What was the first movie you saw in the Theater?

[ToddP25]

The first movie I remember seeing in the movies were 'Jaws 2' and 'Foul Play' a double feature at the drive in with my parents.

The first movie I brought a date too.....'Back to Future'.

[dawgpound2]

Grease or The Cheap Detective. I can't remember anymore which one was out first. I'm getting old.

[B1]

Like me, I can't remember if Battlestar Galactica or Empire Strikes Back came out first. One of those was my first movie in a "inside" theatre. However, my parents used to always take me to the drive-in theatre. So between '77-'80 I saw Jaws, Benji (and a sequal I think), Star Wars, and Yellow Submarine. The problem here is they were always double features and I probably saw each of those films three times each coupled with one of the others.

[spejic]

101 Dalmations

[whirlwind]

Originally posted by B1
Like me, I can't remember if Battlestar Galactica or Empire Strikes Back came out first. One of those was my first movie in a "inside" theatre. However, my parents used to always take me to the drive-in theatre. So between '77-'80 I saw Jaws, Benji (and a sequal I think), Star Wars, and Yellow Submarine. The problem here is they were always double features and I probably saw each of those films three times each coupled with one of the others.

Battlestar Galactica was a TV series, 1978-1980. It wasn't in theaters.

Empire came out in '80, Star Wars in '77.


As for me, I shake my head and admit that my first in-theater film was a Saturday matinee of Dumbo, around 1973.

[ToddP25]

In the theater, I vividly remember waiting in line to go in and see "Pete's Dragon".....loved it......just went to the store to by the movie for my daughter.

getting old sucks.

[Father Ted]

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs (1973ish)

[IASocFan]

The first movie I went to myself was when a buddy and I were 6 years old and paid 20 cents apiece to see a Saturday afternoon matinee Western in 1950. Don't remember the title, but I think it was a black and white. Time flies when you're having fun.

[B1]

Originally posted by whirlwind
Battlestar Galactica was a TV series, 1978-1980. It wasn't in theaters.

Empire came out in '80, Star Wars in '77.


As for me, I shake my head and admit that my first in-theater film was a Saturday matinee of Dumbo, around 1973.

It was most definatly a movie released in the theatres. It was in 1978, two years before Empire. You can buy it on DVD at Amazon for $22

[Labdarugo]

Mary Poppins.

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/22/mary_poppins.jpg
And I've loved penguins ever since.

[skipshady]

I may have seen other movies before, but thte one I remember is ET. I was too young to read the Japanese subtitles and my English wasn't so good back then. But I think I got the basic gist.

[Jacen McCullough]

First movie I saw in the theater was Gremlins. I was like 4 or 5 years old at the time, was scared half to death and wouldn't go near a Christmas tree for at least 2 years. :)

[CrewDust]

Popeye, I think around 81.

[elainemichelle]

The Jungle Book. (I'm really offended that they're making a sequel too.)

[riverplate]

"Third Man on the Mountain." A live action Disney film.

[DoctorJones24]

Originally posted by B1
It was most definatly a movie released in the theatres. It was in 1978, two years before Empire. You can buy it on DVD at Amazon for $22

Actually, you're both right. Apparently, they made the pilot for the series, and then released a shorter version of the same film for theaters.

Pilot: 148 minutes
Theater version: 125
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077215

Any guess on why they would have done this? Just trying to double dip for cash, maybe. Though I wonder how widespread the theatrical release was. Perhaps it had something to do with the pre-cable era and lack of broadcast coverage to certain parts of the country.

[riverplate]

Originally posted by DoctorJones24
Actually, you're both right. Apparently, they made the pilot for the series, and then released a shorter version of the same film for theaters.

Pilot: 148 minutes
Theater version: 125
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077215

Any guess on why they would have done this? Just trying to double dip for cash, maybe. Though I wonder how widespread the theatrical release was. Perhaps it had something to do with the pre-cable era and lack of broadcast coverage to certain parts of the country.

Sometimes theatrical versions will be put together for European release. Perhaps that was the case here.

[obie]

The first "real" movie I saw in a theater was "Oh, God" starring George Burns in 1977. I was six. It was at the second-run theater so tickets were 99 cents. I saw both "Bambi" and "Snow White" in a makeshift kids' theater (really just an auditorium with metal folding chairs) a couple of years before that.

[B1]

Seeing that I went to a theatre in downtown Boston to see it, I'm not sure what the case was. I've read things about it on the web and have never been able to determine the extent of the release. What I read would fit into what you said about European releases because it definately played there as well as Canada. As far as the US goes, the only place I can vouch for is Boston.


EDIT* I just called my Dad and asked where he brought me to see it. It was at the old Saxon theatre, which in now strangely enough owned by alma mater, and is a performance theatre, the Emerson Majestic. He told me it played after the show ended and that this was the only place in Boston that showed it. He said it was shown in full Dolby sound, which I guess was a big deal then. He said that's the reason we went, for the sound.

[billreeves]

I also saw Battlestar Galactica in a movie theater -- that was in Southern California. At that age, I was not allowed to watch the TV show, it was on past my bedtime, so I only got to see the movie version until the Sci-Fi Channel came along.