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May 16, 2008, 01:37 PM | by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Film, Who Else Remembers This?

Firstblood_l So last night, I went by myself to see 1982's First Blood, which was back in theaters for one night only. I did this even though I'd been up 'til 4 a.m. the night before writing about the Top Model season finale. Even though I knew my DVR wasn't gonna be recording The Office and Ugly Betty because it's out of space. Even though Slezak was totally serious about us going out to find a mojito to drown his Women's-Murder-Club-got-canceled blues in.

And I'm so glad I did. It renewed my faith in the movie-going experience. No one talked during the film, or during the taped interview with Sylvester Stallone (pictured) that preceded it. There was just the shared giggles over David Caruso's uncharacteristically enthusiastic presence. ("I knew there was something about that guy!") The universal round of applause when the late, great Richard Crenna made his entrance as Col. Samuel Trautman. ("God didn't make Rambo... I made 'im.") And the mass marvel at the ballad "It's a Long Road" playing over the end credits.

Which movie would you love to see back in theaters, for one night only? I still dream of watching the 1948 Montgomery Clift-John Wayne western Red River at a drive-in. And I know for a fact that witnessing Gene Kelly just dancin' and singin' in the rain on the big screen would bring me to happy tears.

Also, if you've got a theater in your town that plays older films, give it a plug.   


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Erin Davies Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM EST

"Full Metal Jacket," because I bet watching Vincent D'Onofrio's character slow meltdown would have been fascinating in the theater.

Good call on "Head" but forget seeing it once. I'd want to see it on the big screen as many times as I possibly could.

Linda Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:39 PM EST

Hey, b!X, you forgot to mention the website listing the cities having Serenity Charity Screenings.

http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

Goal this year is to raise raise $150,000 for charity with 55 cities participating.

See Serenity on the Big Screen without having to kill someone.

b!X Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 06:23 PM EST

"I would kill to see Serenity on the big screen."

Of course, you can, every summer, as part of Can't Stop the Serenity, a worldwide charity event. (Now, EW, let's see you ad that to the version of this post that's now in the main EW movies section.)

Tim Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 09:25 AM EST

When I read the headline of the article I immediatly thought of Head as well. Watching it on the big screen would have been awesome.

Jennifer Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:50 AM EST

I would LOVE to see The French Connection on the big screen.

Eric Friedmann Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:19 AM EST

When I was 9 years-old, my first-ever PG-rated film was the 1976 version of KING KONG. To my young eyes, it was one of the greatest screen spectacles I would ever see (until STAR WARS, anyway). I would love to see that Rick Baker-big ape on the big screen again!

Adam Mon, May 19, 2008 at 01:45 PM EST

oh, definitely 2001: A Space Odyssey For it's obvious visual power. And what about Fletch? It would just be fun to sit in a room laughing with something that is seriously funny with 500 strangers.

Adam Mon, May 19, 2008 at 01:45 PM EST

oh, definitely 2001: A Space Odyssey For it's obvious visual power. And what about Fletch? It would just be fun to sit in a room laughing with something that is seriously funny with 500 strangers.

Lisa Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:57 AM EST

I will be disappointed forever that I never saw Moulin Rouge on the big screen.

swerds Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM EST

"Gone With the Wind." Oh holy Hannah how I want to see this movie on the big screen!

"The Greatest Show on Earth" with Charleton Heston and Jimmy Stewart. I love this cheesy old gem and want to see it the way it was designed to be seen.

Shirley Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM EST

I'd love to see many of the movies mentioned here already but on IMAX not necessarily just a regular big screen. Also when the series finale for "Lost" I'd kill for that on the big screen, It's probably one of the best shot tv series ever.

