Name/Title
Admission ticket: Hoboken Cinemas,"Avatar" in 3-D, 409 14th St., Hoboken, Feb. 27, 2010.Entry/Object ID
2012.002.0004Scope and Content
Admission ticket to Hoboken Cinemas showing of motion picture "Avatar" in 3-D, 409 Fourteenth St., Hoboken, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Printed ticket stub, 1-5/8" x 2" high. See objects 2012.002.0005 for a pair of 3D eyeglasses used during the show.
Adult admission, $14.00. The movie theater was part of the chain, Clearview Cinemas, and had opened in its new multi-screen theater to the general public on October 23, 2009. (A ribbon cutting ceremony and special showing of a film was held on Wednesday, Oct. 21.)
[Note: in mid-2013, new ownership took over the chain; it was re-named Bow Tie Cinemas.]Acquisition
Accession
2012.002Source or Donor
Staff / Collected byAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffCredit Line
Museum Collections.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
2010 - 2010Archive Notes
Date(s): 2010General Notes
Note
Notes: Avatar was not the first 3-D film, but it was done with new technology and became an event in its own right. Its success led to many other films being done in 3-D or converted to 3-D. At the same time, television manufacturers were bringing to market early versions of 3-D television.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-03-21