Star Cinema is a movie theater chain owned by AGT Enterprises, Inc., of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, with nine locations in the states of Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 and Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 in the United States of America. Altogether, the chain's nine locations include 95 total movie screens, including Wisconsin's only IMAX

IMAX

IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...

 theater at the Fitchburg location. Eight of the nine theaters were built by Star Cinema, the exception being the Hilldale Theater in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, which was acquired in 2000.

Notable features

The Star Cinema chain uses large, decorated lobbies usually centered around a theme in all new theatres; for example, the Dubuque location's lobby is based on the Mississippi River, with a riverboat mural and river rock accents. Mints are served by an usher after every movie. In January 2008, AGT enterprises sold six of the seven remaining Star Cinema Locations to Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres. AGT Will continue to operate the Prarie du Chien theater.

Locations

• Reedsburg, Wisconsin
  Reedsburg, Wisconsin
  Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River. The population was 10,014 at the 2010 census. The city is in the Town of Reedsburg, but is politically independent...
  
   - Opened in 1992 - 6 Screens. Sold to Kerasotes/Closed for good
• Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
  Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
  Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,911 at the 2010 census. Its Zip Code is 53821....
  
   - Opened in 1994 - 6 Screens
• Sparta, Wisconsin
  Sparta, Wisconsin
  Sparta is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States, along the La Crosse River. The population was 9,522 at the 2010 census.-Notable people:*William Hawley Atwell, U.S. District Court Judge in Texas*Larry Baumel, NASCAR...
  
   - Opened in 1995 - 6 Screens. Sold to Rogers Cinema.
• Johnson Creek, Wisconsin - Opened in 1997 - 12 Screens. Sold to Kerasotes
• Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2,418 as of the 2000 census. It straddles four counties: Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk. The city takes its name from the dells of the Wisconsin River, a scenic, glacially formed gorge that features striking sandstone...
  
   - Opened in 1999 - 15 Screens. Sold to Kerasotes
• Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,260 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is a suburb of Madison and is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   - Opened in 1999 - 18 Screens (Three screens and an IMAX theater added in 2005). Sold to Kerasotes
• Madison, Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
  
   - Hilldale Theater - Acquired in 2000 - 2 Screens. Closed and demolished during the Hilldale renovation. Replaced by the Sundance 608.
• Council Bluffs, Iowa
  Council Bluffs, Iowa
  Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...
  
   - Opened in September 2003 - 16 Screens (An IMAX theater is scheduled to open in 2008 (http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=623)). Sold to Kerasotes
• Dubuque, Iowa
  Dubuque, Iowa
  Dubuque is a city in and the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2010 its population was 57,637, making it the ninth-largest city in the state and the county's population was 93,653....
  
  - Opened in July 2005 - 14 Screens Sold to Kerasotes