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Village Fountain Gate opens projected on the big screen,
On 2 November 2001 Village opened • • accompanied by live orchestra. Eleven
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their new Fountain Gate Cinemas in •• NEWSREEL •• celebrated animated cartoons,
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Narre Warren. The 10 screen complex •• CINEMA, THEATRE & • including: What’s Opera, Doc?, The
is the anchor tenant for the new • •• Rabbit of Seville, Rhapsody Rabbit,
lifestyle and entertainment precinct, •• SHOWBUSINESS NEWS • Corny Concerto, and Zoom and Bored!
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The Street, at Westfield’s Fountain • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • Wagner, Liszt, Rossini, and more,
Gate Shopping Centre. adapted into the unforgettable cartoon
Each of the auditoriums features a scores of Carl Stalling and Milt
full stadium design. The complex has a Franklin. Conducted and created by
total seating capacity of 2516, with George Daugherty with the MSO.
new styled seats derived from the Jam 29, 30 and 31 January at 7.30pm,
Factory “Ritz” design. Bar and cafe Melbourne Concert Hall. Book at
areas, and function facilities are TicketMaster on 1300 136 166.
included in the complex. Provision has
also been made for the possible The Melton Cinema re-opens as
addition of a further 4 cinemas. The Agora
The Trak Cinema. Photo: Kevin Adams. The former Melton Cinema Centre 3
Fountain Gate facts and figures... has recently re-opened as The Agora
• Seats and Screen Size per Trak Cinema re-opens – briefly Cinema with 2 screens. Operated by
Auditorium: Cinema 1 holds the largest The Trak Cinema in Toorak re-opened the former proprietor of the now-closed
capacity, and Village claim that it has for the 2001 Festival Of Jewish Agora Theatre at LaTrobe University,
one of the largest screens in Australia Cinema. For many years the Trak was the Agora Cinema Melton opened on
for mainstream cinemas. operated by Palace Cinemas who 14 October 2001. Proprietor Kail
Cinema Seats Screen Size closed the cinema in November 2000. Nathan has undertaken major
1 476 20 x 10.4 m Silvers Nightclub, located in the same renovations including: removing the
2 388 19.2 x 10 m building, took over the cinema. The third screen and installing stadium
3 286 18 x 9.4 m Festival ran from 8th November to 2nd seating and a bigger screen in Cinema
4 250 15.4 x 8.2 m December 2001. 1, bringing the screen forward; and
5 180 11.6 x 6.3 m installing Dolby DTS sound in both
6 144 11.6 x 6.3 m Bugs Bunny On Broadway cinemas. Future plans include re-
7 144 11.6 x 6.3 m Warner Bros. presents in association upholstering of all the seats in the
8 180 11.6 x 6.3 m with Victorian Arts Centre and complex. At present the Agora is
9 253 14.4 x 7.7 m Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Bugs operating as a single screen while
10 275 15.4 x 8.2 m Bunny On Broadway — a night of renovations are underway.
• Disabled and access lift service all classic Looney Tunes cartoons continued page 6
floors.
• Site Structure: Below: Village Fountain Gate Cinemas two days before the opening on
Level 1 – Complex entry point 2 November 2001. Photos: Kevin Adams.
Level 2 – Entry foyer, ticket box, candy
bar, toilet, lift
Level 3 – Cinema auditorium access
Level 4 – Projection area.
• Projection Equipment:
Projectors: 10 x Cinemeccanica,
Victoria 5 projectors
Lamp Sizes: 2 x 7000w, 4 x 5000w,
4 x 3000w Osram xenon globes
Make Up Benches:
5 x Cinemeccanica make up tables.
• Sound Equipment: 10 x Dolby CP650
Digital Processors — Dolby Digital all
houses.
Village Fountain Gate Cinemas is a
joint venture of Village Cinemas
Australia and Greater Union
Organisation. The complex is located at
352 Princes Highway, Fountain Gate,
Victoria. Tel: 03 8794 1600.
• Information provided by Village
Cinemas Australia.
Access foyer to cinema auditoriums.

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