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Mark Mander
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1236
From: Dunstable ,Bedfordshire.
Registered: Jan 2005

posted March 17, 2006 04:41 PM

Hi Graham,the first film i remember seeing was Bugsy Malone at the local "flea pit" in Oxford which my dad used to run.It was a great afternoon which i remember fondly because not only could i go to the projector room, i also got free ice lollies.The first film i saw on super 8 was Enter The Dragon at the youth club i used to go to followed by Game Of Death.

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted March 18, 2006 02:19 AM

First feature was L&H "Swiss Miss", in a small theater (now a supermarket) near my house that was screening nothing but kids programs on sunday afternoons. From that film, I remember the bridge rope/piano/gorilla scene and Stanley plucking a chicken and using the feathers as fake snow to fool a mountain dog, in order to drink the liquor stored in that little neck barrel.
First film saw in theatre (ie - when it was released) was Disney's Jungle Book. I thought the snake with hypno-eyes was cool.

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Michael De Angelis
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Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003

posted March 18, 2006 07:18 AM

Swiss Miss, Sound of Music, Wizard of OZ, Ten Commandments, Roy, and Hoppy, Voyages with Sinbad, Star Wars, ET, Theaters with twinkling lights in the ceiling.

WOW ! The 35 mm - 70mm experience is always thrilling.

Trev- an old friend once told me of his experience in sitting through two
performances of Wizard of Oz at the Capitol in New York City.

After the screening, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr, performed live on stage. The Capitol was big on booking live entertainment.

My father - in - law, speaks highly about the LOWES Paradise, it too had the twinkling lights and clouds in the ceiling. Glad to hear that the Auckland Civic,
still retains the pride in showmanship.

Michael

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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted March 18, 2006 03:41 PM

The first movie I remember seeing at the cinema when I was a very young child, was "Dr. Doolittle". I remember being so amazed at the giant snail at the end, looking ever-so-huge on the giant movie screen. That snail stuck in my mind forever.

My first drive-in movie was "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang", which I saw about a year later. I was so comfortable in my dad's car, that I fell asleep about half way through the movie [Smile]

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