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Empire, Leicester Sq., London |
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Photographed by: Thomas Hauerslev |
Date:
09.05.2015 |
The
magnificent Empire on Leicester Square in London, England. For many years
one of the leading 70mm houses in England.
• Go to the gallery:
Empire Cinema, Leicester Sq.,
London
• Go to the gallery:
70MM Cinemas in London's West End, September
1990
Send your memories of the EMPIRE to
Thomas
Stefan Adler (Sweden): Raped by digital, slaughtered
by Liemax...
Ben Wales (England): For me the Empire in the 1990's was a Mecca and
a Shrine for Cinema and on the odd occasion had a private screening complete
with pre Lazer Show a reel of 70mm.
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More in 70mm reading:
Gallery: Empire Cinema, Leicester Sq.,
London
Visiting 70MM Cinemas of London's West
End, September 1990
Dominion, London English Birthplace of
Todd-AO
70mm Film
Presentations in London, England 1958 - 2014
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The
big curved screen. 20 meters wide. Home of many 70mm premieres including
"Far and Away", "Backdraft", "Black Rain", "Top Gun", "Brainstorm", "Ryan's
Daughter", "Doctor Zhivago" and "Ben Hur".
Martyn Coates (England): This is where I first saw "Gone With The
Wind" 70mm version, (rather blurry pic of my original ticket stub! ) "Doctor
Zhivago", "Goodbye Mr Chips" (musical)and "2001 - A Space Odyssey".
David Stickland (England): Saw Earthquake at The Empire in 70mm/Sensurround.
A beautiful cinema butchered.
Martyn Coates (England): Yes, also saw "Earthquake" there, in
a vibrating "Sensurround" seat! I think the only other film I saw in that
"effects" format was "Rollercoaster", but not sure if it was at the
Empire.
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One
of the most beautiful large cinemas of the modern age, the Empire Leicester
Sq in all its colourful glory seen here in September 1990. The auditoria has
since been
split up into two cinemas. An IMAX in the screen end, back to back with an
"Experience" Dolby Atmos cinemas in the other end.
Derek Young (England):
"Logans Run" in 70mm at the Empire was one of the best presentations i
have ever seen in a cinema.
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Three
DP70 projectors side by side in the spacious projection room.
Andy Summers,
UK:
I saw "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" 70mm and "Star Trek" '89 70mm
marathon all with the sonic delights of JBL THX sound system and many
more 70mm and SR-D DTS shows. EMPIRE 1 was an impacting screen. Ilker
Sherif, was kind enough to invite me into Empire 1 box 14th February
1992, after I saw first performance of the day "Star Trek VI", in 70mm
Dolby Stereo SR SS (THX). I was wowed with the booth it looked like the
bridge of the starship Enterprise. Ilker, offered Empire coffee and
biblicists in the coffee room next to projection he, was a gentleman. We
talked about his early days starting as projectionist and mine at UCI
Tower Park, and even laughed when the coffee room floor vibrated when
the "subwoofer track" come in on some effects with "Star Trek VI" that
was one mighty tuned JBL sound power system THX certified, Empire 1 had.
Other films seen at Empire 1:
"Alive" Dolby SR-D (original THX)
"Cape Fear" Dolby SR (original THX)
"Timecop" DTS (original THX)
"Gladiator" Dolby SR-D (no THX)
"Transformers" Dolby SR-D (new THX)
"The Spy Who Loved Me" Dolby cinema digital (new THX)
"Toy Story" Dolby cinema digital 3d (threw the glasses away) (new THX)
"Star Trek" Dolby cinema digital
"Star Trek Into Darkness" (Dolby cinema digital, Atmos, 3D) (again threw
away the glasses)
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The
Empire at night with neon lights.
My last visit to Empire 1, was 9th May 2013 "Star Trek Into Darkness". I
knew after reading in Cinema Technology (on-line early 2013 issue)
Empire 1, was doomed and just didn't believe Empire cinemas could do
this to their own British and prideful flagship cinema. It is a sheer
and utter disgrace.
• Go to the gallery:
Empire Cinema, Leicester Sq.,
London
• Go to the gallery:
70MM Cinemas in London's West End, September
1990
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