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F_Marturana
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I saw this topic in another forum.
Thought it would be interesting here.
I think mine was Disneyâs Cinderella when it was rereleased in 1973.
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I saw this topic in another forum.
Thought it would be interesting here.
I think mine was Disneyâs Cinderella when it was rereleased in 1973.
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Titivillus
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I have a pretty vivid memory of seeing Sleeping Beauty, but at a drive-in. Iâm pretty sure I saw the Sword in the Stone and the Jungle Book in either theatre or drive-in. And I remember Finials Rainbow in a theatre, but without consulting IMDb I couldnât guess what years those all were.
The first I remember seeing because I wanted to and begging my parents to let 10~ish year old me go to a PG(!) movie in theatre was the Poseidon Adventure
The first I remember seeing because I wanted to and begging my parents to let 10~ish year old me go to a PG(!) movie in theatre was the Poseidon Adventure
âBirth of a Nationâ, 1915. 
OK, Iâm not quite that old.
The earliest movie I remember in a theater was True Grit. But thereâs a family story about two-year-old Glennon raising hell in a theater while going to see The Sound of Music. I donât remember it, but I am told my performance was equal to that of Julie Andrews.
OK, Iâm not quite that old.
The earliest movie I remember in a theater was True Grit. But thereâs a family story about two-year-old Glennon raising hell in a theater while going to see The Sound of Music. I donât remember it, but I am told my performance was equal to that of Julie Andrews.
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F_Marturana
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Two year old kids normally donât do well at the movies, unless theyâre good at napping in noisy places.
The Sound of Music is a pretty long film too.
I remember when theaters would loop the films, and if you missed the beginning, you could stay and catch it in the next loop. (Unless of course that wasnât common and just my parents did that
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The Sound of Music is a pretty long film too.
I remember when theaters would loop the films, and if you missed the beginning, you could stay and catch it in the next loop. (Unless of course that wasnât common and just my parents did that
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DaveBj
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Either Bambi or The Greatest Show on Earth; I know my father took me to see those when I was very young, but I donât know which of them was first. I donât remember anything about that viewing of Bambi; in Greatest Show all I remember is the train hitting the car, and then the train wreck.
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Irishmom2
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The first movie I remember seeing in the movies was Cinderella. Although it was released before I was born, I remember my sister taking us to see it in the 60s sometime. It was a small local theater, so I guess they could show whatever they wished.
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MrZoom
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The earliest one I can say for sure is Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, which came out almost two months before Star Wars in 1977.
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Although given the very different way movies were released then, itâs possible that I saw Star Wars first.
I was 6 at the time.
At Star Wars, my first viewing, when the Death Star exploded, I clearly remember exclaiming, âYay! They blew up Darth Vaderâs ship!â My mom corrected me.
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure - Wikipedia
Although given the very different way movies were released then, itâs possible that I saw Star Wars first.
I was 6 at the time.
At Star Wars, my first viewing, when the Death Star exploded, I clearly remember exclaiming, âYay! They blew up Darth Vaderâs ship!â
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Disneyâs â101 Dalmatiansâ when it was re-released in 1969. I was 5.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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Haha I think I saw you there
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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True story â Saturday Night Fever was released in an R version and a PG version (I think there was a stripper in the R version).
So my parents took me to see the PG version.
Which is strange because even the cleaner version was pretty racy and my parents were usually very strict.
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I remember having a huge argument with my mom when I was 14 because a couple of my friends snuck in to see the R-rated version of âSaturday Night Feverâ (there was no PG version running near us and my parents wouldnât have allowed me to watch it anyway) and I was kind of left out of their little clique because I wasnât allowed to hang around the mall with them or sneak into movies.
The âfriendsâ turned out to be real jerks in the end.
But I often think that part of my obsession with 1970s movies was because I was generally not allowed to see anything not rated G.
My parents made a special exception for us all to go as a family and see âOh, Godâ because I was a huge John Denver fan. I was also allowed to see âStar Warsâ and âSgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Bandâ. Those were the only non-G rated movies I was ever allowed to see until I moved out to go to college.
The âfriendsâ turned out to be real jerks in the end.
But I often think that part of my obsession with 1970s movies was because I was generally not allowed to see anything not rated G.
My parents made a special exception for us all to go as a family and see âOh, Godâ because I was a huge John Denver fan. I was also allowed to see âStar Warsâ and âSgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Bandâ. Those were the only non-G rated movies I was ever allowed to see until I moved out to go to college.
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F_Marturana
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Thereâs a stripper, and bad language, and one rape and another attempted rape.
I didnât see it in theaters. I rented it in my 20âs.
My cousin saw the pg version when we were I guess 8. I remember her telling me the plot, and what stuck out to her more than the dancing was the subplot of the young man who fell off the bridge.
