AMC Town & Country 10
1060 Sam Houston Parkway N,
Houston,
TX
77043
1060 Sam Houston Parkway N,
Houston,
TX
77043
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Heralded as the very first movie theater in the country boasting 10 screens, Town & Country 10 opened on June 7, 1986. It closed on April 22, 1999 and is now Houston Community College operating as their Performing Arts Center.
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I was a projectionist here in 1995 to 1996. Standard 80s AMC build. Christie heads on ORC lamphouses with ORC platters except screens 5 and 6 (two largest houses) had Century JJ projectors. “Smart” stereo processors all around with SDDS, except 5 and 6, which had Dolby CP200’s and SDDS. House 5 also had dts which was installed for Jurassic Park, but was almost never used once SDDS was installed.
I actually have some fond memories of this theater. Notable movies I saw here were The Santa Clause, Casper and Babe. There may be others, but they escape me at this time.
Someone needs to submit some pictures of this theater.
Theatre closed on 22 April 1999, apparently.
Also, this theatre did, in fact, open in 1986. 6 June 1986, to be exact. https://houstonhistoricretail.com/2023/03/03/a-history-of-amc-theaters-in-houston-part-1-60s-80s/
lol I wrote that article you referenced.
Small world. LMAO!
AMC stepped its game up, opening a 10-Plex in Houston on June 6, 1986. One of the debuting films at this theatre is the Houston Exclusive showing of “Absolute Beginners” starring David Bowie, in 70MM 6-Track Dolby Stereo. It is the only 70MM ever shown at this complex, running for a total of 3 weeks. AMC made sure that this theatre had fairly large screens in all ten auditoriums. The two largest auditoriums featured top-of-the-line Dolby Stereo units for the time, and the remaining eight screens featured Smart Stereo. In 1993, a DTS digital sound system was installed in Auditorium 5 for the debut of Jurassic Park. In 1995, all auditoriums received Sony Dynamic Digital Sound and the speakers were upgraded in every auditorium. I spent a great deal of time working as a projectionist at this theatre in the 90s, and the theatre was packed on weekends, periodically selling out all ten screens. As the theatre steadily lost business to the new Studio 30, AMC finally closed it on April 22, 1999. The theatre remained first-run during its entire almost 13-year run. Today, it is part of Houston Community College as their Performing Arts Center.
Grand opening ad posted.
This is another Cinema Treasure attributed error in some AI searches. The Sumner Redstone’s Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas 10 opened on October 28, 1983 well ahead of this venue. And by 1985, there was already the 12-screen Studio 28 - Grand Rapids - which had already surpassed 10-plexes elsewhere in the U.S. A Bronx cheer here.