Babs Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:27 AM EST

The Key Cinemas in Indianapolis is a little indie-and-foreign-film joint, but sometimes they'll show old classics as well, usually when there's a new digital print. I can't always get there when they do, but I did see "Lawrence of Arabia" there a few years ago. Awesome. I'm still kicking myself over not making it to "Le Cercle Rouge."

vicky Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:17 AM EST

I took my mother to see First Blood for mother's day (believe it or not it's her favorite movie). It was the first movie she's seen in the theater in 6 years. She told me she hasn't had that much fun in decades at the movies. We had so much fun we went right back downstairs and bought tickets to Iron Man. If this kind of thing happens in your hometown, I highly reccommend you go!

vicky Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:17 AM EST

I took my mother to see First Blood for mother's day (believe it or not it's her favorite movie). It was the first movie she's seen in the theater in 6 years. She told me she hasn't had that much fun in decades at the movies. We had so much fun we went right back downstairs and bought tickets to Iron Man. If this kind of thing happens in your hometown, I highly reccommend you go!

Melissa Mon, May 19, 2008 at 08:38 AM EST

I learned that one of my local theaters are showing old saturday morning cartoons - and providing breakfast cereal. How awesome is that?!

snarky Mon, May 19, 2008 at 08:18 AM EST

The best film I ever saw on the big screen was "The GOdfather" - and I saw it like, two years ago. In New haven, CT, there is a great theater called "Criterion" that plays older movies on Sat and Sundays for like, $5. It is great - Godfather was the best, with a packed house, but I have also seen "gone with the wind" "Wizard of Oz" and "Moonstruck" The crowd is way better than the average movie going public today and the popcorn has REAL BUTTER.

Beth Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:06 AM EST

Stagecoach, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers. Ford's movies were ideal for the big screen with his use of sweeping landscapes, camera angles, and technicolor. He truly understood film as an art form.

sari Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:23 PM EST

I would love love love love to see "True Romance" on the big screen again. It's my favorite movie ever and everything about it--from Val Kilmer as Elvis to Patricia Arquette getting beat up by Tony Soprano to Brad Pitt as a drugged out roommate--deserves another shot of glory afer being passed over in the ninties.

Geo Sat, May 17, 2008 at 09:08 PM EST

I saw Abel Gance's Napoleon at the Ohio Theatre back in 1982 and can second the beauty of that theatre. But the one I remember was a theatre on Connecticut Ave in DC (the Key Thaetre?) that showed older films during the summer, big screen, balcony, true movie palace. The one movie everyone has to see on the big screen like that? Hands down, Blade Runner. In any version. If there was ever a movie that NEEDS to be seen on the big screen, it's Blade Runner.

K Sat, May 17, 2008 at 03:02 PM EST

I saw Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at a revival theater this summer, and to see a hunky Paul Newman and a gorgeous Elizabeth Taylor in Technicolor was pretty FANTASTIC. But yes, ANY old musical would be fabulous to see on the big screen! Oklahoma, anyone!?

kim in kentucky Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM EST

would love to see several movies on the BIG SCREEN -- too many theaters only have the smaller multiplex screens now -- remember seeing JAWS and Dances with Wolves on a big screen and being a part of the movie

rob Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM EST

Here in Denver last summer, we were fortunate to have the Continental Giant Screen (4 1/2 stories tall!!!) play all the great movies every Saturday morning at 10. Among them were 'Top Gun', 'Terminator, 'Ghostbusters', 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and 'Wizard of Oz'. One of the best experiences I encountered was seeing 'Singin' in the Rain' for the first time with my mother. Here's to hoping they can do it again this summer.

Stephanie T. Sat, May 17, 2008 at 09:23 AM EST

on Imax:

Batman (1989)
Superman: The Movie
The original cut of the Star Wars trilogy
The Matrix

In regular theaters again:

The Breakfast Club
Princess Bride
V for Vendetta
Major Leauge

Nix Sat, May 17, 2008 at 06:10 AM EST

I was about to snark, "Why didn't you see Titanic or When Harry Met Sally when they were on the first time?" when I realized Titanic was more than ten years ago and WHMS was almost twenty years ago... there are entire populations of people who never saw the Titanic's headstand, or the first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan, the way I did ... and I thought I was young. I did get to see GWTW on a big screen at a revival about ten years ago, though. oh god it was ten years ago. excuse me, must medicate now.

