Though cinema in Indonesia can be dated back to 1926 when the first silent film “Loetoeng Kasaroeng” was made by the directors L. Heuveldrop and G. Kruger with the Indonesian actors from the NV Java Film Company, its premier being held on the 31st of December in 1926. The Indonesian film industry was begun to be controlled by the Japanese occupiers in the Second World War period after its generation in the colonial period when Indonesia was under the control of the Dutch. The film industry in Indonesia was in its greatest form in the 1980s when numerous hit films like Blok M and Catatan Si Boy were produced in Indonesia, with most of these popular films being featured by top Indonesian actors such as Nike Ardilla, Parmitha Rusady and Onky Alexander.
Presently Indonesia is home to several popular movie theaters and chains, some of the most established of all this Movie Theatres and Cinema Chains in Indonesia being the 21 Cineplex Group, Blitz Megaplex and MPX Grande. The biggest movie theatre and cinema chain in Indonesia is that of the 21 Cineplex Group which owns movie theatres and cinemas in about 24 cities of Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Bali. At present playing Pulau Hantu, Game Plan, Beowulf, Enchanted, Kingdom, Quickie Express, Stardust, Hitman and Medley, at the cities of Medan, Jakarta and Lampung, the 21 Cineplex Group is also offering at present a wide number of interesting opportunities for jobs exclusively at their official headquarters in Jakarta. 21 Cineplex Group also owns the Cineplex 21, Cinema XXI and The Premiere. Cineplex 21 is the biggest network of Indonesian cinemas while Cinema XXI is a fashionable network of cinemas that has designed with the most recent technologies to be exclusively sited at the foremost Indonesian cities. The Premiere is the most modern Indonesian network of cinemas that shows the new movies having a seating capacity of 36 only in each of its venues.
Currently showing Footsteps, Eternal Summer, Quickie Steps, The Kingdom, American Gangster, Game Plan, and many other movies, the famous Blitz Megaplex is featured with several Function Rooms, a GameSphere, a BlitzCafe, a BlitzStore, a db music store, and the trendiest Smoking Room the city of Jakarta. Also offering spacious, elegant and cozy interiors and smart and chic lounges and seats, Blitz Megaplex provides you the ultimate movie-going experience in Indonesia. At present showing Stardust, The Game Plan, The Kingdom, Om Shanti Om, Enchanted and Hitman, the famous Indonesian movie theatre, the MPX Grande is located on the 9th floor of the Parasaya Theatre Building in Jakarta.
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