Commack Multiplex Cinemas

100 Long Island Expressway,
Commack, NY 11725

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Bloop
Bloop on July 1, 2007 at 3:07 pm

LOL! SAPS! You rule! I think the smell is merely uncleaned movie floor. That place is a movie-goers nightmare

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on June 30, 2007 at 2:44 am

All screens will be equipped with Odorama. Oh, wait, they already are.

Vito
Vito on June 17, 2007 at 6:53 am

The project has been in the planning stages for quite some time. There are new inovations, or an improved version of the Cinema Delux concept, which will be included in the Commack design.
Stay tuned.

moviegoer
moviegoer on June 17, 2007 at 12:09 am

Well, I think they’re beyond the most agree it will happen stage, because I passed by the multiplex yesterday and there is a large banner hanging on it that says “Coming Soon, Cinema Deluxe 16, All Stadium Seating.”

No evidence of construction starting, but as far as I know this is the first public advertising that the project is a go.

Bloop
Bloop on May 19, 2007 at 11:45 am

First movie I saw at this crappy “Plex: "Amityville: 3-D”. (1983). Yeah bad smells in there.

Vito
Vito on March 30, 2007 at 8:16 am

CaptRon, The news is there is no news.
The on again-off again project is still well….on again-off again.
No date has ben established for the start of the new construction.
Its' a bit complicated with many variables still yet to be put in to place. But most agree it will happen….eventually.

RonMotta
RonMotta on March 15, 2007 at 9:31 am

Any news on what’s going on with this theater?

Vito
Vito on June 8, 2006 at 8:22 am

Yes Bway I would agree, however, circumstances I can not go into here will not allow it. The new building, which will be an improved Cinema Delux, will be state of the art.

Bway
Bway on June 8, 2006 at 7:26 am

Vito, so they are actually going to tear the old theater down before they build the new one? It would seem to make more sense to build the new one in the parking lot, and then later tear down the old one when the new one is built. Although I guess that would cause parking problems.

moviefriend73
moviefriend73 on April 24, 2006 at 12:20 pm

I never liked working at this theatre. We had several complaints about an odor and the ripped carpeting and the kids that came out on Friday night (we use to call Friday night “fight night” and would place bets about when, where and who would fight). The odor has been a mystery, we tried everything from deodorizers, changing the air filters more frequently to keeping the AC on all night in certain theaters (worst ones) to keep air circulating. Nothing worked (temp at best). As for the remodel it has been put on hold for another year due to poor sales last year. It is scheduled to be a delux like the one in holtsville one day.

Vito
Vito on March 26, 2006 at 5:57 am

Bway, my sources tell me the details are not completly worked out, but the current plan is to tear down the exsisting theatre and then build a Cinema Delux, perhaps later this year or early next.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on March 18, 2006 at 8:25 am

Very musty smell in here a lot of times.

Bway
Bway on March 18, 2006 at 3:43 am

IINM, NA is planning to build a new multiplex in the parking lot of the current one, and then tear the old building down.

kyl416
kyl416 on March 17, 2006 at 9:09 pm

I used to love going to this theater. I stopped going once National Amusements opened the new theater in Farmingdale during the mid 90s. The Farmingdale’s auditoriums were so much better with the cup holders and better seats. I remember Commack had one or two auditoriums similar to Farmingdale’s, they should have renovated more of their auditoriums to be like theirs.

moviegoer
moviegoer on May 4, 2005 at 11:38 pm

I live about 3 minutes away from the Commack Multiplex but since I got my driver’s license in 1991 I have only been there once. It’s a pit. Now I drive 20 minutes to get to the Island 16 or sometimes Regal Ronkonkoma or Loews Stony Brook. If NA is going to tear it down and open another De Luxe, that would be a welcome change indeed.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on February 14, 2005 at 10:55 pm

I think i read build first take down 2nd

Bway
Bway on February 14, 2005 at 10:53 pm

Will they fist build the new theater in the parking lot while continuing to operate the old building, or will they shut the theater down completely while construction takes place (which could be quite a while with the time of demolition to the end of new construction).
If it’s anything like the Island 16 in Holtsville, it will be quite nice.

cinemaboy
cinemaboy on February 14, 2005 at 12:36 am

The architect for this theater, as well as Boston’s Pi Alley, and almost if not all of the Sack Cinemas, and Sonny and Eddy’s Cinemas, and many independently owned cinemas, was Burt W. Federman. His office was in Park Square and he designed or “twinned” literally thousands of cinemas in the New England area. By the 1980’s, he designed many of the Showcase cinemas located in New England and the central atlantic states. He passed away in 1987. He had also developed a soundproofing system for cinemas which had been first used in a mutiplex he had designed in the Bronx.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on February 14, 2005 at 12:01 am

Soon to be torn down to make room for a new mega plex like island 16

Meredith Rhule
Meredith Rhule on November 1, 2004 at 10:37 am

The projection room here, as with the Sunrise in Valley Stream, is extremely long and narrow. It is like being in a submarine. If at one end or the other, you cannot see the other end of the booth. It is that far away. Only one projectionist is on duty at a time. To get from one end to the other at both places, a projectionist has to use a two-wheel foot scooter to thread projectors, start shows, raise and lower volume, check focus, etc. It is insane…

Bway
Bway on October 5, 2004 at 11:54 am

The Commack Cinemas is not closed yet, unless you mean the Multiplex Cinemas in Brookhaven linked above.

RonMotta
RonMotta on October 5, 2004 at 11:36 am

If this theater is torn down, does anyone know what’s going to happen to the neon signs in the lobby? I’d be willing to plunk down some cash for that “Rick’s Cafe Americain” sign.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on October 4, 2004 at 7:07 pm

i HAVE SUBMITTED THE RKO COMMACK TWIN AS A NEW THEATER

Orlando
Orlando on October 4, 2004 at 4:58 pm

The operation of this theatre has suffered in the past 8 years or so due to poor management and a facility in which cleanliness was not a priority. If money had been spent on the auditoriums, just to clean them up instead of the two remodels of the lobby and concession stands, this place would still have good numbers today. When I was there, this theatre was grossing over $150,000 a week and over $200,000 a week in the summer weeks. The concession was also huge topping over $50,000 a week in the summer with a concession payroll at below the 10% of the concession gross. If we only got commission then as they do now, there would be no excuae to have a theatre in this condition. Today it is the concession area and not the “movies” and their surroundings that are i9mportant to theatre owners. “It’s a shame, you know” as one of National Amusements' district managers use to say.

RonMotta
RonMotta on October 4, 2004 at 3:12 pm

Thanks for the info, longislandmovies. I always thought that the Multiplex ran it out of business. Do you know when it closed and what the last movie was?

I also remember seeing “Grease” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” there.