KANSAS CITY, KS 8220 Nieman Road Brookhollow Industrial Park Lenexa, Kansas 66214 Tel, (913) 492-0966 Gene Krull Ken Lang SEAHLE, WA 14020 N E 21st St Bellevue, WA 98007 Tel, (206) 641-4896 Twyla Odegaard LOS ANGELES, CA 3100 West Warner Santa Ana, CA 92704 Tel, (714) 751-2628 William Miller KNOXVILLE, TN Johnny Williams Tel (615) 522-1535 Home Office 51 Sugar Hollow Rd., Danbury CT 06810 Phone (203) 748-3889 Don and Mary Miller - Doug Teetor Technical Equipment for the Motion Picture Industry Offices in following locafions: TAMPA, FL Sunstate Commerce Park 4897A W Waters Ave, Tampa, Florida 33614 Tel, (813) 884-7909 Barney Bailey NEW ORLEANS, LA 1305 Distributors Row, Suite I Haratian, LA 70123 Tel, (504) 734-0707 Chiarles Achiee BOSTON, MA 381 Elliot St Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164 Tel, (617) 965-6630 Joe Rossi Response No 105 CINCINNATI, OH 3740 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45205 Tel, (513) 921-7770 Tom Fishier Robert Simminger DALLAS, TX 1620 North 1-35 Suite 308 Carrollton, TX 75006 Tel. (214) 446-2247 RW Pinkston BALTIMORE, MD 7210 Rutherlord Rd Baltimore, MD 21207 Tel, (301) 944-6230 Nick Moenssens ENGLAND Brian Hobbs Cinema Supply and Design UK Ltd London, England SOUND SORBIC technically Is the ideal acoustical wall panel system to work with 70 mm Dolby Stereo; 35 mm Dolby Stereo" and mono. SOUND SORBlC is also rated to meet acoustical criteria in houses equipped with Lucasfilm's THX' system. For full information on SOUND SORBlC call 1-800-821-3595. Or write: O'BRien* 5301 East 59th Street, Kansas City, MO 64130 Dnihv r,t'-ri'n" 1^ ,1 ingistcfrd u.tctnma'k ol Dult>y Lubaralones Cofporalion THX* (s d reg/s/efed Uademafk of I ucasttim UO nymg sound systems. I hey had recently come up with a new sound package that solved the problem of speaker placement [see sidebar], so they were the natural people for us to contact. "I had always been impressed with AMC, anyway," Stewart continues. "I liked even the small things, like the way that they spend a few extra dollars providing theatre seats with the cup holders. It has always seemed like they give a little bit more to their customers, and that's why we went with them." In January of last year, the LCCS debuted to the public in one of the auditoriums of AMC's six-plex in Torrance, near the home base of Stewart Filmscreen. Measuring 15 feet by 35 feet and designed to handle films projected both in 1.85 and in 'scope, the screen proved to offer even more surprises once it was installed. "Before we put the screen in, the theatre had been using a 3,000 watt bulb," says Gerald Nash. "We downgraded the bulb to 2,000 watts and when we measured the reflected light off the screen, it was still way above the SMPTE recommended standard. So not only are we giving the exhibitor a far superior image, but in the long rtm he will be saving on electricity and bulb use." There is also a LCCS in AMC's Century 14 complex in Century City, Calif, although it is so small as to not get the full impact of the system (the plan had originally been to install one of the screens in one of the large theatres, but AMC had already committed itself to using THX sound in those situations). Stewart Filmscreen does not have an exclusive relationship with the theatre chain — Gerald Nash says that Sigma Design Group is also working vWth Showscan on some proposed sites — but it is hoped that AMC will continue to support the LCCS and will give it a prominent place in many of the complexes that the circuit is building. Based on the results from the LCCS in AMC's Torrance theatre, that seems quite possible. "We are in constant contact with the managers of the theatre, and they tell us that the public has definitely noticed the difference," says Stewart. "In fact, we caused a slight problem for the theatre when they booked 'Beverly Hills Cop ir into two of its houses, including the one w\(h the LCCS. According to the managers, people who had previously experienced the quality of the image on the LCCS screen insisted on getting tickets for the LCCS-equipped theatre's screenings of 'Cop II,' and even chose to wait for a later show if necessary. "To g('t that kind of response without having posted a big sign out front t("lling people about the better screen is w.vy encouraging to us." MM 84 BOXOFFKE Response No 107
THEATRE PROFILE Kerasotes Theatres A view of their Jiagship theatre in Danville, III KERASOTES By Tom Wat thews Man.ij'iii}' Ktlitor Theatres new six-plcx in Danville. Ill , is further evidence of cxhihitions drive toward upgrading the conditions under which movies are viewed. The Kerasotes circuit already had four screens in the Village Mall in Danville when president Louis Kerasotes chose to expand the size of the linn's oper.iiion at that location Instead of retniKleling the existing building, the decision w.is made to start over from scraK h anil turn the new theatn- into what the cin nil now calls a prototype for all the th(-atre^ they intend to btiild in the futun;. Moving to a 20,()0n-s
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