About Fay's Twin Cinema
Address: Cnr Milligan and Oxley Sts
Taree 2430 NSW
Phone: (02) 6552 4600
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Fay's Twin Cinema opened on December 26th, 1982, and has been serving Taree & district as it's movie venue with the Howard family as owner/managers ever since.
The cinema is named after Mrs Fay Howard, late wife of cinema owner Don Howard. Fay had died suddenly earlier in 1982, and Fay's Twin was built in tribute to their shared vision of a brand new cinema complex for Taree.
The first film, opening Boxing Day, was ET:The Extra Terrestrial, and from Day 1 the cinema has proven to be a great success thanks to the amazing support shown by the people of the region.
Don continued to run the day to day operations of the cinemas until the early 1990's, while son Peter immersed himself more and more in the cinema business until he was ready to take the reins. Don still has some involvement with the cinemas in a technical capacity, however these days the husband & wife team of Peter and Jaire look after daily cinema operations, accountancy, advertising, and programming.
The most successful films over the life of Fay's Twin Cinema to this point have been Titanic (1997/98), and Australia (2008/09). Perhaps suprisingly, followed by some Australian-made comedies, led by Crocodile Dundee (1986), Strictly Ballroom (1992), Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Castle (1997) and Crackerjack (2002). Australia (2008), Mao's Last Dancer (2009), Avatar (2010), Red Dog (2011), Last Cab to Darwin (2015), and Ladies in Black (2018) have been more recent standout successes. Again, many of the most successful films are local Australian titles!
Other very successful and long running films at Fay's have included the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars films, ET: The Extra Terrestrial, and the Toy Story and Shrek titles.