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The man who forever changed our movie going experience has taken his seat in that ultimate balcony in the sky.
You know we here at AICN spend alot of time covering film and filmmakers. We talk about Directors, Writers, The Stars and Star Wannebes, Effects Teks, Animators, the list can go on and on, but we seldom mention any one at the other end of the spectrum, the distributers end of the business. The local theater is just accepted as being there. Oh, we'll mention the local venues here in Austin from time to time in reviews and if we're writing about a World Premiere we'll make note of "The Chinese", or "The Egyptian", or "The Westwood", but never the people, its always just the places, the hallowed halls of motion picture viewing. Except for Tim at The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema here in Austin I don't think once in our 5000 stories we've given you the name of the owner of a venue, or the name of a distributer. That's a shame. They do alot to mold our movie going experiences for either the good or the bad.
Well, ol' FATHER GEEK is going to take a little time and space, and devote it to a man who has changed forever the enviroment in which we enjoy our favorite flicks. STAN DURWOOD has died at the age of 78 in Kansas City. Unless you're in the film distribution game you've never probably heard of him, but you have definitely seen, heard and sat-back in his handy work. You have undoubtedly benefited from his vision, his energy, and his investments. STAN DURWOOD is credited with inventing the multiplex theater. He built his first four-plex movie theater in Kansas City in 1966. In 1969 he came up with his first six-plex movie house. In 1960 he took over the family owned company and has steered it out of Kansas across the country and around the world. His company now operates complexes that house up to 30 screens each.
Under his leadership and vision STAN DURWOOD's little family-run business has blossomed over 30 years into today's AMC Entertainment, one of our nation's largest grossing movie theater chains. His vision of the multiplex entertainment facility now dots every suburban mall in the country. DURWOOD's company now operates 2,729 cinema screens in 23 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Spain, Portugal, Japan, and Hong Kong, and its still just a growing boy. It was people like STAN DURWOOD that made today's blockbuster possible. He helped to move the Motion Picture Theater out of the center city and into the suburbs where the people lived, where most of us lived. He moved the cinema into the next century. Like it or not movie going was never the same after STAN DURWOOD came on the scene. Enjoy your new reserved seat in the balcony STAN, you earned it! Save a good one for FATHER GEEK when he gets there in about 25 years or so.
Under his leadership and vision STAN DURWOOD's little family-run business has blossomed over 30 years into today's AMC Entertainment, one of our nation's largest grossing movie theater chains. His vision of the multiplex entertainment facility now dots every suburban mall in the country. DURWOOD's company now operates 2,729 cinema screens in 23 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Spain, Portugal, Japan, and Hong Kong, and its still just a growing boy. It was people like STAN DURWOOD that made today's blockbuster possible. He helped to move the Motion Picture Theater out of the center city and into the suburbs where the people lived, where most of us lived. He moved the cinema into the next century. Like it or not movie going was never the same after STAN DURWOOD came on the scene. Enjoy your new reserved seat in the balcony STAN, you earned it! Save a good one for FATHER GEEK when he gets there in about 25 years or so.
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hat's off to mr. durwood... i know EYE've enjoyed what he's done... more than likely took it for granted too.
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a great loss to be sure. We'll miss you.
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Oh, good. I thought it was someone important.
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Damn. This sucks. AMC is still my favorite. I remember going to the Dallas AMC Grand it's opening weekend. Saw "Crimson Tide" and "Die Hard 3". The movies were second to the experience, though. The theatre was HUGE. I couldn't belive it. The first time I sat in stadium seating (of course it didn't matter, 'cause I was in the second row...) The curved screen, the sound. It was insane. Some people don't like the multiplex, but it's still my favorite way to enjoy a film... I know this is choppy, but I just don't know what to think.
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Kansas City sure lost an important civic leader today. He was the main advocate of revitalizing the downtown with a huge entertainment district, with an AMC megaplex as the anchor. he will be missed.
By the way, not to nitpick, but he lived in Kansas City, MISSOURI!
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...who invented, or brought to movie theaters, the cup holder? Or was that some other guy who also dies resently? That guy is cool. God bless cup holders, and god bless this guy.
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Aug 09, 1999 6:41:47 PM CDT
This one's gonna make a huge impact upon society as we know it!!
by el duderino
Why god why!?! Take my life instead!! All kidding aside, I anybody associated with movies that dies is always going to be a tragic loss, even if its Leslie Neilson. I hardly knew thee, yet I salute you, and may you rest in peace.
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Services for good old Stan will be held at 12:35, 2:30, 4:00, 8:30, and a late viewing at midnight.
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Aug 09, 1999 9:17:22 PM CDT
The good Dr. Durwood created a Frankenstein monster...
by edward peregrine
...that has altered moviegoing not necessarily for the better. While the AMC's I've been to have been clean, well-supervised and -operated, and had good presentation, they have been using nasty hardball tactics to muscle out independents who aren't even trying to compete with them. My experience in an art theatre was marked by numerous occasions AMC took away films we should have been playing, only to have empty houses for them when they showed them. They couldn't be content with their choice Hollywood hits; they had to steal our crumbs as well.
I find it so ironic that their "AFI 100 Year Celebration" Feature Presentation snipe had so many shots of beautiful, ornate movie palaces, the kind of theatres they helped to systematically put out of business. Not to mention out of 100 years of movies, and movie comedy, they had to pick the unfunniest scene from the unfunniest movie in modern history to put in their reel: Robin Williams lame-o weepie MRS. DOUBTFIRE.
Stan Durwood was a visionary who should be heralded for reinventing what was a dying business in the '60's. But he's going to also be smoking a turd in purgatory for what that invention has done to the mom and pop theatre operator. -
but to stoop as low as to disrespect this man's death. That's low. He may not have been important to you but I hope someone says the same about you when you pass on. For those of you who said something nice, that's a classy thing to do. But for the others (Darth Taun Taun), you're fuckin' sick.
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It made the studios shoot for large opening weekends instead of sheer staying power. It made marketing *the* important part of a movie's finacial success. Big budgets have been around since the days of the silents; the public has gained nothing from blockbusters except memorabilia. Although, to blame it all on this man wouldn't really be fair...someone else would have thought of it, I'm sure. I guess I have a hard time soluting a capitalist who starts medling with art.
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Thank you for making me laugh aloud during this time of mourning.
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Yeah, I guess we did all kind of grow up with Stan's handiwork, and while I can definitely agree with the poster who mentioned taking business away from the mom and pop theaters, I also think it's quite noble for a large chain to try to push more independent films into the spotlight (instead of saturating the market with all the Hollywood junk). I grew up in a town (Olympia, WA) where we had ONE escape from Hollywood films. The Capitol Theater. It's not the greatest place to go see a flick, but it's OK. But the capitol theater only had ONE screen (you can probably see where I'm going with this) and the sheer amount of independent films out there couldn't ever hope to fit into the capitol theater's limited time slots. But alas, we had no AMC in Olympia. Nope. We had ACT III (which later became, gag, Regal). Regal owns that town, and ALL the people of Olympia ever get to see are trashy hollywood films. There's 13 screens total in Olympia, and when three of em are taken up by shit like "Stepmom", well, it leaves one yearning. We had to hope and prey that the indie we wanted to see would make it to the Capitol (which, unfortunately, didn't always happen). So, hats off to Stan for going out on a limb now and then and bringing a few risky movies to his theaters. By the way, kkrankk, you stole the words ride out of my mouth. Comic genius Darken.
