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Where were you when you saw this film?

posted 19 years ago by nuv
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I think a very interesting post for this film would be...where did you first see this film?

I'll proudly say that this was the FIRST FILM I remember seeing. I was probably about 3 1/2 years old, and my dad took me and my sister to see it at a small local theater in south Ft. Worth, TX...we were probably the only white people in the whole theater, but we all had a great time watching it...even a 3 year old like me, it has the best comedy and slapstick you'll ever find from the 70's.

So that's how I got my start as a child...no Disney films, no Bugs Bunny cartoons...just Car Wash...

Favorite line, from Lindy..."I'm more woman than you'll ever have...and more man than you'll ever be!"

[–] OldeSkool 18 years ago

I was fresh out of high school in Oakland, CA during a time when I did'nt know what to do with my life (after 30 years I still don't) and saw the movie after hearing rave reviews from family and friends. I fell in love with the music. The soundtrack album is one of my all-time favorites.

[–] CoolHandGambit 17 years ago

I was nine years old and saw it with my family at the Circle Drive-In in Long Beach, CA in 1976, wish I could remember what the 2nd feature was . . .

"Don't kick a man when he's down?!? When is there a BETTER time to kick a man?"

[–] PenTheater 17 years ago

Bayview Park Summer Camp field trip for the 12-15 year olds.
We rode in the back of one of the camp counselors station wagons to the theater.

[–] oakcourt 16 years ago

Sorry to bring this to life again it being quite an old thread. I didn't see the film till the 80's but heard the soundtrack in 77/78 when I was at school (I'm British) and it has remained one of my favourites all these years. It's not so much the film although I did laugh it's the music. God it still sounds good 30 odd years later - right on Rose Royce! The track remade byChristina and the other ladies (sorry forgot who) did not even compare. I do quite like Christina but girl you should have left this one it's a classic.

[–] eagle-78 15 years ago

I saw it on the frigid night of February 4, 1977 at the Palwaukee Theater, a grindhouse in Wheeling, Illinois. I remember the date because on my way home I was hearing the news about a big "L" train crash in Chicago in which several cars fell off the elevated tracks, and sadly, eleven people were killed. Strange feeling having a great time at a movie and coming out to hear that.

[–] crysjumar 15 years ago

Vermont Drive-In, Gardena, CA.

-That's all the time we have, thanks for playing.

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[–] OldeSkool 15 years ago

Amen to that. Back in those day the downtown grindhouse theaters showed 3 movies for $1.50. With $5.00 you were good for the entire day.

[–] cameo-kirby 15 years ago

First saw this in January 1977 at the Harvey Theatre in Harvey, Illinois. The second feature was Clint Eastwood's The Eiger Sanction. Loved it then and I still get a kick out of it today.

[–] TheJoshman 15 years ago

This was one of the first films I saw in a theater (vs. Drive-Ins where parents took their kids in those days). I saw it when it came out at the Avco in Westwood California. My older brother took me and I will never forget how excited I was when we were walking up to the theater.

[–] fbm72751 10 years ago

Somehow I missed it at the theater or drive in. I was 20 then & going to other movies and concerts and messing with cars at the time. When the song came out in December, I made sure not to miss it, first opportunity. It finally did come back to the drive-in in mid 1977, running as a second feature after "Heroes" (Henry Winkler film) Great memories.

[–] finewoman 15 years ago

i was a freshman in high school - and everyone i hung with went to see this flick. Our high school band played the theme song for one of our routines, if i recall ....loved this movie. Loved the soundtrack too...knew it off by heart.

You'se a big fine woman; won't you back that thang up!! - Juvenile

[–] radioman1951 14 years ago

I saw it in a movie theater, on a pass from the mental hospital - in for drugs, baby, drugs. No crazy here. Great film and it still holds up as a terrific slice of 70s life.

[–] TheMagiciansWorkshop 14 years ago

With my first ever girlfriend, watching it in her house. The scene with the bottle of piss cracked her up the most.

[–] Mandingo609 13 years ago

...A Drive-in on Olden Ave, in Trenton, N.J. I was 5.

”Ha Ha Haaaah...You really are a funny guy.” -Henry Hill

[–] mrclhuskey 13 years ago

Cool...a 6 year post still going...lol

I first saw this movie at the theatre when it originally came out (I was 7 then).