Sina Sat, May 17, 2008 at 01:13 AM EST

The Last Dragon! To see the final fighting scene between Sho-nuff and Leory "Bruce Leroy" Green Jr.

Bigshow Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:16 AM EST

If I picked a movie to see on the big screen, it would have to be 1978's Superman. 30 years later, Christopher Reeve's performance is still a joy, plus let's not forget John William's amazing score.

Tuzo Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:45 PM EST

Great topic!

Anything by Sergio Leone...I would start with:

Once Upon A Time in the West
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
For A Few Dollars More

Plus...

High Noon
The Princess Bride
The Natural
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rocky
La Femme Nikita

Crystal Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:51 PM EST

We are spoiled here in L.A. because there are lots of theatres (superswanky ones) that show old movies all the time. One I made a special trip to Hollywood for last year was Sleepy Hollow - big screen Tim Burton=win.

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Rosserfan Fri, May 16, 2008 at 06:45 PM EST

My favorite movie of all time David Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.'

Tim Fri, May 16, 2008 at 06:34 PM EST

The Great Escape and 2001: A Space Odyssey

Zod Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:52 PM EST

Without question, the original Star Wars trilogy..
Close Encounters would be awesome to see again as well.
All of our big old theaters have either been demolished or turned into bars. The Grand, The Palace, The Uptown, Studio 82. It pretty much sucks.

Santa Clara Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:46 PM EST

The Stanford Theater has a summer program that plays classic movies. A few years back the did a huge spread on the film titans: Sound of Music, GWTW, Citizen Kane, Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady. They have true balcony seating and a whirlitzer organ playing before the show and during the intermissions. I was down there every Saturday afternoon with my parents (both classic movie buffs) just having the time of my life. If I had to choose one movie to see on the big screen, it would probably be either Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. I remember seeing SB when I was very little at the theater but that was so long ago.

Silv Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:42 PM EST

Classic thrillers like "Jaws" and the Indiana Jones trilogy were great on screen, and I agree with many of those already posted. Anyone know of a theater that shows "oldies" in the Chicago area?

S Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:40 PM EST

Sometimes you just gotta see movies the way they were meant to be seen...
1. Gone With The Wind
2. Jurassic Park
3. The original Star Wars trilogy
4. The Ten Commandments (Charleton Heston version)
5. Rocky and Rocky III (because the first time I saw Stallone all buff & chiseled in III I needed a drool bib).

Ann Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:28 PM EST

A few years ago, an independent theater near me was showing Lawrence of Arabia. And it's one of the old movie theaters with a really big screen as opposed to the crappy little screens they put into multiplexes these days. So obviously I had to go and see it. My tv doesn't capture the vastness of the desert the way a gigantic movie screen does. I was probably the youngest person in the theater by about 30 years, but I didn't care, because it was awesome (in both senses of the word).

Rahul Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:26 PM EST

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sound of Music

AAR Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:21 PM EST

Every so often the old time theater in my hometown plays old movies. It's a great theater; about ten years ago the city renovated it to its original form. I took my grandmother there to see Gone with the Wind and my dad and I saw Casablanca there. I'd seen both before, but nothing compares to seeing Bogie on the big screen.

LisaM Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:03 PM EST

Titanic. The sinking must look awesome on the big screen!

Rachel K Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:55 PM EST

I rented Sunshine on EW's recommendation (thanks EW!) a month ago and I still bang my head against the wall when I think about how I missed out on seeing that cinematic masterpiece on the big screen.

Broadway Baby Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:53 PM EST

I would pay serious bucks for a Star Trek marathon (even numbered movies of course) and to see Jaws with that genius masterpiece of score playing on both sides of my head sounds really nice too. A few others pop to mind: Amadeus, All That Jazz, Xanadu

Rich Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:51 PM EST

Patton and The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.

Tenna Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:46 PM EST

"Strangers on a Train," "Stand by Me" and "The Warriors" are all movies I would love to see on the big screen...

