Century Theatres

[wavedude83]

i remember this everyone use to clap in the theatre. i use to go with my family when i was a little .

[rwalford1979]

80s, this was the early 90s dude

[pho4ray]

80s forever!!!

[VennieToonsFilms]

Cinemark use to call there arcades Jumpers, now there using there accuired Brand's STARCADE Name.

[bekki650]

Wow, total flashbacks! I miss this promo.

[MikeAM78]

Brings back memories. I remember the night my friends and I went to the Century Theaters in Mountain View, I think in 1998, and got all set to clap, and when it started the music was completely new and had no real melody to clap along with. Everybody in the theater was disappointed.

[bekki650]

@MikeAM78 I did the same thing at the Century 12 in Redwood City. I was also disappointed when they discontinued it.

[haiderodes]

I loved the domed theatres. Too bad they don't build any of those anymore :(

[gregohls]

yeah they got rid off the union  in 1978.

[eyeh8nbc]

The ONE time I saw this trailer (in front of Schindler's List, which was ruined by low volume and an out-of-focus picture), I yelled out "THAT'S A LIE!" when they said "Your ticket to excellence." That was the last time I ever went to that theater.

They changed their name to Century because the name Syufy became synonymous with trashed film prints and other presentation problems! I like how they preserved the acid-trip carpet in this trailer though.

[MrEricSir]

clap clap clap

CLAP CLAP CLAP

[GateStudios]

The Syufy/Century anthem...one of the greatest movie theater themes of all time!

[InsaneDavid]

Ah, growing up in San Jose. Clap along everyone.

[phirephoto]

Oh, and I remember seeing this at the Century Cinema in Mountain View, California.

[phirephoto]

Oh man, memories. Opening night for a movie, I'd always try to start a clapping "marco - polo" type thing. Worked almost all the time with a full house. Sometimes the applause at the end of it got more applause than the movie :)

[mikntosh30012]

i never got why they tried to sell you snacks once you're already in the theater. do that many people forget to buy popcorn, but then do so when the movie screen tells them to?

anyway, i always find these things very charming; they must have discontinued these things by the time i started going to century theaters, 'cause i don't think i ever saw this.

[szr8]

That's because this was the policy used at Centry Theatres until around the late 90's. The one near me, which is still around but now a CineArts, had a create main dome theare, which imho was better than the auditoriums in the newer mega plexes that around around now.

[DrSurprise]

lol, i just relized they don't even say "please be curtious and turn off your cell phones and do not disrupt others by talking"

[disneyfan85]

I guess there weren't too many cell phones in those days, were there?

[Kajagoogoo3]

They did however say "Quiet Zone Ahead".

[DrSurprise]

what year is this from?

[MrEricSir]

I remember it from the early/mid 90's.

There's at least one theater out there still using this in San Francisco, believe it or not.

[szr8]

I live in Concord, which is near SF. Where exactly is this theater?

[Darthtiki]

I'd love to have the song for the iPod

[roxiewearsboxies]

cool

[tmq800]

Glad to see this again. I would always see this trailer before the movie began every time I went to Century Theatres from 1994-96.

[sonicandCodeLyokofan]

That music was from the Syufu Policy Trailer, or at least bits of it.

[Preshow69]

Syufy & Century were one & the same. This was library music they gave us to animate to - they liked the fact their patrons clapped along with it and didn't seem to know or care most of them were just making fun of it.  The narrator is Victoria Syufy.

[sonicandCodeLyokofan]

Ah. So Syufu gave you the music and you used it. Still, it's pretty good.

[fullofcomedy99]

aw....memories!!! I loved going to the "starcade!"