I'm wondering if you all can combine your wealth of knowledge about films that have characters/settings who/that:
a) Work in a movie theatre
b) Take place in a movie theatre
c) Talk about working in a movie theatre
I have thought of a few examples such as Cinema Paradiso, Cecil B. Demented and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
How many more can you come up with? I'm working on a research project and I thought it'd be fun to see what you guys can dig up... Google wasn't much help as far as 'lists' go...
HN
07-12-06, 05:15 PM
The Majestic?
Brent L
07-12-06, 05:15 PM
Last Action Hero?
The Majestic?
Mondo Kane
07-12-06, 05:19 PM
Sherlock Jr
Matinee
obscurelabel
07-12-06, 05:36 PM
Some of these are only scenes, but I tried to list some where the scenes were important to the story:
Popcorn (1991)
The Last Picture Show
Targets (drive-in)
The Projectionist
Drive-In (1976)
rw2516
07-12-06, 06:15 PM
The Blob
The Tingler
Night of the Comet
Ruby(Drive-in)
Fade to Black-doesn't really count but Dennis Christopher and Mickey Roarke work at a film exchange which is kinda cool.
MartinBlank
07-12-06, 06:51 PM
Fight Club
BuddyRevell
07-12-06, 07:06 PM
Sleepwalkers
Kentucky Fried Movie (Feel Around Sketch) :)
Bachelor Party
Mr. Cinema
07-12-06, 07:13 PM
Ghost World
William Fuld
07-12-06, 07:20 PM
Anguish
Suprmallet
07-12-06, 07:22 PM
Ghost World
That scene is hilarious.
There's also the "Gremlins in the projector room" sequence in Gremlins 2.
devilshalo
07-12-06, 07:23 PM
Scary Movie
Gremlins
Twister
Back to the Future Part 3
Grease
Shawshank Redemption
Rockmjd23
07-12-06, 07:24 PM
Demons.
taa455
07-12-06, 07:34 PM
I think there is a scene in one of the Scream movies.
DVD-ho78(DTS)
07-12-06, 08:07 PM
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut?
Flynn
07-12-06, 09:39 PM
Thanks for all the help guys - there are some very good ones in there.
I was kind of hoping to find out about a film like Clerks or Empire Records where the entire story was kind of built around the job. I wonder if such a thing exists beyond the things we've mentioned here...
flixtime
07-12-06, 09:46 PM
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
Kevin M. Dean
07-12-06, 11:22 PM
How 'bout a cheesy Disney TV Movie – Phantom of the Megaplex (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266850/)
SPiRAL
07-12-06, 11:56 PM
Bachelor Party - Big chase/fight scene in a movie theater.
RichC2
07-13-06, 12:05 AM
Dirty Work - "Men in Black... That like to have sex with each other."
I can't think of any theater-centric films like Clerks/Empire Records though.
eiker_ir
07-13-06, 12:18 AM
Bikini Drive-In yipee
mrhan
07-13-06, 12:32 AM
Bulletproof Monk
rw2516
07-13-06, 07:37 AM
Thanks for all the help guys - there are some very good ones in there.
I was kind of hoping to find out about a film like Clerks or Empire Records where the entire story was kind of built around the job. I wonder if such a thing exists beyond the things we've mentioned here...
The movie Ruby on my list takes place entirely at a drive-in theater. About a group of gangsters who kill off their boss in the 1920s and then retire from crime, buying and running a drive-in. Now it's the 1950s and his ghost/spirit has come back for revenge, killing them off one by one.
kenbuzz
07-13-06, 08:55 AM
I never saw the actual film, but I recall the trailer for Last Action Hero and seem to recall that having a scene set in a theatre.
There's also that episode of The Simpsons where Homer forbids Bart from seeing the Itchy and Scratchy Movie.... "Mmmmm... Soylent Green"
Joe Molotov
07-13-06, 10:00 AM
Matinee
maxfisher
07-13-06, 10:08 AM
As much love as it gets on this board and nobody's mentioned Donnie Darko?
Alan Smithee
07-13-06, 05:30 PM
There was a TV series in 1987 called The Popcorn Kid about a movie theater, it only lasted 4 episodes. I saw all of them but don't remember much except that it never showed the inside of the theater, just the snack bar which had a ladder that led up to the projection booth (which was also never shown) and the manager's office.
deadpool24
07-13-06, 08:00 PM
American Werewolf in London
tommyp007
07-13-06, 08:05 PM
Purple Rose of Cairo
rw2516
07-13-06, 09:40 PM
American Werewolf in London
Which brings to mind HARDCORE (1979). George C. Scott hires a detective to find his missing daughter. The detective has Scott meet him at a porn theater. When Scott sees his daughter in the porn movie he gets so upset breaks the back of the seat in front of him with his hands. Never been able to find out if this was an intentional reference in American Werewolf but probably is because isn't the movie playing when Naughton transforms the porn flick See You Next Wednesday.
jeffkjoe
07-13-06, 10:11 PM
Bobby De Niro laughs his ass off in a theater in CAPE FEAR.
Heat
07-13-06, 10:42 PM
Here’s a couple of lists of movies. I haven’t heard of most of them but maybe you have:
Buy: