Movies you've had the luck of seeing theatrically years later.

[Boba Fett]

Skipping through the channels just now, I stumbled on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and it reminded me of how a few years back, I saw a restored print on the big screen, and how much more I enjoyed the film that way.

How many movies have you seen theatrically years after their initial release, that you didn't get to see in their original run?

Off hand I've seen:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (twice; once was a haggard print; second time was a restored print)

Temple of Doom (sadly not a lot of people came to see this run and the planned showing of Last Crusade a few weeks later was cancled)

Lawrence of Arabia (twice; both were restored prints)

A Clockwork Orange (very damaged print from England)

Scarface (restored print for the 20th Anniversary)

Rock and Roll High School (very old print)

On the Waterfront (marvelous restored print; 1.85:1 though considering it was originally 1.37:1)

Shogun Assassin (twice; both times it was the same print that is on deaths door. I later found out, it may be the lat 35mm print of the movie left)

36th Chamber of Shaolin (fully restored and subbed)

8 Diagram Pole Fighter (fully restored and subbed)

Master of the Flying Guillotine (fully restored and subbed)

Riki-Oh (the print was shockingly in good shape)

Lastly, a bunch of Disney stuff that my parents took me to when I was very young and Disney was doing those limited re-releases. I seem to recall seeing Bambi and Fantasia back then.

[Brack]

Just original Star Wars Trilogy and E.T.

[Boba Fett]

Just original Star Wars Trilogy and E.T.
The unaltered trilogy or the special edition?

I didn't add the trilogy on my list since they were the SE releases.

[dtcarson]

In college was probably my best shot at seeing some of these. The student center did a great job of getting diverse movies, a different movie each day. Big ones I remember are
A Clockwork Orange
The Wall
Solaris
Fritz the Cat
Tron
and the theater in town had a very scratchy print of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and a version of Rocky Horror Picture Show with "Super Heroes".
ACO was great like that, I was center third row and just immersed in it. Same with The Wall.

[rw2516]

Frankenstein/Dracula(1931) double Feature
House Of Wax
The Thing(1951)
Day The Earth Stood Still
Night Of The Living Dead
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
The Ten Commandments
Fantasia

[Giantrobo]

Gojira '54 restored Japanese version
Akira
Rocky Horror Picture show (Not hard since it still airs theatrically to this day)

[mcfly]

Good question. I love seeing older films on the big screen that I was either not alive yet for or for some reason missed out on its original theatrical run. There's a theater here that plays retro flicks every Thursday which is pretty cool. Let's see..

Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Mallats
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

And coming up in the next couple of weeks is Stripes, A Night at the Roxbury, and a couple of others.

[Mr. Salty]

"Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Dr. Strangelove"
"Creature from the Black Lagoon," in 3-D

[mhg83]

original star wars trilogy
Dark Crystal i saw a few months back. Its amazing on the big screen.

[Mondo Kane]

Just original Star Wars Trilogy and E.T.

Which reminds me (Though a bit off topic) that I wish more films would get re-released once again. There was a pretty good stretch there of re-releases with the Star Wars Trilogy,Grease,Gone With The Wind,Apocalypse Now and The Exorcist. It seemed like the run came to an end once E.T. didn't do as much business as expected.

[The Bus]

Apocalypse Now

[mh4268]

Godfather
Wrath of Khan

[Pillowhead]

Back in 1997 or 1998, there was a Warner Bros festival in Scottsdale. I was able to see Clockwork Orange there.

I saw the Terminator at a Sci-Fi festival in Tempe.

Alien re-release a few years back

Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom at a New Times film festival. I also had to sit through Clueless (but I saw that back in 95').

Apocalypse Now (the redux one :( )

The Warriors :) This was awesome as Michael Beck was in attendance and I asked him if the theme song went through his head whenever he rode a subway. Alas, it never did, but I think it might have after my question. He sat like two seats away from us. Swan had to tell a chick to turn her cell phone off.

[Lipid]

A Clockwork Orange
Fight Club
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
The White Sheik (Fellini)
La Dolce Vita
Seventh Seal

[Mondo Kane]

Swan had to tell a chick to turn her cell phone off.

Or he'd sic Ajax on her ass!

[CharlieK]

I've seen a fair amount of older movies theatrically, but a week-long 70mm film festival stands out in particular.

- 2001
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Alien
- Raiders of the Lost Ark

That was a good week.

[chris_sc77]

Indy 3
Pulp Fiction
Dazed & Confused
True Romance

[printerati]

- Alien
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- This Is Spinal Tap!
- Apocalypse Now (Redux)
- Rebecca
- Touch Of Evil
- Trainspotting

I also saw Jurassic Park at an outdoor theater a couple of years after its initial theatrical run, but I wouldn't say I was "lucky" to see it. ;)

[sundog]

There have been a few...

