content: UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                            Washington, D.C. 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) July 14, 1999
  
  
                            AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
       DELAWARE                      1-8747              43-1304369
  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission          (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)             File Number)       Identification No.)
  
  
  
  
       106 W. 14TH STREET
       P.O. BOX 219615
       KANSAS CITY, MO                              64121-9615
  (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (816) 221-4000
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Item 1.  Changes in Control of Registrant.
  
       As a result of the death of Mr. Stanley H. Durwood, former Co-Chairman
  and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a change in control of the
  Company may be deemed to have occurred.  However, the events described
  herein do not constitute a "change in control" as defined under the Company's
  credit facility or note indentures.
  
       Following Mr. Durwood's death, the Company's Board of Directors named
  Mr. Peter C. Brown Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  
       At the time of his death  on July 14, 1999, Mr. Durwood was the
  principal stockholder of the Company.  His holdings included 4,041,993
  shares of Class B Stock, or 100% of the shares of that class.  Each of these
  shares has ten votes per share, and Mr. Durwood's Class B shares generally
  represent 67.5% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of
  the Company, other than in the election of directors.  In the election of
  directors, holders of Class B Stock are presently entitled to elect 75% of
  the Board of Directors.
  
       Legal title to Mr. Durwood's Class B shares is held by  the 1992
  Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust dated December 12, 1992, as amended and restated
  on August 12, 1997 (the "Voting Trust"). The Voting Trust has issued a single
  Voting Trust certificate to the trust created under the Revocable Trust
  Agreement dated August 14, 1989 of Stanley H. Durwood, as amended and
  restated on May 12, 1999 (the "Revocable Trust").  The successor trustees
  under the Voting Trust and the Revocable Trust are Raymond F. Beagle, Jr.,
  general counsel of the Company, and Charles J. Egan, Jr., a director of the
  Company (collectively the "Successor Trustees").  The Successor Trustees have
  voting power over the 4,041,093 shares of Class B Stock held in the Voting
  Trust.
  
       The Successor Trustees have filed a report on Schedule 13D (the
  "Report") summarizing the terms of the Voting Trust and Revocable Trust.
  According to the Report:
  
       "The terms of the Voting Trust provide that it was
       established to ensure continuity and stability of Company policies
       and prudent and competent management of the Company's business.
       The Voting Trust generally directs the Successor Trustees  to
       exercise their best judgment in the interest of the Company to
       assure proper, stable and continuous management of the Company.
       The Voting Trust generally empowers the Successor Trustees to vote
       shares of the Company held therein in such manner as in their
       judgment may be for the best interests of the holders of
       beneficial interests in the Voting Trust while taking into account
       the interest of the Company. The Voting Trust provides that the
       trustees are to hold shares in the Voting Trust for the common and
       mutual benefit of the beneficiaries, subject to the terms of the
       Voting Trust.
  
       Except for the limited open market sales required to meet
       funding requirements referred to herein, the [Successor Trustees]
       have no plans or proposals to sell stock of the Company or to
       engage in any other transaction of a nature required to be
       disclosed under [Item 4 of] Schedule 13D.
  
       Subject to the requirement to make the distributions
       described below, the Revocable Trust authorizes and directs the
       trustees of the Revocable Trust to retain as an investment any
       securities of the Company or Voting Trust certificates which may
       be held by the Revocable Trust until such time as such trustees in
       their sole and absolute judgment and discretion deem it be to the
       best advantage of the Revocable Trust and its beneficiaries and
       the Company to sell them.
  
      Notwithstanding the transfer of Voting Trust certificates
      evidencing beneficial interests in the Class B Stock of the Company to
      the [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust and the [Stanley H. Durwood]
      Foundation, the Successor Trustees of the Voting
      Trust will retain voting power over the shares of Class B Stock  held in
      the Voting Trust relating to such Voting Trust certificates.
  
      Among other matters, the Revocable Trust provides for the
      distribution to the [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust of Voting Trust
      certificates representing the beneficial interest in 500,000 shares of
      Class B Stock of the Company.   This distribution is to be made within one
      year after the date of Mr. Durwood's death.  The [Pamela Yax Durwood]
      Marital Trust provides for the distribution of all income and, in addition,
      certain amounts of  principal in cash or in kind to Pamela Yax Durwood, the
      surviving spouse of Stanley H. Durwood and the sole beneficiary of the
      [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust during her lifetime, at such times as she
      may request, subject to specified annual limits.
  
      The Revocable Trust also provides for the creation and
      funding of charitable remainder trusts for various persons in the
      aggregate amount of $1.7 million. It likely will be necessary to
      sell Company shares in order to provide for such trusts.
  
      After making allowance for all other distributions and
      taxes, debts and expenses of administration, the Revocable Trust
      provides for the distribution of the remainder of  its assets to
      the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation.  These assets are expected to
      include all other Voting Trust certificates evidencing beneficial
      interests in Class B Stock of the Company.
  
