Growing up there was a magical place and what a place it was. The sights and sounds of adventures that filled its halls. This magical place was the Ram Triple Movie Theater in Chapel Hill. It was a second run $1.50 theater.
The child version of myself could and would walk to this theater with much frequency.
I loved it. It was in these auditoriums my love affair with movies began.
In the auditoriums of this once movie house I saw my first 007 movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, and thus I was introduced to my favorite cinematic creation. During the years I stood in their ticket lines I saw my first R rated feature, Air Force One starring Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman. What a thrill that movie was to see theatrically and I still get nostalgic when I pop the dvd into the player. The screens dazzled me with my first experience of a horror flick when I saw The Sixth Sense. I could go on with many more features and am still fondly remembering seeing the house lights fall and the film light up the screen. Needless to say I credit this theater as the place where my love affair with movies began.
Sadly though all good things must come to an end. Shortly after the century turned and the Y2K bug was put into the rear view mirror, the theater turned its house lights off for the final time.
I don’t remember the first nor last movies I saw at the Ram but each time I went I throughly enjoyed my time at the Ram and always will remember fondly the treasures I saw as a fell in love with movies.
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