Of the ~4k drive-ins that used to exist way back when, only 10 precent remain. I got the chance to visit a drive-in yesterday. I must say, it was excellent for the most part. They even played the intermission commercials they play in-between features (see: the same commercials they play in the background in the movie Grease when Danny sings "stranded in the drive-in")
Long live a (dying) tradition!!
also, if there's a similar thread, I apologise in advance.
Long live a (dying) tradition!!
also, if there's a similar thread, I apologise in advance.
Wow, really cool I was supposed to go to one but...and that would be really cool if you can see the screen from your house. But alot can happen in a Drive-In. :wink:
the only drive-in I ever went to was back in '95 to see the Power Rangers Movie.
my dad had one of those conversion vans and I layed up on the roof. it was pretty neat
my dad had one of those conversion vans and I layed up on the roof. it was pretty neat
joblo
33 Posts
17 years ago
I use to go to Drive-Ins all the time. There is still one only a few miles from my home.
The last time I went to a Drive-In I saw a double feature of Jurassic Park 2 and Anaconda with my mom and sister on my 14th birthday. Then we went to this great 24 hour diner at around midnight.
One of my est childhood memories.
The last time I went to a Drive-In I saw a double feature of Jurassic Park 2 and Anaconda with my mom and sister on my 14th birthday. Then we went to this great 24 hour diner at around midnight.
One of my est childhood memories.
There's a drive-in in the next town over and I've been there several times. It's always great fun to visit. They even still have the drive-in intermission film with the food doing circus tricks that Gundam_Warrior uploaded recently.
I've never been to a drive-in, but I would love to go someday. I believe there is one in Eden, NC, just a county away, so maybe there's still hope.
there's one near my house that i try to get to at least a few times a summer. it's actually a really good one too, cause it has two screens, and they show two movies on each screen a night for what you normally pay for one. one starts at like 9, the other at 11, and all 4 movies they play in a night are new release movies. i love the drive in, it's by far my favorite way to see a movie.
knuclear200x
5908 Posts
17 years ago
i have never experienced the drive-in ;_; though i did see one playing in the distance while on the freeway
There might be one or two left in Maine, not sure. The only time I went to one, was to see The Nutty Proffesor 2 and some other movie. It was near Fryeburg I think, which is hours away from where I lived.
The closest drive theater is one that just shows porno movies.
Narrator: Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside :twisted: 
RetroRickster923
Wow, really cool I was supposed to go to one but...and that would be really cool if you can see the screen from your house. But alot can happen in a Drive-In. :wink:
It would also be cool if you could pickup the radio transmission for the audio as well. I was amazed that my car was able to play the audio just like if it was in a theater.
I forgot to mention that the pamphlet they gave us looked really retro.
There are two drive-ins close to me I plan on going to this summer. There was a third, but it's been closed for almost a decade now.
Madeline85
8 Posts
17 years ago
There's one here in Tulsa :) Admiral Twin Drive-In. Still up and running, plays two movies on one side of the screen and two more on the other side.
Drive Ins will always hold a spot in my heart for it was the first place I ever saw Star Wars back in 1977.The last time I went to one was in the mid to late 80's where I saw Tank and the Conan movie that had Wilt Chamberlin in it.
FlyingBattery26
86 Posts
17 years ago
There are 5 drive-in theaters within 35 miles of here. The Hollywood Drive-In in Poestenkill, NY (which I went to in 1995), the Malta Drive-in in Malta, NY (a few miles south of Saratoga Springs), Jericho Drive-in in Coeymans, NY, Hi-Way Drive-in (or something along those lines) in Coxsackie, NY and Hathaways' Drive-in in Buskirk, NY.
Hollywood Drive-in has only one screen, but plays a double feature each night. Hi-Way (located near 2 jails) has 3 screens that each have a double feature nightly.
Hollywood Drive-in has only one screen, but plays a double feature each night. Hi-Way (located near 2 jails) has 3 screens that each have a double feature nightly.
I wanna experience this some day. I would love to go to a drive-in movie.