tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post6010724578414837137..comments2024-03-18T00:41:13.588-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: THE DOUBLE FEATURE STARTS AT DUSK! 2009 DRIVE-INS ARRIVE TO SAVE SUMMER!Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-5192387829731559502009-07-09T09:07:36.982-07:002009-07-09T09:07:36.982-07:00George, that program looks truly awesome! It serve...George, that program looks truly awesome! It serves me right for flaunting the L.A. drive-in scene for so long that you've served up something here to make me incredibly envious, as well as sad that there's no way I would be able to attend. But I will give it a plug, for sure! Thanks so much for sharing your great idea with us, and for running the kind of drive-in I wish was a little bit closer to my part of the country.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-77208482336218939422009-07-09T08:56:12.912-07:002009-07-09T08:56:12.912-07:00If you are really into retro drive-in events, plea...If you are really into retro drive-in events, please check out my Drive-In Super Monster-Rama in PA this September:<br /><br />http://www.dvddrive-in.com/driveinsupermonsterrama09.htmGeorge Reishttp://www.dvddrive-in.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-19703908482559257572009-05-06T22:30:00.000-07:002009-05-06T22:30:00.000-07:00Oh boy! What a perfect kick-off to Summer. I've g...Oh boy! What a perfect kick-off to Summer. I've got to get back down there and head out to the Mission Tiki with you someday in the near future. It's like the dream drive-in come true! Still, I have the 99W much closer to home, and I have no excuse for not making it a destination in early Summer '09!<br /><br />I agree with Mister: EARTH DAY would be a perfect drive-in movie, and yes, I guess there would have to be a 35mm print...aren't there grants for this sort of thing?<br /><br />It's strange to think of all those drive-ins I used to go to as a kid in the Portland area: the Super 99 in Milwaukie, the 82nd St. Drive-In, Foster Drive-in, Canyon DI in Beaverton, I forget what else...as well as all those in Eugene and especially in LA I once had access to. I remember my folks taking us to many drive ins (in our 1963-ish Plymouth station wagon, usually): DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and whatever co-feature I slept through when I was four or so; DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER; ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (later, when my folks were divorced but my mom was still game to take a carful of us in her Mercury Montego), etc. etc. Thank God for modern, bright-enough-to-see projection light systems, come to think of it.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for a wonderful article.blaaaghnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-10189252962459606012009-05-06T08:23:00.000-07:002009-05-06T08:23:00.000-07:00This is a fine piece, Dennis.
When I was a kid, w...This is a fine piece, Dennis.<br /><br />When I was a kid, we lived about a half a mile from a drive-in. My dad would pile us five kids into the station wagon -- a Chevy Bel Air -- and head out. We fought a lot for the best seats, me being the oldest didn't help much. I remember their being a lot of Disney and a lot of double features. Now it's an apartment complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-39051687821316156302009-05-05T22:05:00.000-07:002009-05-05T22:05:00.000-07:00This post has been going back in time--remembering...This post has been going back in time--remembering all of the times at the drive-ins in L.A. during my youth: <A HREF="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2411/" REL="nofollow">South Gate</A> (my local), <A HREF="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/21611/" REL="nofollow">Rosecrans</A> (where I took in The Godfather after high school graduation), <A HREF="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/4004/" REL="nofollow">The Centinela</A> (site of the famous drive-in shoot-out sequence of Michael Mann's Heat), and I even headed out to Chatworth's <A HREF="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7365/" REL="nofollow">Winnetka</A> once with friends from the valley. A wonderful venue and age.<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me that the Vineland is still in operation. I'm planning on taking the wife and kids (first time for them) to the drive-in this summer.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-6864896794476507662009-05-05T17:04:00.000-07:002009-05-05T17:04:00.000-07:00I had a feeling some wisenheimer Oregonian was gon...I had a feeling some wisenheimer Oregonian was gonna chime in and make fun of me! The snowbound <I>Dirty Harry</I> triple feature was frosty, all right-- I was gonna say "Well, at least we were in a car," but until those ancient old speaker-pole heaters got going somewhere in the middle of <I>Magnum Force</I>, well, we might as <I>well</I> have been sitting outside!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-79886820978775762452009-05-05T16:57:00.000-07:002009-05-05T16:57:00.000-07:00Dennis, you're getting soft in your old age :o
La...Dennis, you're getting soft in your old age :o<br />Last year's opening weekend at the 99W, 32 degrees.<br />The snack bar roof was frozen over. Need I remind you of your 'Dirty Harry' drive-in night. <br />Hope you have a good summer, the May 30th gig sounds enticing.Steve Swansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-45793291448628367572009-05-05T12:11:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:11:00.000-07:00You'd probably have to strike a 35mm print to do i...You'd probably have to strike a 35mm print to do it, but it might be worth doing that just for the long-term anyway. I'd have to look into it, but I don't think digital projection for drive-ins is quite there yet. It might be worth your while to strike up a conversation with Brian Francis at the 99W in Newberg about it. Also, have you met Phil at the Darkside in Corvallis?<br /><br />My review of <I>Earth Day</I> IS coming, I promise. I'm still marshaling my resources!<br /><br />Joshua: If you can find a drive-in that occasionally dips into the past, as you seem to have done, you've found a real treasure. The ones around here are strictly first-run, but every once in a while they do specialty programming and that's always a can't-miss!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-20354732185064082452009-05-05T12:05:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:05:00.000-07:00I would love to screen my film at an old school dr...I would love to screen my film at an old school drive-in.Mister Ooh-La-Lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403225578026208838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-91625711547574845602009-05-05T09:32:00.000-07:002009-05-05T09:32:00.000-07:00YES! Truly, I don't know what I'd do without the S...YES! Truly, I don't know what I'd do without the Starlight Six here in Atlanta. They showed a Burt Reynolds triple feature of 'Smokey and The Bandit', 'Sharkey's Machine' and 'White Lightning' a couple of years ago, and it is one of my most cherished movie memories to date. I can't wait for their "Drive Invasion" fest this August, when I get to fulfill my dream of seeing 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure' at the drive-in!yourblindspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976169517693699335noreply@blogger.com