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Started by Trevor, April 08, 2010, 01:28:38 AM

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Trevor

April 08, 2010, 01:28:38 AM
Drive-in cinemas used to be the thing in South Africa until television came along in 1975 and then they started shutting one by one. Yes, you read right: television only came to SA in 1975 as it was banned as 'the devil's box' by the then government.

Aside from the drive-in here www.menlynpark.co.za in Pretoria and one in Johannesburg, I think that era has been and gone for South Africa, sadly.
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Newt

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April 08, 2010, 02:04:25 AM
There are about 20 or more around the province of Ontario (I looked) - but that is quite a large area.  Two or three are near enough to me. Apparently a NEW one opened in Toronto in 2001 as part of an entertainment complex.

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SPazzo

#2
April 08, 2010, 02:09:09 AM
Here in Saskatoon we have one.  It's still in business (barely).  It's $10 a person to go watch three movies, starting from about 10 PM to about 4-5 AM.   I've been there once, and I may be taking my girlfriend and a few other friends again there soon.

They show newly released films.  I saw Get Smart, Iron Man, and 10,000 BC when I went.  So it's been a while.  All in all, it's not a bad experience.  The only problem is that there's a gas station next to it, and the light from that makes the movie a little hard to watch, especially the first film of the night.  But then again, who goes to drive-ins for the movie anyway? :wink:

Trevor

#3
April 08, 2010, 02:54:21 AM
The last movie that I went to see in a drive-in was Gandhi, believe it or not.  :buggedout:
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joejoeherron

#4
April 08, 2010, 04:57:15 AM
down here in SE Indiana, there are two working drive ins that I know about. The one south of me doesn't have working speakers. You would use the AM radio in your car or bring a portable. The last time I was there, Another 48 Hours and Total Recall were playing.

3mnkids

#5
April 08, 2010, 06:31:00 AM
There are a couple in my area. The one we go to closes during the winter but will be opening in a week or so. I cant wait.   :teddyr:   Its the cheapest way for my family to go to the movies. 19 bucks for 5 of us to see 2 movies, you cant beat that.  :thumbup:
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Jack

#6
April 08, 2010, 06:46:30 AM
The one in our town was called the Skyview drive-in.  My folks used to take me there quite often when I was a little kid.  It closed ages ago, maybe in the early '80s.  The last movie I saw at a drive-in was in Oceanside California, "Night Shift" starring Henry Winkler, in 1982.

I guess there's still one open in Eau Claire Wisconsin, which is about 70 miles from here. 
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3mnkids

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April 08, 2010, 07:09:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on April 08, 2010, 06:46:30 AM
The one in our town was called the Skyview drive-in.  My folks used to take me there quite often when I was a little kid.  It closed ages ago, maybe in the early '80s.  The last movie I saw at a drive-in was in Oceanside California, "Night Shift" starring Henry Winkler, in 1982.

I guess there's still one open in Eau Claire Wisconsin, which is about 70 miles from here. 

That's funny. The one we go to is called skyview drive-in.   :teddyr:
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Vik

#8
April 08, 2010, 07:20:48 AM
I'm too young to have ever seen a drive-in  :thumbdown:

Trevor

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April 08, 2010, 07:26:34 AM
Quote from: 3mnkids on April 08, 2010, 07:09:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on April 08, 2010, 06:46:30 AM
The one in our town was called the Skyview drive-in.  My folks used to take me there quite often when I was a little kid.  It closed ages ago, maybe in the early '80s.  The last movie I saw at a drive-in was in Oceanside California, "Night Shift" starring Henry Winkler, in 1982.

I guess there's still one open in Eau Claire Wisconsin, which is about 70 miles from here. 

That's funny. The one we go to is called skyview drive-in.   :teddyr:

This is now really weird: I was born in Bulawayo in the then Rhodesia and Bulawayo's drive-in was called The Skyview.  :smile:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Trevor

#10
April 08, 2010, 07:40:40 AM
Getting stranger: there was a drive-in in Cape Town called The Sky-Vue. :smile:
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Rev. Powell

#11
April 08, 2010, 10:43:56 AM
There's one near me but I've never been.  :bluesad:

According to one site there are 17 drive-ins in operation in the state of Kentucky, but I imagine that number has dropped since the last time the page was updated.

What bothers me isn't that there are no more drive-ins per se, but that there are no more drive-in movies... they just show the same stuff the cineplexes show nowadays.   :bluesad:
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ER

#12
April 08, 2010, 12:41:41 PM
Just one.  :bluesad:
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#13
April 08, 2010, 12:51:22 PM
There is one a few towns over from us, but I have never been.

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#14
April 08, 2010, 03:13:32 PM
I don't think there's a single one in the entire country.
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