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it's sad that this man has died, as it is sad when anyone dies...but, mulitplexes suck...the AMC where I live can't hire a decent projectionist to save it's life, same goes for Regal...I work at an art house theatre, and we don't really have problems with these theatres trying to open movies that we open (if they do open the same flick by chance, we always do more business anyway because the AMC is in the ghetto part of town and the Regal is in the snotty~new money~part of town whereas our theatre is in the excellent~old money~part of town and has been there for 53 years and people just love our theatre for the classicness of it...hey, is classicness even a word? well, if not, then it is now...hehehe). But, when I first moved here (I'm from a small town where the only 4 theatres we had were all Carmike...blah!) I'd never been to a huge theatre with Stadium Seating and I thought, "WOW! This is going to be so rad!" And, it sucks...first of all, you have those morons with piss problems running up and down the steps to use the bathroom or people who just have to get that bag of popcorn AFTER THE MOVIE STARTS running up and down the steps...word of advice: you go to a movie to watch a MOVIE...if you're going to get popcorn or use the bathroom or whatever, do it BEFORE THE SHOW!!! And, for those of you who like to arrive late to movies: IF YOU ARE LATE, DON'T EVEN BOTHER COMING IN!!! That irritates me!!! What's the point of even going to see a movie if you're going to miss the beginning??? Geez, people! It's not rocket science!!! Okay, second of all, the AMC and REGAL that is here, always have awful prints...they are always scratched to hell...I mean, I've seen movies there in thier first run that looked like somebody took a freakin' razor blade and just ran it all the way down the film...AND, the sound is so AWFUL in thier theatres...but, apparently it's only where I live because a lot of you have said that the ones where you live have great presentations...well, anyway, I do projection and I know how a movie is suppose to be shown...and, the way they've presented movies should be illegal...I feel like if the filmmakers knew about it, they'd torch these two eyesores...oh, and that's the third thing...MULTIPLEXES ARE EYESORES!!! How come these days, everything has to look like an alien landing pad??? Okay, I'm off the soapbox now :o) I hope this man will rest in piece and have a beautiful afterlife because he deserves to...just as everyone deserves to :o) Smiles to all!!!
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Quit playing those damn "Lets all go to the movies" ads!!
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does/did this chain (AMC) refuse to show movies that has been rated NC-17? If so.....well, you know..
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So Harry,
This is the first time Ive commented on here although I plan on more in the future. I have worked in the exhibition side of the industry for some time. While the industry will miss Stan Durwood and he has been the pioneer of the "megaplex", let us not forget that he also helped create the monster that is the movie theater as we now know it. Up to the late 70's, movie-going was something special. You used to have these beautiful single or double screen theaters that would have anywhere from 800 to 2000 seats. Remember the true "STAR WARS" hysteria? I'm not talking about "THE PHANTOM MENACE" show every thirty minutes type. I'm talking about the true phenonmena of people standing on line for hours every day waiting to get a peek at the film while it played in the "EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT" which also stopped when the multiplex was formed. Theaters used to be palaces. Now they are carbon copy messes where you can watch a movie on a thirty foot screen and eat buffalo wings. Dont we all miss the 60 - 70 foot wide screens that you can truly appreciate a Cinemascope film? Next time you walk into your multiplex, take a good look at how the theater's masking is. You get better ratios on your DVD at home then you do in the theater. Especially if the multiplex was cheap enough to put in up and down masking which gives you a large 1.85 but a horribly trimmed 2.35 or a one size fits all which has no masking at all for a film shot in 1.85. That's why the use of 70mm has disappeared. Not because it's too expensive. It's because there aren't enough proper theaters around anymore to present it. Movie theaters used to be Popcorn, Soda and Candy. Now besides them you have Nachos, Pretzels, Seasoned Fries, Chicken Fingers & Buffalo Wings just to name a few. Is this a theater or a drive in(another sadly dying breed)? Have you ever smelled it in a theater when a kid behind you is eating buffalo wings during a movie? Why do movies like TITANIC become so infrequently now? Because exhibitors have built so many screens that no one has to wait to see a movie anymore. Sold out? Okay, there's another show in less then an hour. That's why you see movies dropping 40 - 50% in their second weeks and beyond. You think that if this was 1977 that THE HAUNTING would've dropped over 50% in it's second week? It wouldve gotten stronger and stronger building audience excitement to see it. In 1977 not only did we have people waiting hours to see STAR WARS but I can remember as a child waiting HOURS outside the ZIEGFELD theater in Manhattan in the fourth week trying to get in and finally making it. But now we can walk up anytime of the day and be guaranteed that we will see that film within the next few hours. I mean, did anybody have a hard time seeing PHANTOM MENACE? Exhibitors keep playing these multiple prints and the studios keep laughing all the way to the bank because all they are doing is paying the studios higher percentages on their product because the shelf life for a film only lasts a few weeks now. If theaters keep this up, they are going to cannibalize each other and eventually wither away. The only reason PHANTOM MENACE was able to continue to gross what it did is because George Lucas made all theaters sign a contract forcing them to keep it in their biggest houses for a minimum twelve week run. The average theater would have come out of PHANTOM MENACE by it's 6th week tops. If any theater dared to come out of the film before the twelve week run was completed, Lucas charged them full percentages of what the film's projected gross would have been for the remainder of the run. Believe it or not, many theaters in the 7th or 8th week started using this option because the grosses were so poor, they couldn't bear the losses as the new pictures were passing them by. Fox was able to report this income in their weekly grosses even though some theaters weren't even playing it. Likely, a scenario like this won't happen again because the backlash was too much and the bottom line was theaters did not rake in as much over the long haul for PHANTOM MENACE as they were hoping. I hope my diatribe here wasn't too meandering but I welcome the chance to comment on the exhibition industry anytime. In conclusion, Stan Durwood, Rest In Peace. The exhibition industry may soon be joining you. -
While I feel bad when anyone dies, the multiplex is not a good thing. I'd much rather drive to the city, to see a movie in a large movie house with great sound than go to the burbs with one of these 24 screens-the-size-of-closets theater just 'cause it's closer.
