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Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited

Locality: Newcastle, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4920 2850

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25.01.2022 Steel City Movie Days Steel City Movie Days by Crosley Carpenter was first published in Cinema Record Edition 1 - 2011, which is a publication of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society Inc. Crosley recalls at age five his first cinematic memory of seeing Walt Disneys animated One Hundred and One Dalmatians in the stalls at the Civic Theatre in Hunter Street, Newcastle.... At this time, in 1962 there were still six cinemas in the city, i.e. the Strand, Lyrique, Victoria, Tatler, Civic and Royal, and now there are none following the closure of the Tower Cinemas by Event Hospitality and Entertainment Limited on 5 December 2018. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to reopen Newcastles beloved Tower Cinemas by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this. We wish all our supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

24.01.2022 Rebirth of an Icon - Regal Cinema, Birmingham Gardens Rebirth of an Icon - The Cinema Regal by Crosley Carpenter was first published in Cinema Record Edition 1 - 2014, which is a publication of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society Inc. This is the story of Newcastles iconic Cinema Regal and how after its closure in 2006, closure a community based group "Friends of the Regal" was formed to work towards its reopening, which took almost 7 years to achieve.... You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to reopen Newcastles beloved Tower Cinemas by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this. We wish all our supporters a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

23.01.2022 Kings Theatre, Lambton 1954 Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre Late in 1945 a group of Newcastle citizens representing every phase of the Citys life launched a project to build a Memorial to honour those who had fallen in the great World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.... It was felt that the only fitting Memorial would be one, that, emblematic of the ideals for which these men and women made the supreme sacrifice, would minister to the spiritual and cultural needs of this generation and those to come. It was therefore, determined that rather than a Cenotaph or some Monolithic block of stone, it should take the form of a Cultural Centre containing a Public Library, a Conservatorium of Music and an Art Gallery. This proposal was warmly received and donations flowed in from every section of the community. One of the advertisers in the 1954 Souvenir booklet to commemorate the opening of the Newcastle Ware Memorial Cultural Centre was the Kings Theatre at Lambton. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

21.01.2022 Lyrique Theatre, Newcastle. Some photos of what is left of Newcastles historic Lyrique Theatre, taken on the afternoon of 6 May 2020. The entrance to the theatre was originally located in Thorn Street, but this was later relocated to Woolf Street. Both the Woolf Street and Thorn Street facades are being maintained in the redevelopment but nothing will kept of the auditorium that was situated between them.... Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to bring back cinema to inner city Newcastle. You show your support to bring back the cinema by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

21.01.2022 Lyrique and Showcase Theatres, Newcastle 23 Febuary 2020 The final curtain for Newcastles old Lyrique and Showcase Theatres.

18.01.2022 Contagion - a frightening prophetic film and why we should be staying at home at this terrible time Contagion is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, and Sanaa Lathan. The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify an...d contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative "hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderberghs films. Following their collaboration on The Informant! (2009), Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns discussed a film depicting the rapid spread of a virus, inspired by pandemics such as the 20022004 SARS outbreak and the 2009 flu pandemic. Burns consulted with representatives of the World Health Organization as well as medical experts such as W. Ian Lipkin and Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant. Principal photography started in Hong Kong in September 2010, and continued in Chicago, Atlanta, London, Geneva, and San Francisco until February 2011. Contagion premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy on September 3, 2011, and was theatrically released on September 9, 2011. Commercially, the film made $135 million against its $60 million production budget. It was praised by critics for its narrative and the performances. It was also well received by scientists, who lauded its accuracy. The film received renewed popularity during the 201920 coronavirus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYSyuuLk5g

18.01.2022 Civic Theatre 1954 Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre Late in 1945 a group of Newcastle citizens representing every phase of the Citys life launched a project to build a Memorial to honour those who had fallen in the great World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.... It was felt that the only fitting Memorial would be one, that, emblematic of the ideals for which these men and women made the supreme sacrifice, would minister to the spiritual and cultural needs of this generation and those to come. It was therefore, determined that rather than a Cenotaph or some Monolithic block of stone, it should take the form of a Cultural Centre containing a Public Library, a Conservatorium of Music and an Art Gallery. This proposal was warmly received and donations flowed in from every section of the community. One of the advertisers in the 1954 Souvenir booklet to commemorate the opening of the Newcastle Ware Memorial Cultural Centre was Newcastle Theatres Pty Limited, which was the leasee of the Civic Theatre. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

16.01.2022 Vintage cinema re opened after 10 years of darkness. Newcastles inner city, has now been without an operating cinema for over a year. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

15.01.2022 Reports of Australian cinemas death appear to have been greatly exaggerated, except in inner city Newcastle, where one by one Newcastle Citys cinemas and theatres have closed. Over the years we have lost the Strand, Lyrique, Victoria, Roma, Kensington, and Royal Theatres and lastly the Tower Cinemas on 5 December 2018. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

15.01.2022 You can now join the Friends of Iconic Cinemas to be kept up to date on what is happening. http://ems.gs/3HPw0bhcVDP

14.01.2022 The Theatre Royal at 669 Hunter Street, Newcastle, was the first cinema outside a capital city to be equipped with 70 mm projection equipment. This is a history of the Theatre Royal and the 70 mm films shown there was written by Doug Louden. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to reopen Newcastles beloved Tower Cinemas by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

