Mall of Memphis Cinema
S. Perkins Road and Mall of Memphis,
Memphis,
TN
38118
S. Perkins Road and Mall of Memphis,
Memphis,
TN
38118
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From the Mall of Memphis nostalgia website: “This Cinema opened October 7, 1981 and closed September 28, 2000 - Last movies shown at the Mall of Memphis Cinema as a General Cinema Theatre were "Bait”, “Highlander End Game”, “Nutty Professor II”, “The Klumps”, “Original Kings of Comedy” and “Scary Movie”.“ The last operator was Cinema Grill. The Mall of Memphis closed Christmas Eve 2003. The entire shopping center was demolished and the land is for sale.
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The Mall of Memphis was just South of Loop 240 and Nonconnah Creek and just East of Getwell Road. It was built on the landfills of the 1930s and was very impressive, with two or three levels, a skating rink, the usual mix of retailers, and the theater complex. You could stand in the middle of the upper level promenade and feel the floor vibrate as people walked by—not very confidence-inspiring. The theater had an entrance separate from the mall, and was curiously sterile-looking. It always reminded me of the sets from “THX-1138.” The auditoriums were small and unpretentious. Saw Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, and Martin Short in “Innerspace” there in the late 1980s, while suffering from mild food poisoning—a memorable experience.
Good article on GCC I just found.Thanks,I never Thought GCC would go under.
The bigger they are the harder they fall Mike.
At least you still have Loews or something close to it?
From the MOM nostalgia website: “This Cinema opened October 7, 1981 and closed September 28, 2000 – Last movies shown at the Mall of Memphis Cinema as a General Cinema Theatre were "Bait,” “Highlander End Game,” “Nutty Profesor II, The Klumps,” “Original Kings of Comedy” and “Scary Movie.”“ The last operator was Cinema Grill. The Mall of Memphis closed Christmas Eve, 2003. It is gone without a trace and the land is for sale.
I mad they destroyed this mall and theater. They should bring it back.
“Did the cinema close because the mall closed?”
I recall seeing the following here: Back to the Future, Return of the Jedi, DC Cab, Rocky III and IV, Ghostbusters.
There’s a truck dealer on the site of the mall.