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i truly am sorry for this people, and not wanting to take anything from the deceased, but he did not "invent", or come up with the multiplex. The "inventor" if you will, is a Canadian, named Nat Taylor. If you don't believe me, chedck out http://www.heritageproject.ca/media/minutes/expanded/taylor.htm
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I just wanted to say that the AMC 30 in Cantera has to be one of the best theaters I have ever been to. Not only is the sound the best I have ever heard, but the service is great also. I also wanted to say that even after being open almost two years the place is in perfect condition. I believe that the employees of the AMC 30 have a lot of pride in their theater and that pride comes from good leader. That leader was Stan Durwood. Good job Mr. Durwood.
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Dude, with all due respect to the rosiness of your nostalgia,I must differ with you. In what way was it BETTER to have to wait hours or days or weeks to see a movie rather than being able to see it opening day without waiting if you wish? In what way was it BETTER to drive all the way downtown to see a movie in a "pretty" theater, when you're going to be sitting in the dark anyway? In what way was it BETTER to sit in narrow, creaky seats with shot padding and no cupholders, no reclining, no rocking, no footrests? In what way was it BETTER to have fewer choices in food and drink? From my point of view (and I am old enough to remember the "good old days," the movie-going experience is vastly improved in all these areas. The only downside that I can see is that with all those screens, it's apparently hard to find competent projectionists, or to keep the prints/projectors clean. (The last time I saw The Phantom Menace the print was inexcusably filthy.) And if a film grosses $100 million, what does it matter if it's in the first weekend or the first three months? I believe a vast number of people are seeing films now who would never do so (including myself) if all we had was one of those antique Bijou-type theaters.
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...since that's one feature the multiplexes have eliminated. :(
While it's sad to see anyone with vision and drive go, I have to question whether the multiplex is a step towards a better movie experience. At least, it isn't in my opinion.
Postage stamp sized screens, seats you can barely squeeze into (and I'm a skinny white boy), zero legroom... all in the name of cramming a few more customers in front of a few more screens.
Recently I've noticed a backlash against this, and I say "About *(@&!$ time!". I remember the theatre from the town where I grew up... plush seats with plenty of room, a screen that filled your entire field of view without having to break your neck in the first row (thereby getting a skewed perspective to begin with), and a honest to god, separate entry from the lobby, stairs you could kill yourself on *balcony*.
That's the last time I've seen a balcony. (That same theatre was split into two screens soon after I saw The Empire Strikes Back... not even Special Edition could hold a candle to it, since *that* I saw at a multiplex.)
Recently there have been a couple of actual-theatres-mutated-into-multiplexes gutted around Seattle to restore them to their original look, atmosphere, and *style*.
Multiplexes, in general, do not have style. They have cattle yards, waiting stalls, and basically treat the customer like a piece of meat.
I want style. I want class. I want going to the theatre to be an *experience*. Otherwise I'll wait for it to come out on video, and watch it on my THX home system.
I have nothing against the gentleman in question... I sincerely hope that he *has* found his balcony seat.
