...did you see it in the theater the year it was released?
I was away at camp most of the summer, but I saw it 5 times before school started(I was ten years old starting sixth grade...) Also twice more in the fall for a total of seven(I know math is hard for some folks on this site!)
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sharei think about 10 but maybe it was more than 12 also. I think it stayed in the theater for a solid year!!
shareTwice. The first time I wasn't interested but a friend talked me into going. The second time was my choice. I haven't seen it since '77.
shareOnce in the theater and once in the drive-in. Yes, those existed back then.
When we went to see it in the theater, the line stretched clear down the block and around the corner. It was a small theater and my friend's brother who took us said, "Not everybody is going to get in." When we came out he said, "That was such an open-ended ending, the villain got away and nobody got the girl, they're setting up for a sequel." My two friends and I hadn't thought of it and looked at him in awe. I am still best friends with the two I accompanied to the theater in 1977. As for the drive-in, I only remember going, I honestly don't remember who I was with.
There's still a drive-in here in Vermont not too far from me!
That's cool that you're still friends with the folks you saw it with...And you're right about the lines, I had forgotten about that!
There is also a drive-in in Oregon in driving distance from where I live. I have attended a movie there with the same friends.
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