Movies 2
2140 Jacksboro Pike,
La Follette,
TN
37766
2140 Jacksboro Pike,
La Follette,
TN
37766
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark, Premiere Cinemas
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Movies Twin Cinema
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La Follette, Tennessee went about 10 years without a walk-in theatre, as once the Cherokee Theatre closed its doors in June 1968, this small east Tennessee town was served by a drive-in.
The Movies Twin Cinema opened on November 16, 1978 with Burt Reynolds in “Smokey and the Bandit” in Screen 1 and Walt Disney’s “Hot Lead & Cold Feet starring Jim Dale & "The Madcap Adventures of Mr. Toad” (or the retitled reissue of the Walt Disney animated feature “The Wind in the Willows”) from “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad”. Located in La Follette on the same highway as the city’s drive-in, and really not that far apart. The cinema had decent size marquee and each screen holds a little over 200 seats. Last time I pulled in, the theatre was owned by Carmike Cinemas. Looking into the theatre one could see a very worn out theatre. Very plain, with for some reason a “Star Wars” poster taped on the wall (no “Star Wars” movie was playing). Maybe at one time they had a whole collection of posters on movies on the wall. I mean, it is called ‘Movies’. Premiere Cinemas operated the theatre during the latter half of the 1980’s Cinemark took over the theatre in 1989 and Carmike took over in 1995.
"Spiderman" was playing first run and admission was like, I ain’t making this up, $2.50 a seat! Boy, it is cheap to see a movie in small towns, but I don’t know how the presentation looked on the screen. It was closed by Carmike Cinemas in February 2015 when they decided not to renew its lease.
It became a church.
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Mike Rogers
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AKA:
THE MOVIES TWIN.
Owners:
Premier Cinemas Corporation, then
Cinemark Theaters, 10/27/85 – 11/9/95, then
Carmike Cinemas
“Dodgeball” was playing with “Spiderman”.I found the pictures i took and really the front of the theatre didn’t look that bad.I have seen worse.Admission was 3.00,not 2.50 but still a deal for first run.The inside was tacky .Checkerboard Square tiles Black and white in the ceiling and the same for the floor.
June 5 1980 and THE MOVIES has “DIRT” and “KRAMERvs.KRAMER” knowing that area i bet “DIRT” did better BO than “KRAMER” Saturday Late show and The Movies plays a X rated “FRUSTRATED WIVES” what is it with small towns and X rated movies!
June 5 1980 and THE MOVIES has “DIRT” and “KRAMERvs.KRAMER” knowing that area i bet “DIRT” did better BO than “KRAMER” Saturday Late show and The Movies plays a X rated “FRUSTRATED WIVES” what is it with small towns and X rated movies!
June 4 1981 and these big films are selling out.But remember these are small houses.“THE HOWLING” is staying another week along with a very weak Jerry Lewis movie,“HARDLY WORKING”,bet they did not have anything better to book. Coming next was that Horrible “LONE RANGER” film.and the DISNEY “DEVIL and MAX DEVILIN”.Hopefully,“SUPERMAN II” saved the summer.
Here is a 2010 photo.
thanks for a picture i have few, took some thru the glass door place looked like dump.really needs work or a new cinema..
The Carmike Movies 2 in La Follette closed in February, 2015. A January 23 report from ABC television affiliate WATE said that Carmike’s lease on the theater would be up on February 19, and that the building would then be converted into a new home for The Harbor, a community church.
it was a sorry theatre from what I could see,,i guess they drive to Knoxville for movies..lots of folks live there..
The Movies Twin Cinema opened its doors on November 16, 1978 with Burt Reynolds in “Smokey and the Bandit” in Screen 1 and Walt Disney’s “Hot Lead & Cold Feet” starring Jim Dale & “The Madcap Adventures of Mr. Toad” (or the retitled reissue of the Walt Disney animated feature “The Wind in the Willows” from “The Adventures of Ichabod And Mr. Toad”). It was the first movie theater to operate in LaFollette since the June 1968 closure of the Cherokee Theatre.
Premiere Cinemas operated the theater during the latter half of the 1980’s. Cinemark took over the theater in 1989, and Carmike took the theater over in 1995. Carmike closed the theater in February 2015 after the chain decided not to renew its lease.