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A few years ago I actually spent some time with Stan at AMC's corporate HQ. He was a very pleasant, gracious, and charming gentleman. His plans for stadium seating, SDDS, and global expansion SEEMED innocuous and even impressive (boy was I naive!) Even when he insisted that his goal was to make AMC the #1 theater company on the planet, I did not detect any Dark Side...yet. Of course, at the time I had no idea what horrific carnage his execs were about to unleash on the moviegoing public, via the AMC MEGAplex concept. While it is true that Durwood the Entrepreneur gave America the multiplex, armrest cupholders, and other such "state-of-the-art" innoventions, it's also true that AMC is NOW barely above Regal as far as crap "quality" goes. His company's late-90's policies have RUINED the theater industry into a shameless example of modern corporate rot. It wasn't always this way. As recently as the mid-90's AMC still embraced THX standards and QUALITY digital sound; hired well-trained professionals (at least for its large-market flagship theaters); and pleased its growing base of customers by allowing the friendly staffs of its multiplexes to run their operations via local autonomy. Customers AND employees were awarded AND rewarded. But once AMC's newly greed-obsessed, power-mad global conglomerate mentality seized control, all standards flushed down the pisspot. Why? Standards require money. Standards may please the moviegoers, but they also crimp the bottom-line of the stockholders. AMC may have been a very wealthy company before, but that wasn't good enough. Durwood and his cronies decided that quantity (30 crap screens' worth) is more important that professionalism. The company now has NO hiring standards and as a result the bulk of their new employees are dumpster drek. Incompetents so pitiful I usually have to coach them as they're attempting to serve me. THX is now reviled as an unnecessarily extravagant luxury because "as long as the public sees the SDDS logo they're satisfied"...DESPITE the fact that AMC's supposedly digital sound is now gutted and flimsy and hollow, totally lacking the feel that Lucas, Gary Rydstrom, and the Skywalker gang always intend for us to experience. Speaking of whom, on a number of occasions I've encountered Lucas and his family watching movies while on vacation... although we never talked about it, I have a feeling that George had to be perceiving the gradually slipping standards at modern megaplexes, and thus that was part of what led him to mandate the new Dolby EX system, since too many theater companies think their customers are ignorant gullible low-lifes undeserving of quality presentation. You wanna know why so many people have embraced home theater and DVD? Durwood's misguided change-of-heart has cursed AMC with a corroded Wall Street mentality inconsistent with caring craftsmanship. I used to cherish the moviegoing experience. All to often I now detest and loathe it. I still love movies, but megaplexes are now tainted by memories of what quality standards USED to be. Mr. Durwood, I salute you for your early contributions to the theater industry. Your family and friends will miss you. But I cannot ignore the sad "state-of-the-art" despair into which you allowed megaplexes to sink. Rest in peace.
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i'm sure mr. durwood loved movies like we all do...but as many above have pointed out, his legacy of 30 tiny screens in ugly neon shoeboxes is not exactly noble. and why are we all suffering through fucking commercials on movie screens now?
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Who do we mourn next? The guy who invented neon lights? THe guy who invented plastic pink flamingos? The guy who invented radio commericials? MULTIPLEXES SUCK MY ASS! I avoid the 8 and a half dollar white trash cesspools whenever I can. Theyre tacky, ugly, cheesy and they are the best example of capitalism over art. Also, they contribute to the pollution of young minds (any 13 year old knows that the way to see THE MATRIX or NATURAL BORN KILLERS is to buy a ticket for a PG movie an then sneak into any damn movie you want because no one there cares!). Why should we be nice just cuz he's dead?! Im only 20 years old but i want to something meaningful with my life, not just make a bundle of money. This guy Stan... he chose to make a bundle of money, so thats how he should be remembered. Im going to do something good, so that when i die, Ill be remembered for it. When a greedy capitalist pig dies, ill remember him as being a greedy capitalist pig. its not disrespect; its honoring the choice he made in life... the decision to be selfish and serve oneself. Live like that--die like that. so fuck him. MULITPLEXES SUCK MY ASS!
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First, I heard Darken's joke a few weeks back on "Dennis Miller Live," but we'll let that slide. Second, if we spend all our free time getting our testicles in a twist over dead people, we will self-destruct. Are all of us in a weeping stupor because Thomas Edison died so many years ago, and he invented the light bulb? No. Fuck him. He's dead. We're alive. I guarantee you he would not have cared if you died, so why should we care? Call me when someone really important kicks off.
