UGC FULHAM ROAD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- In 2000 I recorded the UGC Fulham Road, now after several owners it's the Picturehouse Fulham Road. It has been announced that this cinema is to close this Summer 2024 and be demolished and made into a block of flats. We visit projection and have a look inside one of the screens. Gordon is our host and he tells us some very interesting things about the cinema. This is a great memory of cinema.
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Fantastic upload, I worked here from 2017 to 2019 and much of this 90s rebuild still remained, but it was ageing quite a bit by then so nice to see it all when it was new. The downstairs bar had become a Starbucks and we were still doing very good numbers, around the third Saturday in January especially there'd be huge queues coinciding with peak Oscar season. Still a few random old UGC (and even Virgin) cinema logos scattered around then if you knew where to look! The Picturehouse rebuild made it look really stunning but it came just that bit too late, I don't think the audiences ever recovered post-Covid to keep it open unfortunately.
Some very famous audiences too, we had Kylie, David Beckham, Adele and even Princes William & Harry attend while I was there.
Hello Billy, Thank you for your most interesting comment. It's very sad it lost it's mojo. Picturehouse have just announced another closure. Their Bromley site is closing on 1st August 2024. Very sad times. It's good you have some great memories of your time at Fulham Road. Thank you for sharing them
I was a relief projectionist at his cinema in July 99 for the release of Star Wars EP1.... I worked as the Chief of Virgin Cinemas Ipswich... Fulham Rd requested cover as they didn't have enough staff and did not want to work a 17 hour shift... Star Wars ep1 had a crazy amount of performances planned each day to try and cash in on demand... I remember being stressed as I had never used that automation before... I survived and the show went on... a epic cinema, but sadly hacked up over the years to add the needed screens..
Hello Daniel, Thank you for your comment. It must have been exciting working some time at Fulham Road with the rush of London outside. Yes it looks an epic cinema. All the best.
Looks like a nice show, sad it's closing. Maybe since the video was taken, things have gone downhill, less patrons. Or just money, property is so expensive these days, I'm sure flats will make the owners more money than cinema ever would.
Fred, people knock multiplex cinema, but we would NEVER start a show on auto. I would always insist a projectionist start the show standing next to the projector. If anything could go wrong, it's quite likely to be on startup. Anyway, you always need to check, fine racking and focus.
In my old ABC Frier Street in Reading, all 3 screens had auto start but we NEVER used it. Even though screen 3 was a long walk through the gents, past the old, bombed dance hall, onto the roof.
Hello Mike, Good to hear from you. ABC (back in the day) Fulham Road was probably ABC's busiest cinema. It's in the best area, everything was going for it. When it was eventually bought by Cineworld who in turn, turned it into a Picturehouse cinema (Cineworld own Picturehouse cinemas). It is said that Picturehouse spent £2m on an upgrade to the cinema. As a Picturehouse Cinema it made no money? It was in fact loseing money. I had heard things were getting better, but then sadly it got sold. Thank you for your comment as always. Take Care.
where did you hear about the cinema closing? I contacted Picturehouse and they told me they weren’t aware of any such thing, and that the building can’t be demolished because it’s listed
Hello youjustpreviewed very impressive VHS collection by the way. Regarding your good question. Check this out (last paragraph) cinematreasures.org/theaters/17033 this is where I got the information about Fulham Road. I never act on anything unless I can reasonably justify a statement (as in this case). I now have it from other confidential sources that Fulham Road is closing. I'm not sure who you managed to contact at Picturehouse yesterday (Saturday) as the offices would be closed. I hope I am wrong and the cinema stays open. I am aware it's a listed building, but as the interior has been gutted I'm guessing that only the front entrance of the building is listed, which will form a new entrance to the block of flats. Thank you very much for your comment. Take Care.
Hello n@youjustpreviewed Just announced today that Picturehouse Fulham Road is closing on 11th July 2024. Sorry I was not able to disclose the date of the closure when I announced that (via Cinema Treasures) Picturehouse Fulham Road was closing.
In the 1970s (when it was ABC) this was my local cinema, along with the Paris Pullman. Is is still the Fulham Picturehouse? In the early 1970s I worked for Classic Cinemas, who were bought out by LMG, the Laurie Marsh Group who sold them tp Cannon, which became Cannon-MGM, then maybe Virgin, then maybe UGC.....then I lost track of what happened.
Hello NewZMan Thank you for your comment. That must have been great having the ABC as your local cinema. So you must have known it before it was cut up. You mention some memorable names from the past which I am fully aware of (being that old) Paris Pullman made me smile as I had forgot about that cinema. Take Care.
Strange irony, I actually went there to see "Thirteen Days" in 2001. So, I think you are one year out with your dating.
Hello Adrian, Thank you for your comment. When I date a video, I look at the posters of the films playing and then check them out against imdb, which I did on this occasion. it said 2000. However after your fine comment I re-checked, and sure enough it said 2000, but wait. I then opened up the released dates for the rest of the world (not the US) and sure enough the UK release was, as you correctly said 2001. Doh!!!! You got me!!!! I can't alter the video, but I will make a note in the description that it was 2001. Well spotted. I am so pleased you let me know. Cinema Treasures was reporting the closure and I saw it yesterday. So I checked around for verification and got it. I had footage of the cinema so hastily created the TH-cam video yesterday afternoon. All the best.
Quite frustrated watching this as I'm an auditorium fan and there was no footage of all the auditoriums including full view of the screen areas.
Hello Dark Vader, good to hear from you again. I have said this before. When I used to turn up at a cinema, mostly unannounced, I was always very grateful for whatever time the duty projectionist could give me. We did visit one auditorium, but I have to go where I am taken and most of the time projectionists don't have time to take me around and show me the screens. Gordon was amazing with me, talking to me on camera, and he did show me around the cinema, but obviously, we couldn't enter screens when a film was showing. Gordon was a great host. I agree with you it's nice when we can get in to see the auditoriums, but sadly with quick change-arounds for the next show, there often is no time. All the very best.
I did like the lighting in our UGC Hull as shown here too.. plus it's huge 50 ft screen....however the edges were rounded not square..can anyone tell me the reason for this ? Kindest regards Paul
@@fp30eI understand, it was not a criticism but just me building myself up to see the auditorium which never came. I totally get amd appreciate the fact that they still took time out for you whilst working.👍😊
@@newcamnoddy Hello, Thank you for your reply. This seems to be the way the French do screens. A lot of the cinemas in Paris don't have masking, and their screens nearly always have rounded corners.
Speaking of masking in this video, digital project _(the case here in Australia anyway)_ meaning is no longer a thing. Yes, digital projection has sharp edges, but the noticeable black level change is just abysmal. Bring back masking anyway I say 😡
Hello Mark, I totally agree with you about Masking. Without masking, assuming it's a wide proper Scope screen, on 1.85 you will have white screen showing each sid eof the image, which completely alters the contrast of the 1.85 projected image. This is what gets me about Dolby Cinema saying everything has to be black in the auditorium and the projection room has to be painted black, but from many images I have seen of Dolby Cinemas, many have no masking, so you are going to lose contrast straight away on non scope footage. Just for the record I have no problem with Dolby cinema. I think Dolby Vision is excellent. I would prefer Dolby 7.1 sound in preference to Atmos though. I am a great fan of Dolby. All the best.