specifications and sat over 600 people. After General Cinema Corporation went out of business, the theater sat empty for awhile. Then it reopened under the name Entertainment Film Works. The main problem what that it still had the original 6 auditoriums inside, while other local theaters like the Regal and Cinemark chains had multiplexes with 10-13 auditoriums in them. The theater could not compete and eventually closed their doors. Then came Zurich Theaters. They purchased the theater and reopened it. One of the first things they did was to take apart the 600+ seat THX auditorium and convert it into 4 smaller auditoriums. As much as it saddened me, it was what the theater needed because now with 9 screens, it can compete and has been doing well. It is my favorite theater in the area.
Jim- You’re right. The theatre opened in ‘88 and was bought by Zurich in the 90’s. I don’t remember any 70mm movies there either
I remember that supermarket! Mom used to work at the KMart nearby, so we ended up going there once in a while.
Haven’t been in the theatre since Phantom Menace in 1999 (which was on their THX-certified screen).
When the theatre opened on June 3, 1988, they advertised 70mm capability in the local paper. Don’t believe they ever had any 70mm runs, however.