Opening in Theaters...39 Years Ago Today

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AndyDursin
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Opening in Theaters...39 Years Ago Today

#1 Post by AndyDursin »

I was there for ICEMAN on opening day in 3rd grade...decent movie with a lousy ending.

SWING SHIFT was allegedly much better in the directors original cut before Goldie recut and reshot it. Fortunately I found that workprint online in a 7 year old Google Drive link!


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No one's showing Splash or Romancing the Stone? :(

Slim pickens...though some great stuff was only weeks away -- Ghostbusters, The Natural, Gremlins, The Bounty.

Tho the most movies I was most eagerly awaiting that summer -- Star Trek III and Temple of Doom -- were letdowns.

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That chain didn't have the rights to SPLASH and ROMANCING THE STONE as they would've still been in theaters a month after they opened. We had 2 chains locally back then (Showcase and General Cinema -- I am pretty certain the latter had Disney titles and ROMANCING THE STONE too).

April was kind of a dead month at times though!

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