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For me it was Independence Day. The following year the drive-in theatre in Union City closed down. I sure miss drive-in theatres.
What about you?
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
No drive ins here ...but we did recreate one with all my boy's toy cars and the big screen up to watch "The Black Hole" and "Big Trouble in Little China" the other week...does that count?
ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT British by birth....English by the grace of God. Yes Jamie...it is big isn't it....
All the drive-in were long gone by the time I was able to drive in the 80's. But the last one I remember going to was "What's Up Doc?" (For those that don't know this an early 70's comedy, no cartoon bunnies involved). My parents couldn't find a sitter that night and I slept through the movie. (Once I realized it had nothing to do with cartoon bunnies)
We used to go all the time in the 90's when I was in college in Wyoming. The drive in was an hour away in Fort Collins, Colorado. Boy I miss that. Not sure about the last movie there though. I remember as a kid my siblings and I would wear our PJs to the drive in and we'd lay out under the stars and watch the movie. WOW, this brings up some good memories.
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves I was about to enter my freshman year of high school and my sister drove me and my cousins to see it before school started ... I think that was the last summer it was opened ... the sign is still there but where the screens were is now a very nice 11 screen theater in Salem Oregon
There's still a drive-in on the outskirts of my town, and it does a healthy business in the summer months. I haven't been in several years.. I think the last film I saw there was the comedy Kingpin..
For me it was Independence Day. The following year the drive-in theatre in Union City closed down. I sure miss drive-in theatres.
What about you?
I grew up a few blocks from there...my dad used to take us there all the time, great movie experiences. I saw first run Planet of the Apes way back in the late 60s, to Star Wars, etc.
Great memories watching movies with my late father, mom, and my little sister, great memories indeed.
Now of course there's a shopping center with a humongous 25-screen movie plex in Union City...it's nice and modern, but certainly lacks the fond memories and charm of the good ol' days of the drive in theater.
I can't recall for certain if it was the very last drive-in movie I saw but I think it was "The Dead Pool" back in the late '80s. I miss the drive-in, that was a big thing for me as a kid! I saw Star Wars and Close Encounters at the drive-in more times than I can recall.
At the Silver Moon Drive In in Lakeland FLa we saw the best double feature ever- The Flintstones and Jurrasic Park. Its still open, just haven't gone in a long time.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks
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