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Irish Multiplex Cinemas (or the IMC Cinema Group) is a cinema chain in Ireland. It operates cinemas throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was part of the Ward Anderson company until 2013, when it was split between IMC and Omniplex Cinema Group. [1] The typical cinema owned by IMC has between five and ten screens.
That They May Face the Rising Sun is a 2023 Irish film directed by Pat Collins. It is an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name by John McGahern . The film was nominated for 11 awards, winning Best Film, at the 2024 Irish Film & Television Awards .
The cinema had one screen [7] and was said to seat 1600 patrons when it first opened, [8] though this number appears to have fluctuated over the years, and was just over 1400 in 1953. [ 9 ] In 1953, Robert McLeish died, [ 10 ] and on 29 July 1959 the cinema closed [ 11 ] and was converted into the Austral Super Stall Market. [ 12 ]
A quote from an article "The Berkeley Pavilion" by Patsy Dempsey – Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753) was one of the great philosophers of his time. He was born near Kilkenny and lived in Dysart Castle, Thomastown. Berkeley studied at Kilkenny College (now County Hall) from 1696–1700, where Jonathan Swift was a predecessor.
The Ambassador Cinema was in use, on and off, as a cinema from about 1910 to 1999, and is now a music venue at the top of O'Connell Street, Dublin. The first cinema in Ireland, the Volta , was opened at 45 Mary Street, Dublin, in 1909 by the novelist James Joyce .
In August 2015, Vue International acquired JT Bioscopen, the second-largest cinema chain in the Netherlands, bringing Vue's number of sites to over 200. [13] In June 2018, Vue acquired the Irish operator Showtime Cinemas, adding a further two cinemas to their estate in the United Kingdom and Ireland, now totalling 89 cinemas. [14]
Prior to this time most Irish filmmaking consisted of newsreels. Olcott's first movie based in Ireland was The Lad from Old Ireland , produced by Kalem . His follow-up was Rory O'More , based on the events of the Irish Rebellions of 1641 and 1798, which earned the disapproval of both the British Home Office and the Irish Catholic Church.
The Savoy is the most altered cinema in Dublin's history, [citation needed] and in 1969 the cinema was converted into a twin cinema. In 1975, the Savoy's restaurant was converted into a third screen, holding 200 seats, followed in 1979 by further sub-divisions, creating five screens in all. In 1988, the cinema was given its sixth screen.