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Before HBO and VCRs?
Posted on 10/16/17 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 10/16/17 at 2:25 pm
If you missed a movie in the theater how did you get a chance to see it? Were older hit movies re-shown years later regularly in the theater or did you just miss it? I assume some made it to broadcast TV but I cant imagine many.
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Posted on 10/16/17 at 2:29 pm to ThuperThumpin
There used to be dollar theaters that showed slightly older movies. Outside of that, I guess you had to wait for TV.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 2:29 pm to ThuperThumpin
TV. Movie of the week.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 2:31 pm to h0bnail
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There used to be dollar theaters that showed slightly older movies.
Miss these, use to go 3-4 times a week in my younger years.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:09 pm to WPBTiger
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Miss these, use to go 3-4 times a week in my younger years.
they still have them around me, but I think they are $3 now. Still an ok deal. But you end up with crying babies and small screens and just ok sound. I would rather watch it at home.
I used to hit the dollar theater by LSU pretty much every week or so in college. Just mainly cause it had free AC.
to the OP, you would end up waiting a few years for them to be showed on television. Many never were.
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:13 pm to WPBTiger
Yep, think I saw fifth element like 5 times at the old Essen theater. Quite a few at broadmoor too.
Used to make for great weekends out in high school. $20 could take you far back then.
Used to make for great weekends out in high school. $20 could take you far back then.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:19 pm to ThuperThumpin
I remember early on they announced they were going to show Star Wars...and if you had a VCR, that tape was gold. Friends would beg to borrow it.
The TV version though was so long...it took about 3 hours...with a million commercials and interviews with the cast.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:19 pm to WPBTiger
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Miss these, use to go 3-4 times a week in my younger years.
They used to scrape the rat hair off the nacho cheese before serving it.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:31 pm to boxcarbarney
TBS Dinner and a Movie was my shite
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:33 pm to ThuperThumpin
In the 60's, you had NBC's Saturday night movie in prime time. ABC filled that gap with their Sunday night movies in the 70's and 80's (ABC made a killing on the James Bond franchise). The ABC "Movies of the Week" were made for TV movies, not theatrical releases.
Keep in mind, 2/3rds of local TV stations didn't have late night programming or morning programming provided by the networks. So local affiliates would show a film after their late news, or in the mornings after their children's programming. They also had a lot of time to fill on weekend afternoons.
WTBS and other "super stations" were a big deal in the 70's because they played a lot of classic and B movies, and didn't have to fill around network shows.
It was a huge deal when a big theatrical release would finally make it to TV. There were films that we never saw in the uncut format until HBO and VCRs.
Keep in mind, 2/3rds of local TV stations didn't have late night programming or morning programming provided by the networks. So local affiliates would show a film after their late news, or in the mornings after their children's programming. They also had a lot of time to fill on weekend afternoons.
WTBS and other "super stations" were a big deal in the 70's because they played a lot of classic and B movies, and didn't have to fill around network shows.
It was a huge deal when a big theatrical release would finally make it to TV. There were films that we never saw in the uncut format until HBO and VCRs.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:38 pm to Fewer Kilometers
By the way, the way that syndicated movies worked, one station would air the film (actual film) and then put the film reels on a bus for the next town. So we could see movies play in Baton Rouge one weekend, then see the same movie on a Lafayette station the next weekend. It got to the point where we could predict which movies would get played on both stations. It was the first example of repeat TV viewing that I experienced.
For a while, KATC in Lafayette would show a film after their 10pm news, then show it again in the morning before shipping it to the next station. So if there was a great movie you saw at night, you could get up the next morning and watch it again.
For a while, KATC in Lafayette would show a film after their 10pm news, then show it again in the morning before shipping it to the next station. So if there was a great movie you saw at night, you could get up the next morning and watch it again.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:39 pm to WPBTiger
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Miss these, use to go 3-4 times a week in my younger years.
with the MoviePass, you can essentially do this again. $10 per month and go to as many movies as you want (1 per day).
movie pass
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:39 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I remember going to the video store on Friday nights and looking at all the VHS tapes and reading the back of the box to see what the movie was about.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:44 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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It was a huge deal when a big theatrical release would finally make it to TV. There were films that we never saw in the uncut format until HBO and VCRs.
I bet so. We did not get a VCR for a long time but we had HBO and pay per view (it was called Select Event)for as long as I can remember. Its strange to think that you would see a movie in the theater then not see it again for years.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:48 pm to ThuperThumpin
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Its strange to think that you would see a movie in the theater then not see it again for years.
And even with movie releases to VHS, some studios refused.
Spielberg was a dick. They wouldn't release E.T.
It came out in 1982 and didn't come to VHS until 1988.
But in between he threw it back into the theaters to make more money...as people flocked because they couldn't buy it on VHS like pretty much every other movie.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:55 pm to ThuperThumpin
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Its strange to think that you would see a movie in the theater then not see it again for years.
Gone with the Wind wasn't released on TV until 1976. They'd release it in theaters every few years. I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid. It was a huge deal.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:57 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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But in between he threw it back into the theaters to make more money.
I think I remember that and it wasnt just a short engagement either right? It was almost as big a deal as the first run
Posted on 10/16/17 at 4:00 pm to h0bnail
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There used to be dollar theaters that showed slightly older movies. Outside of that, I guess you had to wait for TV.
Dollar theatres didn't come around until after VCRs and HBO.
The answer is, you hoped it would eventually come on regular broadcast TV.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 4:00 pm to ThuperThumpin
You actually had to -- a foreign concept for today's generation...
do without
do without
Posted on 10/16/17 at 4:01 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Gone with the Wind wasn't released on TV until 1976. They'd release it in theaters every few years. I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid. It was a huge deal.
Ok thats what I was wondering about more specifically is the movies made prior to even television being in every home. It took 37 years to make it to the small screen
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