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On the one hand,multi-plexes allow for many movies at one venue,therefore making moviegoing more convenient for the masses. And my favorite multi-plex, the Framingham 14, looks like a mecca from afar. But the multi-plex has also given their owners an opportunity to conspire with distributors to put mindless drivel on 2 and 3 and 4 screens, while putting 'less marketable' or 'too highbrow' movies on only one or none,thereby ensuring that whatever the studios WANT to sell will sell.Independent movies are relegated to independent theatres, in a kind of segregation based on production cost. Worst, the multi-plexes (at least in my heavily-populated area) are all owned by a few massive companies. It's a symptom of this time of economic growth that consumers have fewer and fewer choices in whose salary to pad. The generalization is not that far off:the world almost IS run by 3 companies.Mr.Durwood was a pioneer in fascistic capitalism and consumer complacency, and he was a very rich man when he died. He didn't have a benevolent vision. He had ambition,but that's all he can be credited with.
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i stole that from Craig Kilborn. the best show on late night
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Stan Durwood's AMC gave me a job right out of Highschool and for that I thank him and the company. I worked at Northcross Six, The Americana, The Aquarius Four, and lastly the Riverside 8. He not only made the megaplexes popular but he also helped keep the old theatres alive including a few drive-ins around the US. He had a vision and he saw it to fruition, bet you wish you could say the same. Training was info packed for each of the different positions (box office, concession stand, usher and booth work) we then had to take a test to remain in each of the different positions. He wanted us to know our jobs have a good time doing them and smile when we greeted each guest(customer). I still see movies about 2 times a week and I sill miss the Americana the most, but am very glad that the advances in the industry have come about. The things I learned working for AMC for 9 years is more than I can write here and probably way more than any of y'all want to read. So, STAN thanks and God Bless you.
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I for one WILL NOT be mourning Mr. Durwood's passing. L'Ateur, Kamehameha, and Ben Asslick are right on the money.The invention of multiplexes is NOT something to praise or honor in any respect. The multiplex has done MORE to harm quality of movie exhibition than just about any other factor. It plays right into the hands of greedy, appothetic, theatre chains who want maximum cash with minimum quality or fuss. Can anyone who reads this site have a POSSITIVE multiplex experinence lately? I FUCKING DOUBT IT!! The whole concept of quality entertainment is shit on regularly as hollywood studios and theatre chains partner up to do as little as possible on each end while still raking in the bucks off of us poor shmucks. Even if Stan Durwood did not invent the multiplex as some say, he helped perpetuate it more than any other. FUCK HIM and Nat Taylor and everyone else responsible. I have lost respect for Father Geek. His hypocracy is unbelievable when viewed next to his fond memories of the "good ole days" with LARGE, SINGLE SCREENS, and QUALITY PRESENTATION. Ask him how fond he is of today's 500 plex craporama. I'm pissed off now and I'm glad I won't be at the funeral services because I know just WHERE I would relieve myself!!!
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I work for an AMC megaplex with 24 screens in OKC, OK. I am not old enough so was never able to enjoy the pleasure of a 1 or 2 screen theatre, but I did work for an amc multi-plex before the megaplex opened and I have to say that the multiplex was a better theatre. It had better employees because it didn't need 150 people to run it, 30 was about the most it ever saw so getting rid of the bad employees was easy and keeping the good ones was doable although not always. I never met the man Durwood but as far as I am concerned he was a decent guy who wanted his staff and his customers to be happy. Here in OKC, hoever, the multiplex is gone for the most part with 4 competeing megaplexes representing 4 different companies. I respect what Durwood did in his "changing the way you see movies" but I wish the industry had stopped with the 10 screen. A multiplex was more of ahome type atmosphere, the megaplex is a big circus that tries to cram everyone into it for the max amount of money. And for those of you still living in multi-plex cities try to keep it that way because you may be impressed with the stadium seating and the digital marquees but you will stay happy with your local 6 plex selling out. For my sake I hope amc continues to grow and prosper even after their cofounders death. Rest In Peace Mr. Durwood.
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Yet another example of America claiming to have invented something that was invented by someone else years before. What else do you think you invented? TV (Baird, Scottish), insulin? (Banting and Best, Canadian) or maybe the telephone (Bell, Scottish but living in Canada). Face it, Scotland and Canada account for all world inventions ever, and you're all just jealous.
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the guy only died like two weeks ago, good to see you're on top of this one Harry. He must have meant a lot to you.
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