  The [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation is intended to qualify under Section
  509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The [Stanley H. Durwood]
  Foundation Trust Indenture directs the trustees thereunder to distribute all
  net income of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation and so much of principal as
  they deem appropriate to establish, support and fund such programs operated,
  funded or sponsored by The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and
  Affiliated Trusts as the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation trustees
  deem appropriate.  However, the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation Trust
  Indenture does not mandate distribution of principal over or during any
  specified period of time. The terms of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation
  Trust Indenture empower the trustees of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation
  to hold shares of stock and Voting Trust certificates and do not require
  diversification of investments. "
  
       The Report states that under the terms of the Voting Trust Agreement,
  the Successor Trustees must consent to any transfer of shares held in the
  Voting Trust by a beneficiary and to any release of shares from, or any
  termination of, the Voting Trust.  The Voting Trust expires no later than
  December 31, 2030, unless, if permitted by law, the Voting Trust trustees
  extend its term.  The Successor Trustees may appoint and remove additional
  trustees and may designate their own successors.
  
       Mr. Beagle and Mr. Egan are surviving trustees of the Stanley H. Durwood
  Foundation and Mr. Egan is trustee of the Pamela Yax Durwood Marital Trust.
  
  
  
  Item 7.  Exhibits
  
       *99.1 Press release issued on July 15, 1999.
  
       99.2 Amended and Restated 1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust Agreement
  dated August 12, 1997.  (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 of
  Schedule 13D filed on July 22, 1999 by Raymond F. Beagle, Jr. and Charles J.
  Egan on behalf of and as successor trustees of the 1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting
  Trust dated December 12, 1992, as amended and restated on August 12, 1997,
  on behalf of and as successor trustees of  the Revocable Trust Agreement
  dated August 14, 1989 of Stanley H. Durwood, as amended and restated on May
  12, 1999, and  as surviving trustees of  the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation,
  and by Charles J. Egan, Jr. as trustee of the Pamela Yax Durwood Marital
  Trust to be created under the Revocable Trust.)
  
       *Filed herewith
                                SIGNATURES
  
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                               AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
  
  
      Date:     July 23, 1999            By:  /s/Richard L. Obert
       		                                Richard L. Obert
                                              Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Accounting Officer
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text: UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                            Washington, D.C. 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) July 14, 1999
  
                            AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
       DELAWARE                      1-8747              43-1304369
  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission          (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)             File Number)       Identification No.)
  
       106 W. 14TH STREET
       P.O. BOX 219615
       KANSAS CITY, MO                              64121-9615
  (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (816) 221-4000
  
  Item 1.  Changes in Control of Registrant.
  
       As a result of the death of Mr. Stanley H. Durwood, former Co-Chairman
  and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a change in control of the
  Company may be deemed to have occurred.  However, the events described
  herein do not constitute a "change in control" as defined under the Company's
  credit facility or note indentures.
  
       Following Mr. Durwood's death, the Company's Board of Directors named
  Mr. Peter C. Brown Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  
       At the time of his death  on July 14, 1999, Mr. Durwood was the
  principal stockholder of the Company.  His holdings included 4,041,993
  shares of Class B Stock, or 100% of the shares of that class.  Each of these
  shares has ten votes per share, and Mr. Durwood's Class B shares generally
  represent 67.5% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of
  the Company, other than in the election of directors.  In the election of
  directors, holders of Class B Stock are presently entitled to elect 75% of
  the Board of Directors.
  
       Legal title to Mr. Durwood's Class B shares is held by  the 1992
  Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust dated December 12, 1992, as amended and restated
  on August 12, 1997 (the "Voting Trust"). The Voting Trust has issued a single
  Voting Trust certificate to the trust created under the Revocable Trust
  Agreement dated August 14, 1989 of Stanley H. Durwood, as amended and
  restated on May 12, 1999 (the "Revocable Trust").  The successor trustees
  under the Voting Trust and the Revocable Trust are Raymond F. Beagle, Jr.,
  general counsel of the Company, and Charles J. Egan, Jr., a director of the
  Company (collectively the "Successor Trustees").  The Successor Trustees have
  voting power over the 4,041,093 shares of Class B Stock held in the Voting
  Trust.
  
       The Successor Trustees have filed a report on Schedule 13D (the
  "Report") summarizing the terms of the Voting Trust and Revocable Trust.
  According to the Report:
  
       "The terms of the Voting Trust provide that it was
       established to ensure continuity and stability of Company policies
       and prudent and competent management of the Company's business.
       The Voting Trust generally directs the Successor Trustees  to
       exercise their best judgment in the interest of the Company to
       assure proper, stable and continuous management of the Company.
       The Voting Trust generally empowers the Successor Trustees to vote
       shares of the Company held therein in such manner as in their
       judgment may be for the best interests of the holders of
       beneficial interests in the Voting Trust while taking into account
       the interest of the Company. The Voting Trust provides that the
       trustees are to hold shares in the Voting Trust for the common and
       mutual benefit of the beneficiaries, subject to the terms of the
       Voting Trust.
  
