80s Cinema Magnets
Description: General Cinemas opened August 1976 shortly after Rolling Acres Mall’s opening. The cinema and mall garnered negative publicity in 1991, when a fight between two young men outside the theater incited a panic. During the scuffle, a metal sign was knocked over which was mistakenly interpreted as a gunshot. Although gangs and the movie “New Jack City” (which was letting out at the time) were initially rumored to have been the problem, in actuality the scuffle erupted over one man taking the other man’s jacket. In 1992, the cinemas switched to a second-run, $0.99-a-show format, much to the dismay of mall management and tenants. In 1993, citing several years of unprofitability, General Cinemas opted to close the theater with three years s...
Description: Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy film sequel to 1977's Smokey and the Bandit. In this one, it's been a few years since Bo "Bandit" Darville and Cledus "Snowman" Snow made their famous 28-hour run from Atlanta to Texarkana and back with 400 cases of bootleg beer. We find that Bandit is now a washed-up has-been living in the past, until Big Enos and Little Enos make him another offer: Transport a live Elephant across country in 3 days or less. Despite receiving almost completely negative reviews from critics who felt that it suffered badly in comparison to the original, Smokey and the Bandit II grossed $10,883,835 in its opening weekend, the second highest ever at the time, and also set a record for an opening week.
