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Post by Melting Manos on Jul 1, 2005 9:58:24 GMT -5
I was inspired by DoctorZ's multiplex thread to start this one. What is the one movie you never got to see in its initial theater run, that you would want to see Re-Released to theaters so you could experience it on the big screen?
Years ago I would've said Goodfellas since it's my all-time favorite movie, but I actually got the chance to see that in the theater back in March of 2001. The Mall Of America theater showed some classic movies at midnight screenings, and I jumped at the chance to check it out and was very glad I did. Even though I had seen the film many, many times it was still a treat to see it on the big screen. Especially with a packed crowd who was really into it. In fact that was the best theater experience I've ever had even though our seats were near the front row (awful...) because we got there late.
Now I would have to say Jaws. It's my second favorite movie and I'm actually really surprised they haven't re-released it that I know of. I'm hoping the Mall Of America does that again sometime soon and they show Jaws because I would love to get to see that one in all of its glory.
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Post by doctorz on Jul 1, 2005 11:02:50 GMT -5
Lawrence of Arabia. That is one movie that really needs to be seen in Cinemascope. The size of the picture is actually integral to the movie story itself.
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Post by ratso on Jul 1, 2005 16:29:04 GMT -5
Lawrence of Arabia. That is one movie that really needs to be seen in Cinemascope. The size of the picture is actually integral to the movie story itself. You beat me to it! I would like to see that on the big screen and 2001. |
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Post by TarlCabot on Jul 1, 2005 16:50:13 GMT -5
I would've said Back to the Future for it's 20th anniversary, but...no.
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Post by Melting Manos on Jul 1, 2005 17:04:00 GMT -5
I think that they should open up a theater chain that specializes in showing older films. People will still buy tickets to them. That is a fantastic idea. I wonder why this isn't already being done  If they specialized in classics, and films that did well at the Box Office I bet they would make a ton of dough. |
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Post by ratso on Jul 1, 2005 17:19:08 GMT -5
I think that they should open up a theater chain that specializes in showing older films. People will still buy tickets to them. They have a place here in the city that plays old movies every month, I went with my cousin and saw The French Connection and Serpico last summer. It was nice. It was just to bad we never got a chance to see Strangelove. |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 1, 2005 18:00:36 GMT -5
Texas has a chain of theaters called Alamo Drafthouse Theaters that do things similar to this.
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Post by TarlCabot on Jul 1, 2005 18:16:57 GMT -5
There's a theater downtown here in Tampa called (for good reason) the Tampa Theater ( www.tampatheatre.org/). They have a summer movie series where they show classic movies every Sunday throughout the Summer. heir next showing is the Sting. If only they showed classics throughout the year... |
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Jul 1, 2005 23:35:47 GMT -5
Maybe I'll take out a bank loan and start one.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jul 2, 2005 10:38:52 GMT -5
Classic movies, like MST, have an audience but not across the board public appeal. I really doubt a chain of classic movie theaters could stay in business. With the availability of home video people aren't going to go to see old movies in large numbers. It's a niche market and can work on a local basis where the proprietors care about the films but when a business goes big time it's all about the profit. (IE, Rhino).
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jul 2, 2005 10:43:15 GMT -5
Maybe I'll take out a bank loan and start one. Alamo Drafthouse is always looking for people to open new franchises. A friend of mine almost did it...even had the money put up, but they didn't like his location ideas...wrong cities, ultimately. |
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Post by GodoHell on Jul 2, 2005 12:23:03 GMT -5
I want a good old-fashioned Saturday afternoon matinee like from the days when I was just an itch in my daddy's pants. Start out with a sci-fi serial, a la "Flash Gordon," then a western, like an old "Lone Ranger" episode. Maybe a Warner Brothers cartoon after that. Then, a good classic, like...well, since we've been talking about it in another thread, "Song of the South." Line up a few good war movies, like "They Were Expendable," & some decent westerns, & I would be there every Saturday afternoon.
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Post by donmac on Jul 5, 2005 18:42:22 GMT -5
I've been lucky enough to see movies like Jaws, the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy, Goodfellas, The Right Stuff, Apocalypse Now, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., the Indiana Jones movies all on the big screen during their original release. And I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey (a "must-see" on the big screen), the sound Ben Hur, Forbidden Planet, the silent Phantom of the Opera, Director's Cut of Alien, Polanski's MacBeth, Welles' Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight) all in revivals on the big screen, with plans to see Kubrick's The Shining in a few days.
So my wishlist on movies I want to see on the big screen isn't as large as it used to be, but still up there on the list are Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, and the Sergio Leone classics The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Post by Melting Manos on Jun 30, 2006 17:10:26 GMT -5
*Bump* since we have quite a few new members since I started this one. I'm still waiting for the JAWS theater re-release a year later too...
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Post by Melting Manos on Jun 30, 2006 17:12:51 GMT -5
I just realized we didn't have "Mitchell's Movies" when this was originally posted so I'm sure it will need to be moved.
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If they specialized in classics, and films that did well at the Box Office I bet they would make a ton of dough. 