       Except for the limited open market sales required to meet
       funding requirements referred to herein, the [Successor Trustees]
       have no plans or proposals to sell stock of the Company or to
       engage in any other transaction of a nature required to be
       disclosed under [Item 4 of] Schedule 13D.
  
       Subject to the requirement to make the distributions
       described below, the Revocable Trust authorizes and directs the
       trustees of the Revocable Trust to retain as an investment any
       securities of the Company or Voting Trust certificates which may
       be held by the Revocable Trust until such time as such trustees in
       their sole and absolute judgment and discretion deem it be to the
       best advantage of the Revocable Trust and its beneficiaries and
       the Company to sell them.
  
      Notwithstanding the transfer of Voting Trust certificates
      evidencing beneficial interests in the Class B Stock of the Company to
      the [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust and the [Stanley H. Durwood]
      Foundation, the Successor Trustees of the Voting
      Trust will retain voting power over the shares of Class B Stock  held in
      the Voting Trust relating to such Voting Trust certificates.
  
      Among other matters, the Revocable Trust provides for the
      distribution to the [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust of Voting Trust
      certificates representing the beneficial interest in 500,000 shares of
      Class B Stock of the Company.   This distribution is to be made within one
      year after the date of Mr. Durwood's death.  The [Pamela Yax Durwood]
      Marital Trust provides for the distribution of all income and, in addition,
      certain amounts of  principal in cash or in kind to Pamela Yax Durwood, the
      surviving spouse of Stanley H. Durwood and the sole beneficiary of the
      [Pamela Yax Durwood] Marital Trust during her lifetime, at such times as she
      may request, subject to specified annual limits.
  
      The Revocable Trust also provides for the creation and
      funding of charitable remainder trusts for various persons in the
      aggregate amount of $1.7 million. It likely will be necessary to
      sell Company shares in order to provide for such trusts.
  
      After making allowance for all other distributions and
      taxes, debts and expenses of administration, the Revocable Trust
      provides for the distribution of the remainder of  its assets to
      the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation.  These assets are expected to
      include all other Voting Trust certificates evidencing beneficial
      interests in Class B Stock of the Company.
  
  The [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation is intended to qualify under Section
  509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The [Stanley H. Durwood]
  Foundation Trust Indenture directs the trustees thereunder to distribute all
  net income of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation and so much of principal as
  they deem appropriate to establish, support and fund such programs operated,
  funded or sponsored by The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and
  Affiliated Trusts as the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation trustees
  deem appropriate.  However, the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation Trust
  Indenture does not mandate distribution of principal over or during any
  specified period of time. The terms of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation
  Trust Indenture empower the trustees of the [Stanley H. Durwood] Foundation
  to hold shares of stock and Voting Trust certificates and do not require
  diversification of investments. "
  
       The Report states that under the terms of the Voting Trust Agreement,
  the Successor Trustees must consent to any transfer of shares held in the
  Voting Trust by a beneficiary and to any release of shares from, or any
  termination of, the Voting Trust.  The Voting Trust expires no later than
  December 31, 2030, unless, if permitted by law, the Voting Trust trustees
  extend its term.  The Successor Trustees may appoint and remove additional
  trustees and may designate their own successors.
  
       Mr. Beagle and Mr. Egan are surviving trustees of the Stanley H. Durwood
  Foundation and Mr. Egan is trustee of the Pamela Yax Durwood Marital Trust.
  
  Item 7.  Exhibits
  
       *99.1 Press release issued on July 15, 1999.
  
       99.2 Amended and Restated 1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust Agreement
  dated August 12, 1997.  (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 of
  Schedule 13D filed on July 22, 1999 by Raymond F. Beagle, Jr. and Charles J.
  Egan on behalf of and as successor trustees of the 1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting
  Trust dated December 12, 1992, as amended and restated on August 12, 1997,
  on behalf of and as successor trustees of  the Revocable Trust Agreement
  dated August 14, 1989 of Stanley H. Durwood, as amended and restated on May
  12, 1999, and  as surviving trustees of  the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation,
  and by Charles J. Egan, Jr. as trustee of the Pamela Yax Durwood Marital
  Trust to be created under the Revocable Trust.)
  
       *Filed herewith
                                SIGNATURES
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                               AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  
      Date:     July 23, 1999            By:  /s/Richard L. Obert
       		                                Richard L. Obert
                                              Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Accounting Officer