I didnât see it in theaters. I rented it in my 20âs.
My cousin saw the pg version when we were I guess 8. I remember her telling me the plot, and what stuck out to her more than the dancing was the subplot of the young man who fell off the bridge.
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Donât forget John Travoltaâs brother the priest bailing on his vocation. When I finally saw the film (Sometime in my early 20s, rented it), I found that more horrifying than the entire rest of the movie.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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To be fair, movies in general were way racier in the 70s. Itâs like once they could portray sex, nudity and language the filmmakers went full throttleâŚ
Star Wars stood out partly because it was clean and still successful anyway.
Star Wars stood out partly because it was clean and still successful anyway.
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Tis_Bearself
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My parents pretty much quit going to the movies after they went to see âSee No Evilâ with Mia Farrow. I guess there was too much sex in it, Mia Farrow took off her clothes or something. I remember them seeing something called âExecutive Actionâ that was about the Kennedy assassination and complaining afterwards because it had a lot of bad language. Other than the aforementioned trip to see âOh Godâ, my parents never saw another movie in the theater except for Mom taking me to see Disney films and a few others like Willy Wonka. I did take Mom out to a few movies when we were both adults, one of them was a total disaster as it turned out to contain an extended sex scene I was unaware was there.
Sometimes when parents are adamantly against something in pop culture it just makes the kid all that much more curious about it and thatâs what happened in my case. I used to read all the movie reviews and look at all the movie ads in the paper. I ended up seeing a lot of the movies in later life when they became available via rental or streaming. I must say that in most cases they did not live up to whatever I had imagined occurred in the movie.
Sometimes when parents are adamantly against something in pop culture it just makes the kid all that much more curious about it and thatâs what happened in my case. I used to read all the movie reviews and look at all the movie ads in the paper. I ended up seeing a lot of the movies in later life when they became available via rental or streaming. I must say that in most cases they did not live up to whatever I had imagined occurred in the movie.
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F_Marturana
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My parents were strict too about rated R films. I didnât see one on the theater until I was 18 or so.
Except for 2
The Godfather both 1 and 2.
I remember an older cousin was 13 or 14 and wanted to read the book. Her mother wouldnât let her keep the copy she had gotten from the library, my mom intervened and offered to preview the book to see if it was too racy. I remember the verdict was, âthis isnât a good book for a young lady to read.â
So, when I was a teen, I read it for myself. The part I thought was very weird, and still do was the surgical procedure that was done on Sonnyâs mistress.
That whole subplot was silly.
Except for 2
The Godfather both 1 and 2.
I remember an older cousin was 13 or 14 and wanted to read the book. Her mother wouldnât let her keep the copy she had gotten from the library, my mom intervened and offered to preview the book to see if it was too racy. I remember the verdict was, âthis isnât a good book for a young lady to read.â
So, when I was a teen, I read it for myself. The part I thought was very weird, and still do was the surgical procedure that was done on Sonnyâs mistress.
That whole subplot was silly.
Tis_Bearself
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I used to just go to the library and read books like that so I wouldnât have to be taking them home and hiding them from my mother.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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Iâve always thought SNF to be an extremely sad movie. Even as a kid, it was sad how the brother left the priesthood, the friend fell/jumped from the bridge, all the unrequited loves.
But the dancing was fantastic.
But the dancing was fantastic.
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StudentMI
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On Mystery Science Theater 3000 they made repeated references to the book, specifically the part about Sonny and the bridesmaid. âSkip to page 27 where Sonny and the bridesmaid are, well, youâll see.â
I think for me it was ET. My mom remembers me screaming when ET appeared onscreen for the first time and both he and Elliot scream.
Either that or All Dogs Go to Heaven.
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The most interesting thing for me about Saturday Night Fever is how it got made in the first place. It was supposedly based on an article that a British journalist had written about actual real-life young people in NYC who lived this disco subculture, including a working-class young man named Vincent (renamed Tony in the film) who was the best dancer and king of the disco.
The article got published in some magazine, Hollywood picked it up, made a movie with the hottest teen idol of the moment and a soundtrack that was a smash hit, and disco became a huge trend for several years.
However, the entire original article was a complete fiction. What actually happened was the British journalist was on assignment to go write a story in New York City, spent the whole time drinking and partying and didnât write anything, and finally just made a completely fictional story up in order to have something to show his editor. He only revealed this on the 20th anniversary of the film.
The article got published in some magazine, Hollywood picked it up, made a movie with the hottest teen idol of the moment and a soundtrack that was a smash hit, and disco became a huge trend for several years.
However, the entire original article was a complete fiction. What actually happened was the British journalist was on assignment to go write a story in New York City, spent the whole time drinking and partying and didnât write anything, and finally just made a completely fictional story up in order to have something to show his editor. He only revealed this on the 20th anniversary of the film.
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