In Theatre 3, where Skanun and his nephew, Matt Adams, 11, were among 30 people who turned up to watch Jim Carey in Bruce Almighty, the air was an unusual aroma of popcorn and bug spray.
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"We've got 12 grandchildren and every one of them prefers seeing a show at Highlands to going to a big city movie theatre," said Ruby Wilkes, whose family has owned a cottage on a nearby lake for three generations. For many cottagers in the surrounding 80-kilometre radius, a visit to Stata's theatre has become a summer tradition. My first reaction was: "It's incredible,' " said Wesley Skakun, 41, of Vancouver as he lined up to buy popcorn - $4 for a decent sized combo - at the theatre during a recent visit. "It's not your average movie theatre, that's for sure. Only when you step through the double-glass doors - where the garage should be - do you realize you've stepped into a celluloid oasis. The only hint is a small marquee that's largely obscured. Hidden in a bit of bush, on the hill just outside the village limits, it looks like an average two-storey house. "It's on the left as you go out of town, you can't miss it," said the clerk behind the counter of one of Kinmount's two general stores. This season - from May to Thanksgiving - 50,000 moviegoers are expected to enter Keith Stata's home to enjoy the movie experience in the middle of cottage country. Highlands Cinemas, a 550-seat complex with five theatres showing first-run movies, has drawn customers from the surrounding area for more than two decades. KINMOUNT, Ont.-On the border of the Kawarthas and the Haliburton Highlands, this village of 300 boasts an unusual demographic: More movie theatre seats than people. About Us "It's not your average movie theatre"
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