content: UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  
  
                                _______________
  
  
                                   FORM 8-K
  
                                CURRENT REPORT
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  August 15, 1997
  
  
                            AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
                                       
          DELAWARE                  01-8747           43-1304369
  (State or  Other Jurisdiction   (Commission        (IRS Employer
         of Incorporation)        File Number         Identification No.)
  
  
  
  
  
  106 W. 14TH  STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO      64105-1977
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (816) 221-4000
  
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  ITEM 5.  Other Events
  
       The Company has issued a press release dated August 15, 1997
  announcing that the Company's stockholders approved a merger of Durwood,
  Inc., the Company's principal stockholder, into the Company.
  
  
  ITEM 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
       (c)  Exhibits
  
            99.1  News Release dated August 15, 1997 released by the Company.
  
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                  SIGNATURES
                                       
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1994,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
  
  
  Date:   August 22, 1997       By: /s/ Richard L. Obert
                                        Richard L. Obert
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Accounting and
                                        Information Officer
  
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
            Stockholders Approve Merger of Durwood, Inc. Into AMCE
  
  Kansas City, Mo. (August 15, 1997) AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMCE) announced
  that its stockholders today approved a merger of Durwood, Inc., AMCE's
  principal stockholder, into AMCE. In addition to receiving the statutory
  required vote, the merger was approved by a majority vote of AMCE's
  unaffiliated stockholders.
  
  The merger proposal was previously announced in April 1997. In the merger,
  stockholders of Durwood, Inc. will exchange their shares of Durwood, Inc.
  for shares of AMCE stock. Outstanding shares of AMCE's common stock will
  increase and outstanding shares of its Class B shares will decrease as a
  result of the merger. However, no aggregate increase in total outstanding
  shares will occur because shares of AMCE owned by Durwood Inc. will be
  canceled, and shares held by other stockholders will not be exchanged in
  the merger.
  
  Durwood, Inc. was primarily a holding company with no significant
  operations or assets other than its equity interest in AMCE. The merger
  will be accounted for as a corporate reorganization, and the recorded
  balances for consolidated assets, liabilities, total stockholders' equity
  and results of the operations of AMCE will not be affected. AMCE does not
  believe the transaction will have a significant effect on its financial
  condition, liquidity or capital resources.
  
  AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMCE) is an entertainment company principally
  involved in motion picture exhibition in the U.S., through its largest
  operating subsidiary, American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC). AMCE also is
  involved in exhibition in select international markets. AMCE, headquartered
  in Kansas City, Mo., has 2,052 screens, 228 theatres in 23 states, District
  of Columbia, Portugal and Japan. Its common stock trades on the American
  and Pacific Stock Exchanges under the symbol AEN, and its preferred stock
  trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol AEN Pr.
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text: UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  
                                _______________
  
                                   FORM 8-K
  
                                CURRENT REPORT
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  August 15, 1997
  
                            AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
                                       
          DELAWARE                  01-8747           43-1304369
  (State or  Other Jurisdiction   (Commission        (IRS Employer
         of Incorporation)        File Number         Identification No.)
  
  106 W. 14TH  STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO      64105-1977
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (816) 221-4000
  ITEM 5.  Other Events
  
       The Company has issued a press release dated August 15, 1997
  announcing that the Company's stockholders approved a merger of Durwood,
  Inc., the Company's principal stockholder, into the Company.
  
  ITEM 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
       (c)  Exhibits
  
            99.1  News Release dated August 15, 1997 released by the Company.
  
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                  SIGNATURES
                                       
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1994,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
  Date:   August 22, 1997       By: /s/ Richard L. Obert
                                        Richard L. Obert
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Accounting and
                                        Information Officer
  Stockholders Approve Merger of Durwood, Inc. Into AMCE
  
  Kansas City, Mo. (August 15, 1997) AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMCE) announced
  that its stockholders today approved a merger of Durwood, Inc., AMCE's
  principal stockholder, into AMCE. In addition to receiving the statutory
  required vote, the merger was approved by a majority vote of AMCE's
  unaffiliated stockholders.
  
  The merger proposal was previously announced in April 1997. In the merger,
  stockholders of Durwood, Inc. will exchange their shares of Durwood, Inc.
  for shares of AMCE stock. Outstanding shares of AMCE's common stock will
  increase and outstanding shares of its Class B shares will decrease as a
  result of the merger. However, no aggregate increase in total outstanding
  shares will occur because shares of AMCE owned by Durwood Inc. will be
  canceled, and shares held by other stockholders will not be exchanged in
  the merger.
  
  Durwood, Inc. was primarily a holding company with no significant
  operations or assets other than its equity interest in AMCE. The merger
  will be accounted for as a corporate reorganization, and the recorded
  balances for consolidated assets, liabilities, total stockholders' equity
  and results of the operations of AMCE will not be affected. AMCE does not
  believe the transaction will have a significant effect on its financial
  condition, liquidity or capital resources.
  
  AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMCE) is an entertainment company principally
  involved in motion picture exhibition in the U.S., through its largest
  operating subsidiary, American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC). AMCE also is
  involved in exhibition in select international markets. AMCE, headquartered
  in Kansas City, Mo., has 2,052 screens, 228 theatres in 23 states, District
  of Columbia, Portugal and Japan. Its common stock trades on the American
  and Pacific Stock Exchanges under the symbol AEN, and its preferred stock
  trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol AEN Pr.