Throwback Thursday: What was the first movie you at the theatre? #TBT

Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

It's Thursday!

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Alright good folk, can you remember? I believe the first movie I saw at the movie theatre was Star Wars, back in 1977.

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My older brothers attended the University of Iceland and it had a huge lecture hall that doubled as a movie theatre in the evenings. They would get student discounts and took me to see Star Wars (episode IV). I was seven 😊

How about you? Can you remember how old you were, where you saw it at, and with whom?

Have a great Thursday!

 

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John Funk
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February 18, 2021

WOW - that was a LONG time ago. I don't remember the first one but would have been back in the early 70's. It might have been Gone With The Wind as I remember seeing that in the theater. Not the original showing, of course. ;-)

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Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

Time flies, doesn't it @John Funk hahaha. To be honest, I do not remember much from going. I remember parts of the movie, of course, but hardly anything surrounding the event :) 

But was it the 1939 version of Gone With The Wind that you saw?  That sucker is long!

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John Funk
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February 18, 2021

Yes, it was the original! And something like 3 hours or so. I remember there being an intermission.  :-)

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February 23, 2023

NICE 

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February 18, 2021

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen I don't know for sure.  But the earliest one I can remember seeing was the original "Land before time".

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February 18, 2021

@Jimmy Seddon  yeah it is hard to think that far back :) Unless it was some major experience. This is a good one!

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February 18, 2021

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen I should have also pointed out that 1997 was the first time I saw a Star Wars movie in theatres when they re-released them for the 30th anniversary.  My Dad took me to see a Episode IV - New Hope!

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Ivan Lima
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February 18, 2021

I don't remember exactly when (better off this way... it's been a long time), but for sure, my first one was The NeverEnding Story.

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Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

Ahh, Limahl and that song! Classic movie as well. I like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL5G8w5mVdE

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Jimmy Seddon
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February 18, 2021

To this day, I still don't think I have every watched this movie in it's entirety.

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February 18, 2021

Now that you mention it @Jimmy Seddon  I don't think I have either. But I have seen most of it few times :)

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Ivan Lima
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February 18, 2021

I remember watching it a few times. To me, one of those movies that bring lots of good memories.

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February 18, 2021

Lion King :) The original one of course.

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Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

Excellent movie! 

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Gökçe Gürsel {Appfire}
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February 18, 2021

Yeah, it is :) I gotta watch it again sometime.

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Yee Frost February 18, 2021

Jurassic Park was my first one.

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Jimmy Seddon
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February 18, 2021

I loved this movie as a child (actually I still do!).  I watched the VHS so many times there was a point where I could quote every single line in the movie word for word.

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Daniel Eads
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February 25, 2021

Lion King here too. It's strange to consider my kids are into "Frozen" like we were into Lion King at the time. Doesn't seem like that long ago but a whole era of Disney has already come and passed in that span.

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Brant Schroeder
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February 18, 2021

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ET was the first movie I remember.  I think I even got a little scared.

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Jimmy Seddon
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February 18, 2021

This one I watched on Betamax, also multiple time over!

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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February 18, 2021

I do not remember exactly.  I do remember Dad taking me to see Star Wars: A New Hope and 2001: A Space Odyssey when the Granby Theatre at Cemetary Junction in Reading was running Sci-Fi season (and that was before we saw ET in New York on its first release, I remember queuing around the block for that)

The inexactitude is that I have a feeling my grandparents took me to see a couple of Disney's before that.

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Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

Good flicks!

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February 18, 2021

As far as I remember, "Jurassic Park" was my first Hollywood movie that I saw in a theater in my hometown in India. I as 9 at that time, and it was a special "Movie Event" organized by our school and was a fun experience watching this amazing movie as a kid with all my school friends and class teachers.

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Yee Frost February 18, 2021

Jurrasic Park was my first one as well.

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February 18, 2021

That is an excellent movie with great cast!

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February 18, 2021

Same as @Gökçe Gürsel {Appfire} ... Lion King. I was about 6 years old and our dad took us to the theatre. It was amazing. I remember it was recorded with Czech subtitles. I probably could not read so fast but I remember the music... it was the best part. I still listen to this soundtrack.
There is also great musical (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOAsUWQJvo), sorry I had to share :)

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Kristján Geir Mathiesen
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February 18, 2021

Yes, awesome music in that movie!

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February 19, 2021

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Mine was Annie! Great songs, iconic cast, still holds up today. Does anyone else remember the fireworks spelling out "A-n-n-i-e"? For years I thought those were real and was disappointed every fourth of July when the fireworks didn't spell anything. 

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February 19, 2021

Awesome movie for sure, @Monique vdB  !

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February 22, 2021

I'm not sure what movies I saw at the theatre as a child but the first movie I went to with friends without a parent/grandparent/relative was:

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February 23, 2021

I don't think I have seen this one, might just have to add it to my list :)

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February 23, 2021

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Universal, 1981). One Sheet (27" X | Lot  #26170 | Heritage Auctions

I remember this as the first "scary" movie I ever saw in the theater -- as a young child, I was terrified when the shrinking woman fell down the garbage disposal!! The humor was definitely lost on me... 😆

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February 24, 2021

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As a theatre kid and film enthusiast I gotta say the Princess Bride really hits home, from the first time I watched it in the second grade till now even, I catch something new! That script is MUAH 💕chef's kiss💕

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February 24, 2021

As you wish.... ;)

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February 24, 2021

👏🏼yaaaaaassss👏🏼

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February 24, 2021

Da best! Da very best! I love it ;)

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February 24, 2021

@Kyren Wong did you see the table read they did a few months back? It was so amazing. Loved every minute. 

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February 25, 2021

The first time I saw the movie, I was perhaps a senior in high school? It was a nice movie but at the time I didn't get the hype other than people's nostalgia. Now all this time later I've read the book, and would love to go back and watch it again. Can we host a Community teleparty? 😁

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February 26, 2021

@Monique vdB OH LORDIE I know what I'm gonna watch after work today yellow-star

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February 26, 2021

@Daniel Eads 🤩🤩🤩

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One of the best films ever made.  Watched it again a few weeks ago, and it's still superb.

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February 24, 2023

YES! Princess Bride is da best! Totally agree :) Just keeps getting better.

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March 4, 2021

Not sure how I missed this post! Great topic @Kristján Geir Mathiesen !

I can't be 100% sure but, like @John Funk the first I can remember was Gone with the Wind. However, I was so young and the movie (at the time) was so uninteresting to me and my brother I recall us just playing hide-and-seek in the theater. :-)

The first I recall really sitting down and watching would have been Old Yeller. 

"Yes, Mama. But he was my dog. I'll do it."

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March 4, 2021

Thanks @Jack Brickey  It's kind of fun to reminiscent, isn't it! I've never seen Old Yeller, might have to try to find it. Thanks for sharing.

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