13.01.2022 Victoria Theatre, Newcastle, 13 January 1955. These are pictures of the opening of Prince Valiant at the Victoria Theatre on 13 January 1955, following the installation of Cinemascope. Prince Valiant is a 1954 adventure film in Technicolor and Cinemascope from 20th Century Fox, produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Henry Hathaway, that stars James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, and Sterling Hayden. The film is based on the King Features syndicated newspape...r comic strip of the same name by Hal Foster. With closure of the Tower Cinemas on 5 December 2018 there are now no inner city Newcastle cinemas. Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to bring back cinema to inner city Newcastle. You show your support to bring back the cinema by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

12.01.2022 The classic 1999 psychological thriller film The Talented Mr. Ripley staring Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles is currently being screened in an arthouse cinema in Sydney. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of yo...ur time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

12.01.2022 Empire Theatre, Cessnock Whilst not about a Newcastle theatre or cinema this is nevertheless an interesting article about the Empire Theatre, Cessnock which was recently published in the Cessnock Advertiser. The Empire Theatre was the last theatre on the coalfields when it was closed by Greater Union (a predecessor company of Event, which closed the Tower Cinemas, Newcastles last inner city cinema). Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to bring back cinema to inner... city Newcastle. You show your support to bring back the cinema by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this. Advertiser.https://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au//the-mighty-empire/

11.01.2022 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang screened at Newcastles Theatre Royal from 18 December 1969 until 11 February 1970 in 70 mm. The Theatre Royal was the first theatre in Newcastle to be equipped to screen films in 70 mm. No cinema in Newcastle can currently screen 70 mm films. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

07.01.2022 Blinded by the Light is a 2019 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha, inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen.[5][6][7] Manzoor co-wrote the script,[8] with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. It is based on Manzoors memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N Roll.[9] Set in the town of Luton in 1987 Thatcherite Britain, the film tells the coming-of-age story of Javed, a British-Pakistani M...uslim teenager whose life is changed after he discovers the music of Springsteen. Viveik Kalra stars in the lead role, along with Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir and Nell Williams in supporting roles. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

07.01.2022 Parasite is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who also wrote story and co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won. It stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, and Park So-dam, and follows the members of a poor household who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family by infiltrating the household and posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals. The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 201...9, where it became the first Korean film to win the Palme dOr and the first to win with a unanimous vote since 2013s Blue Is the Warmest Colour. It was then released in South Korea by CJ Entertainment on 30 May 2019. It was praised as one of the greatest South Korean films ever made and one of the best films of the 2010s. It has grossed $166.1 million worldwide so far, becoming Bongs highest-grossing release and the third highest-grossing film in South Korea. Parasite received numerous accolades, with six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best International Feature Film, making it the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, it won the award for Best Foreign Language Film. It received four nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Original Screenplay. It also became the first non-English film to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Unfortunately Parasite and art house films like it have been very difficult to see in inner city Newcastle. You can support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the art house cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

06.01.2022 Theatre Royal, 15 March 1962 screens first 70 mm film in Newcastle In 1962, the theater became the first cinema outside of major cities to be equipped with the Todd-AO 70mm screen process. This necessitated extensive alterations and renovations, the screen was brought forward of the original proscenium area to accommodate a wider and taller screen, as well as new curtains. The Theatre Royal reopened on March 15, 1962 with Foxs Can Can and the seating capacity was reduced from 1,394 to 962 seats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_22vH7myjlc

05.01.2022 Theatre Royal, Newcastle. The Theatre Royal closed on 6th December 1989 with Erik the Viking and When Harry met Sally being the last films. Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to bring back cinema to inner city Newcastle. You show your support to bring back the cinema by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

05.01.2022 Tower Cinemas, Newcastle. The Tower Cinemas opened in Newcastle on the 29 April 1976 and closed on the 5 December 2018, a total of 42 years entertaining the people of Newcastle. Had it still been operating, it would have still been dark on its 44th birthday due to the COVID 19 Pandemic.... Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to turn the lights back on at Newcastles beloved and iconic Tower Cinemas in time for its 45th birthday party. You show your support to bring back the Tower Cinemas by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

04.01.2022 Theatre Royal, Newcastle. The Theatre Royal closed on 6th December 1989 with When Harry met Sally and Erik the Viking being the last films. Iconic Cinemas Proprietary Limited is working to bring back cinema to inner city Newcastle. You show your support to bring back the cinema by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page.... You can do this by scrolling across the either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.

02.01.2022 Adamstown Theatre 7 March 2020 The pictures include some interior shots and part of the old proscenium.

02.01.2022 Civic Theatre, Newcastle, Wednesday 17 November 1954. This is a picture of the Civic Theatre on the opening night of epic film The Robe in 1954, which almost succeeded in turning Hunter Street into a parking lot. The Robe was Twentieth Century Foxs first Cinemascope film to be released and screened at Newcastles Civic Theatre in 1954, when the Civic Theatre was screening films.... Following the closure of the Tower Cinemas, on 5 December 2018, there are no remaining cinemas in inner city Newcastle. You show your support Iconic Cinemas efforts to bring back the cinema to inner city Newcastle by inviting your friends to join our Facebook page. It takes only a few seconds of your time using a new Facebook feature and will assist us in increasing the number of supporters. Scroll either across the top or down the left hand side of our page until you find Community. 1. Select Community, 2. Click invite friends, 3. Click All 4. Wait 10 - 15 seconds Thank you for taking the time to support us with this.