But the one I would love to see most on the big screen would definitely have to be "Clue" -- that would be amazing on the big screen with a whole theater full of fans. :D

Robin Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:31 PM EST

You're absolutely right, there is nothing like seeing certain movies on the big screen.

I actually work at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, NC, and we show old movies once or twice a month.

"Singin' in the Rain" is my favorite movie, and the first time I saw it here, on the big screen, even though I've seen it over 100 times, it was like watching it for the first time; I couldn't stop smiling. Gene Kelly never looked so happy.

Josh Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:28 PM EST

I would kill to see Serenity on the big screen. I know it's just a few years old but I became a fan of the movie and Firefly after it had passed.
I did get to see Bridge on the River Kwai on the big screen, and it was perfect. Seeing the bridge blow up in the end on the big screen was everything that the small screen version had promised it could be.

Sarah A Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:26 PM EST

Hitchcock's Psycho, oh man that would have been horrifyingly excellent. I've seen so many Hitchcock documentaries, citing that audiences weren't allowed to give away the ending, it was all very "hush hush", and then when the infamous shower scene occured, screams erupted throughout the audience. Brilliant.

I was too young to go see romances such as The Age of Innocence & Out of Africa. I would have loved to have cried in the theatre the first week of the films release.

jcarla Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:20 PM EST

Sorry it wasn't the Esquire. It was the Indie theater in University City.

jcarla Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:19 PM EST

When I lived in St. Louis, the Esquire would play older movies (I saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Touch of Evil there). But the best was the summer midnight shows. Older movies mixed with Anime. Evil Dead one week, Ghost in the Shell the next.

Anna Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:53 PM EST

The Detroit Institute of Arts often shows older films. I saw North By Northwest there. The Redford Theatre in NW Detroit plays nothing but older films.

As for films I'd like to see, I agree with Mary Poppins and the Wizard of Oz (or any musical). I also somehow managed to miss Saving Private Ryan and Fantasia 2000 in IMAX. It would also be nice to see Disney return to rereleasing animated films in theatres. Their older classics just don't work on a small screen.

tcrab Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:38 PM EST

Willie Wonka and Bugsy Malone

Lena Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:25 PM EST

Court---I think they're playing another Hitchcock movie this year! I think I remember seeing one on the list of movies! They're also doing "Back to the Future," "When Harry Met Sally," and for Christmas in July, "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "White Christmas."

Barbara Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:19 PM EST

West Side Story - and I know it is corny, but I'd love to see The Sound of Music, without singalongs and people in costumes!

KLF Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:17 PM EST

For me, its the Inwood Theater in Dallas, that shows classic movies on Friday and Saturday night (plus they have a bar)! But I would definitely go see Sound of Music or Pulp Fiction (for the 500th time). I do remember seeing the movie Tommy there when I was in HS but there wasn't a bar there then.

lilly Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:17 PM EST

I say this to my husband all the time but I wish that Twister was made for the Imax screen. That would have been amazing. Also Jurassic Park will never be as good at home, that is one you had to see in the theaters to get the full effect.

Benny Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:14 PM EST

Definetely "Gone with the wind". I've seen it on tv dozens of times, but to see it in its big screen glory would be fabulous. Also other movies that I'll love to se in the biggest screen ever are Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur.

Dixie Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:02 PM EST

The Palace Theater in downtown Maryville, TN occasionally shows old movies, usually around the holidays. I once attended a Halloween-night showing of the original "Night of the Living Dead". Good times.
I'd love to see To Kill A Mockingbird on the big screen, and perhaps I should contact the theater owners about that. But I doubt they'd want to fulfill my other big-screen dream--The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Do they do midnight showings of that anywhere anymore? I know the larger cities used to.

Adam Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:59 PM EST

my bad, not indie theater, Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick MD. One showing at 8:00pm on June 6, The Princess Bride. If you are in the Washington DC/Baltimore area and want to see it on the big screen.

