Cinema Theater “Alatau” ( Tole Bi St., 41) - a former cinema in Almaty with 592 seats. The soundtrack of the films was carried out in the Mono / Dolby-A / Dolby-SR / Dolby Digital / Surround EX / SDDS (Sony) formats, providing 8-channel digital sound. The total power of the speakers is 14,000 watts. The equipment was intended for the rental of films of the first category and premiere cinema halls [1] .
| Cinema | |
| Alatau | |
|---|---|
 Cinema Alatau in 2006 | |
| A country |  Kazakhstan |
| City | Alma-Ata, st. Tole bi 41, corner of st. Kunaeva |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Construction | 1959 - 1960 |
| Date of Abolition | |
| Status | Torn down in 2015 |
| Material | Concrete, brick |
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 Closure and demolition
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
History
It was built in 1960 . At the building, the main entrance is buried under a canopy between the lateral risalits. The canopy is supported by four round posts and a beam along it with transverse consoles tapering to the cornice. Showcases are placed on the risalits with blind ends. Rectangular windows on the walls with embroidered seams of tile cladding have different sizes. The zone of exits from the auditorium is made in the form of galleries with seven square columns connected to the wall in the upper third of the height by narrow beams, the two-part end of which cantilever extends on the front faces of the columns [2] .
The building is typical (architect E. Dyatlov, I. Popova), the auditorium originally housed 780 seats. Here, meetings were held with prominent figures of cinema and theater. Together with the Propaganda Bureau of Soviet Cinema, the Young Cinema Friend club was organized, as well as patriotic, legal, and atheist education clubs. Since 1980, "Alatau" - a cinema of the highest level. In 1980, it was visited by 890,900 spectators [3] . He supervised the construction, commissioning, and was also the first director of the Alatau cinema: holder of the Order of the Battle Red Banner, two orders of the Red Star, Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, WWII veteran, Colonel Nysanbaev Erkebulan Nysanbaevich.
In 1993, by the decision of the head of the city administration Nurkadilov No. 316 dated 08/02/1993, the Alatau cinema together with the Arman cinema was transferred to the enterprise "General Directorate of International Film Festivals" Kazakhkinofest ". After a year, the directorate goes into debt and takes out a loan at Kazkommertsbank for a certain percentage of shares. The first loan does not repay and under the remaining block of shares Kazakhkinofest again takes a loan from the same bank. After a certain time, both cinemas for debts pass to Kazkommertsbank [4] .
On July 23, 2000, the Alatau Cinema reopened after restoration. The cinema hall for 592 seats is equipped with a Strong Millenium 2000 projector. The soundtrack of the films is carried out in Mono / Dolby-A / Dolby-SR / Dolby Digital / Surround EX / SDDS (Sony) formats, which provide 8-channel digital sound. The total power of the cinema speakers is 14,000 watts [5] .
In 2011, a new modern, digital cinema equipment was installed - the BARCO DP2K23B projector [6] with the Dolby 3D system [7] .
Closing and Demolition
Since 2013, the cinema has not been working. The owners of the cinema building were mortgaged, as a result they did not repay the loan, and the mortgagor put it up for sale. The cost of cinema sales is $ 6,500,000 [8] [9] .
In 2014, it became known about the purchase of the McDonald's franchise by Kazakh businessman Kairat Boranbaev [10] . In August 2015, information appeared that the first burger would appear on the site of the Alatau movie theater [11] . The city council of the city of Alma-Ata approved the construction of McDonald's restaurant [12] , architecture officials said that the city should not be turned into a museum [13] . The public of the city opposed the demolition of the historic building of the cinema, but it was nevertheless demolished in October 2015 [14] .
Rewards
- The best cinema in the nomination "Choice of the Year 2000" [15] .
- The best cinema in the nomination "Choice of the Year 2001" [16] .
Notes
- ↑ Cinema "Alatau" . Otau Cinema. Date of treatment March 24, 2008. Archived May 24, 2008.
- ↑ K. Samoilov, ARCHITECTURE OF THE KAZAKHSTAN OF THE 20-CENTURY
- ↑ Alma-Ata. Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. Kozybaev M.K .. - Alma-Ata: Ch. ed. Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia, 1983. - S. 88-89. - 608 p. - 60,000 copies.
- ↑ Continent. The process has begun (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 26, 2001. Archived February 27, 2016.
- ↑ Poster.kz. Cinema "Alatau" . Date of treatment August 9, 2009. Archived February 27, 2016.
- ↑ barco. Cinema Alatau . Date of treatment September 26, 2013. Archived on February 29, 2016.
- ↑ Kino.kz. Cinema Alatau . Date of treatment September 26, 2013. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ krisha.kz. Almaty cinemas put up for sale . Date of treatment August 9, 2009. Archived on September 7, 2014.
- ↑ kn.kz. Almaty cinemas put up for sale . Date of treatment August 9, 2009. Archived on September 7, 2014.
- ↑ tengrinews. McDonald's will open in Kazakhstan in 2015 . Date of treatment November 13, 2014. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ tengrinews. In place of the cinema "Alatau" may appear McDonald's . Date of treatment August 11, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ tengrinews. Almaty City Council approved the construction of McDonald's restaurant . Date of treatment September 19, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ zakon.kz. Almaty residents did not defend the Alatau cinema . Date of treatment October 9, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ tengrinews. The cinema "Alatau" was demolished in Almaty . Date of treatment October 9, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ kino.kz. Cinema "Alatau" . Date of treatment October 9, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.
- ↑ kino.kz. Cinema "Alatau" . Date of treatment October 9, 2015. Archived October 11, 2015.