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Title: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: SFEnnisSF on June 26, 2007, 11:39:01 pm

I grew up with General Cinema Theatres (GCC) in the 80's and it's really fun to see these again!  :D


Links to these videos are in the post at the bottom of this page...  Scroll Down  :D

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: David In Indy on June 26, 2007, 11:49:10 pm

Eric, THESE ARE GREAT!!!!! I LOVE it!!!

I managed a General Cinema movie theater from 1981-1984 (Castleton Square I II III) and I saw/heard these dozens of times every day!

What a blast from the past! I had no idea they posted these on youtube. I wonder how they found them?

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: Phillip Dampier on June 27, 2007, 12:06:27 am

And then way before that:

General Cinema's Feature Presentation
Uploaded by joecool85

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: David In Indy on June 27, 2007, 12:17:40 am

That was the General Cinema logo when I was a teenager back in the 1970's Phillip. We heard it all the time. It still sounds very familiar to me!  :D

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: David In Indy on June 27, 2007, 03:44:23 am

God, I can't get enough of this thread. I keep revisiting it. All these wonderful General Cinema trailers are flooding me with memories; especially the ones from the 1970's and 1980's. Thanks you Eric and Phillip for giving this audio/visual scrapbook!  :D

I remember General Cinema was part of the Pepsico Corp. We only served Pepsi products such as Pepsi, 7-Up and Sunkist. I remember if someone asked for a "Coke", we had to ask "Is Pepsi okay"? LOL They were afraid of lawsuits I guess. Oh, and we served some disgusting, syrupy fruit punch and lemonade too. AWFUL tasting stuff, but it sold like hotcakes.

People had a fit when we raised the price of a pack of Twizzlers or a box of Junior Mints to .85 cents, and the price of a matinee ticket to $1.25. Can you believe that?? A jumbo bucket of popcorn was $1.50. 

Those were some of the best days of my life, managing that movie theater. The pay was terrible and the hours were long, but it was my first REAL job, and I got to fly to Boston twice a year to attend company meetings. GCC was headquartered near Boston.

Thanks again for posting this thread!  :D

It's amazing how something as simple and silly as a General Cinema trailer can bring back so many memories!

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: Ellemeno on June 27, 2007, 04:10:41 am

This is the one that seems to ring the most bells for me:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQEQWnIv6I[/youtube]

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: ifyoucantfixit on June 28, 2007, 04:51:04 pm

          I cant get any of them to work..says they are no longer available

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: Phillip Dampier on June 28, 2007, 05:51:21 pm

Unfortunately, all of these videos have been suspended for "copyright violation" on YouTube, although a quick investigation of the complainant makes me highly suspicious as to whether he has any standing to file a violation complaint, as I indicated to the content owner.

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: Phillip Dampier on June 28, 2007, 09:51:08 pm

I have been able to hunt down at least one replacement for the now missing vids:

GCC General Cinema Feature Presentation Trailer (1986)
Uploaded by joecool85

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: SFEnnisSF on September 26, 2007, 02:53:29 am

1970's

Feature Presentation:
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1752&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic


1980-1986

Policy Trailer
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1775&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic

Feature Presentation:
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1766&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic


1986-1993

Coming Attractions:
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1811&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic

Also Showing:
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1812&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic

Feature Presentation (AKA Floating Candy  :D):
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1808&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic


1993-1996

Coming Attractions:
(view this one since Film-Tech doesn't have it up on their site)
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/general+cinema/video/x2faq5_general-cinema-1993-coming-attracti_ads

Also Showing:
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1814&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic

Feature Presentation (AKA The Candy Band  :D):
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1827&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic


1996-2001

Feature Presentation featuring The Candy Band   :D
http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/wareview.php?id=1809&category=3&winw=992&winh=571&style=classic

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: SFEnnisSF on May 06, 2008, 10:35:22 pm

Check out these Regenerated GCC trailers.  :D

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdHBdF5jG8[/youtube]

Title: Re: 80's General Cinema Theatre Trailers
Post by: SFEnnisSF on May 06, 2008, 10:36:57 pm

Regenerated..   :D

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzp7FfzPoek[/youtube]