Dtom Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:59 PM EST

The Dryden Theater at the George Eastman House in Rochester plays old movies every week. For my (now) wife's birthday several years ago, I planned to take her to dinner and to the Dryden for "Singin' in the Rain" (one of her favorites), but our service at dinner took so long that we missed it. That's one I'd like to see in a theater, if only to make up for missing it then.

Chris G Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:56 PM EST

i want to watch the original Halloween in the theater. I saw parts 4 & 5 when they played last October, but it's not the same! The Criterion Cinemas in New Haven, CT plays older movies on friday and saturday nights and sunday mornings. i've seen Jaws, Psycho, Airplane! and even Showgirls (which by the way was like the best movie going experience of my life).

Adam Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:56 PM EST

A small indie theater by me is showing The Princess Bride on June 6. I can't wait.

Scotto Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:54 PM EST

i'd love to see the Monkees movie "Head" on a big screen at least once.

BrandonK Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:48 PM EST

I think they should play the Star Wars movies once a year in successive weeks. The prequels might not get as much business, but I certainly enjoyed seeing the re-release of the originals in the late '90s. There's nothing like seeing a movie with a whole auditorium of fans.

Christa Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:46 PM EST

I would LOVE to see First Blood in the theater. Lucky!

This is something that my husband & I discuss a lot. Here's the short list of what we've come up with: Robocop, Die Hard, Scarface, Serenity (we were late to the whole Firefly game), the original Halloween, and Mean Girls (we thought it would be stupid when we first saw the previews.)

Cara Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:45 PM EST

Every year or so when my family pops in the first "Star Wars" into the player, my dad can never shut up about what it was like, seeing it for the first time in theaters. We're not massive Star Wars fans, but he still maintains that it was a movie experience like nothing else in his life. He always says stuff like "nobody saw it coming" and "it was so completely different than anything we'd ever seen" and talks about how people saw it four or five times in theaters.

So of course I'd like to see that one on a big screen ;). Nothing like a little nostalgic belaboring of the subject to do that to a girl.

Court Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:38 PM EST

I was about to get on here and sing the praises of the Ohio Theater, but to my surprise somebody already did it! Yay Lena! Last year they even played some Hitchcock. It's great.

MK Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:35 PM EST

The Artcraft Theater in Franklin, IN plays old(ish) movies--sometimes it's Home Alone or the Sandlot, but they show older stuff too, and you can recommend films you want to see. The Christmas showing of White Christmas is a must go--it's so much better when you're in a theater full of people (and it's pretty darn good to begin with).

MN_Jen Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:30 PM EST

When I was a freshman in high school, my parents took me to a midnight showing of Casablanca - even though it was a school night. My mom slept through the entire show, but I remember thinking (and I still think) that my parents are pretty darn cool, and I'm so thankful that they have passed on to me their love of film.

Lena Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:09 PM EST

The Ohio Theater here in my hometown of Columbus has a Summer Movie Series while taking a break from Broadway Across America shows. I've seen "Gone With the Wind" on the big screen (twice!), as well as "The Wizard of Oz," "Mary Poppins," "To Kill A Mockingbird," "Bringing up Baby," "Funny Girl," and "Brigadoon," (and the list goes on and on). This year they're playing a lot of other great ones, like "Sabrina," "His Girl Friday," and "Oklahoma!" It's one of my favorite things about living here in Columbus, seeing these fantastic movies in the "air-conditioned splendor of the might pleasure-dome" that is Ohio Theater.

My requests, though, are "High Society," "Imitation of Life," and "The Music Man."

Charlie Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:01 PM EST

The best thing that ever happened to me was getting to see Days of Heaven on the big screen at Chicago's Music Box Theater. Seriously incredible.

MCM Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:54 PM EST

I'd drop most everything to see my favorite all-time films in all their big-screen glory...
1. Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended director's cuts, natch!)
2. Monty Python's Holy Grail
3. Terminator
4. Singin' in the Rain (I'm there with you Mandi!)
5. Magnificent 7
6. Mary Poppins


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