Many thanks for uploading this video, which brings back many happy memories of Empire 1 and the wonderful ("military precision" timing!) showmanship of the presentation as it was then.
This is how the Empire 1, should be, Not that tarnished LIEMAX tv video wall they have now. What was Empire cinemas even thinking about wrecking its flagship for trade in for LIEMAX? RIP EMPIRE 1, Leicester Square, this was thee finest cinema with THX I found in the UK, presentation was just untouchable at the time with the laser-show and the curtain tabs was so elegantly looking. The red rocker seats was comfortable. The neon lighting system was out of this world. I think at the time Empire was taking on Warner Bros films as the new Warner was being rebuilt at the time.
And especially the animation! Also, the UCI logo was done via the SiliconGraphics CGI method, with music done via the E-mu Proteus modules, in Atlanta, Georgia, at Cinema Concepts.
@@DannyMB24 Yep. Cinema Concepts' animation studio in Atlanta, Georgia was involved with the UCI logo and policy trailer, for the SiliconGraphics CGI animation they did, as well as the music from the E-mu Proteus sound modules they also did.
The Empire Leicester Square was originally both a CIC (back in the 1980s and the early 1990s) and a UCI (from the 1990s to the late 2000s) cinema, but now, it's all Cineworld who took over the Empire Leicester Square.
The sound system was all Dolby. The main processor was a CP200, it was fully 70mm equipped and had a external Dolby spectral sound adaptor for 35mm films with that system, also some 70mm films used spectral noise reduction, rather than A type Dolby . Also making its first appearance is a Dolby Digital adapter, with reader head on top of the first projector. Dolby Digital was for 35mm films and killed off 70mm blow up prints very soon after. I saw Back to the Future at the Empire in 1985 and it was a 70mm blow up done for the better sound . Also in the sound system was a THX adapter. I am not sure of the number of speakers, various pictures have been issued in the past. But they floor to ceiling and there were five channels behind the screen. Left , right, centre, left extra and right extra. Hope this helps, I must admit I have never worked in the cinema business, it's a hobby
