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27 June 2009

Saturday Night at the Drive-In -- I spent most of today in my hometown where I haven't visited in almost 30 years. Surprisingly, both drive-ins are still in business. Many more pics to come.
I've never ever been to a drive-in movie. But I've always wanted to.
posted by ColdChef 27 June | 20:52
I always drove past a drive-in on my way to Lyco. It was always closed and didn't exactly have hours that were posted anywhere. I always wanted to go, but since I don't ever get up there anymore unless it's mid-October, I don't think I'll ever see it open.
posted by sperose 27 June | 20:58
I haven't been to a drive-in in years. There's one pretty close to us, we really should go.
posted by octothorpe 27 June | 21:09
I remember seeing a Jan-Michael Vincent double feature at a drive-in in Maine during vacation in the mid-seventies, White Line Fever and Shadow of the Hawk.
posted by octothorpe 27 June | 21:34
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posted by ROU Xenophobe 27 June | 22:48
I remember driving by a drive-in showing porn. I was ten.

I must have been about 15 or so when the local shut down. I'm trying to remember the last thing I saw there.
posted by dhartung 28 June | 00:02
I have so many childhood and teenage memories of my hometown's drive-ins (we had two). They've been defunct for years now. There's a car dealership where the most popular one used to be, which seems sad yet fitting somehow, and the other one got swallowed up by a trailer court. *sigh* Kids today are so deprived.
posted by amyms 28 June | 01:55
I love our one surviving drive-in here in Atlanta. I'm still hoping to go see "Drag Me To Hell" there because that's just a drive-in kinda movie.

These pics are great! I had no idea you'd pass through Corry. That's cool.
posted by BoringPostcards 28 June | 02:27
We used to go to the drive-in as a family when I was really little. I liked the little shorts they showed at the opening, featuring animated soda cups and popcorn bags. Beyond that I lost interest, as we were usually there for some boring grownup film. I remember we saw "Poseidon Adventure" there, among a few others. They showed two movies for one admission fee.

My favorite part was driving in, when the car would bounce up and down the little hillocks that formed the rows.

Some people near here have started a geurilla version of drive-in movies called Sub Rosa Drive-In. It's an awesome thing to do and clearly they have a lot of fun, but they mainly just show zombie and horror films, which are not to my taste so I haven't gone.
posted by Miko 28 June | 10:41
Hey I went to the drive-in (smallest one in Vermont) this Saturday with a few MeFite friends. It was raining most of the early evening and so we were sure the movies would be rained out but they said "nope, we never close" so we went over with the Chinese food we'd gotten. Luckily the weather held and, awesomely, almost everyone else stayed home so we had the place almost to ourselves. We saw Star Trek while eating Chinese food at the drive-in just a few miles form my house. No pix this time but here are some from when I went before.
posted by jessamyn 29 June | 18:07
"we went over with the Chinese food" - Oh, wow, Chinese food at the drive-in. That is such a great idea.
posted by Ardiril 29 June | 21:46
Just my luck ... || So I had my party

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