From this year:

Sansho the Bailiff 1954 | Mizoguchi Retrospective
Kanzo Sensei (Dr. Akagi) 1998 | Shohei Imamura Retrospective
The Whole Shootin' Match 1978 | 2006 Restoration
Raging Bull 1980 | United Artists 90th Anniversary
Xiao Wu (Pickpocket) 1997 | Jia Zhang Ke Retrospective
The Pornographers 1966 | Shohei Imamura Retrospective
Le Doulos 1962 | New Print
La Chinoise 1967 | New Print
La Noire De... (Black Girl) 1966 | The Great Transition: World Cinema in the 1960s

These are all initial viewings (yes, it took me this long to see Raging Bull; but I am very glad the first time was in the theatre).

[Brack]

The unaltered trilogy or the special edition?

I didn't add the trilogy on my list since they were the SE releases.

Special Edition. then I guess I should say none since E.T. had the guns replaced with walkie talkies and added CGI.

http://www.ravetrash.com/forum/images/smiles/cry.gif

[Zodiac_Speaking]

The Shining (bad print)
The Third Man (decent print)
Fantasia
Night of the Living Dead (AFI's 40th Anni with Romero and cast narrated by Malcolm McDowell)
Bambi
E.T.

[Brack]

Oops, I forgot to mention Disney's Beauty and the Beast on IMAX. I count that because it hadn't been on IMAX previously. It looked so good.

[Dimension X]

House of Wax (1953) and Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) in 3D during the '80s 3D fad.

Several Disney movies over the years:
Pinocchio (1940)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Bambi (1942)
Song of the South (1946)
etc.

[johnnysd]

If you include movies at college there were quite a few.

The coolest one though was at the opening of the AMC Theaters in Mission Valley (San Diego) It was one of the first ever "stadium" theaters. The night before it officially opened they showed a bunch of Charlton Heston movies, with Charlton going to each theater and introducing the film. The movie me and my friend picked was "Planet of the Apes". Heston thought it was one of his best films, and that he made a major mistake not staying involved in the sequels.

[Raul3]

Casablanca

[Rypro 525]

recenly 2001 a space oddesy. might see psyho and the birds during the Charles hitchcock retrospective. Also, might go to afi silver in dc again to see some of the UA 90th anniversery films, mainly gbu and goldeneye.

[Neeb]

2001- twice at the Cinerama in L.A., once at the Seattle Cinerama, three times at the Ken in San Diego, once at the Egyptian in Seattle, once at the L.A. Egyptian

Lawrence of Arabia- once at the Village in L.A, once at the Egyptian, once at the Aero, once at the Seattle Cinerama

How the West Was Won- 3-Strip Cinerama at the Seattle Cinerama

It's a Mad (x4) World- Seattle Cinerama

Singing in the Rain- Seattle Cinerama

Adventures of Robin Hood- Seattle Cinerama

Ghostbusters (70mm)- Seattle Cinerama

Close Encounters of the Third Kind- once at the LA Cinerama, once at the (late) Mann Plaza

Superman- Mann Plaza

Aliens- Seattle Egyptian, Mann Plaza (twice), New Beverly, La Jolla Village Square theaters

Big Trouble in Little China- 70mm, Mann Plaza (last time it was shown before the print self-destructed. It's not possible to see BTILC at a theater anymore)

and so many more...

[UAIOE]

I got to see "Goldfinger" a few years ago. I remember asking my dad if he wanted to go see it...his reply "I already saw it in theaters, when it first came out." :grunt:

I'd love to see either "Back to the Future" or "Aliens" on the big screen. And none of that "play the DVD on the big screen" bullshit like the last "re-run" series did.

[Shannon Nutt]

The Godfather
The Wizard Of Oz

[Nick Danger]

In the last few months:

Armies of Shadows
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (restored with extra footage)
Once Upon a Time in the West
Fistful of Dynamite

[sundog]

A big highlight for me was seeing a 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey back in 1997, in Urbana Illinois, on a massive screen.

Here are some more 'select' films I've been lucky to catch theatrically over the years (unless noted, all have been prints in various states of quality):

City Lights - 1931
Celine and Julie Go Boating - 1974
Out 1 - 1971 (with live subtitles!)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen - 1932
Madame de... - 1953
The Story of Three Loves - 1953
Becky Sharp - 1935 (first 3 strip technicolor film!)
Zabriskie Point - 1970
The River - 1951
Army of Shadows - 1969
Overlord - 1975
Viridiana - 1961
Late Autumn - 1960
Pickpocket - 1959
White Dog - 1981
The Passenger - 1975
L'Age d'Or - 1930
Un Chien Andalou - 1928
Playtime - 1967 (70mm!)
Sans Soleil - 1982
Rio Bravo - 1958
Winchester '73 - 1950
All Quiet on the Western Front - 1930 (sound version)
La Dolce Vita - 1961
The Battle of Algiers - 1965
Red River - 1948
The Pirate - 1948
Night of the Hunter - 1955
The Magnificent Ambersons - 1942
Home from the Hill - 1959
The Cobweb - 1955
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - 1974
Flowers of Shanghai - 1998
MacBeth - 1982 (Bela Tarr video presentation!)
Sherlock Jr. - 1924
Trouble in Paradise - 1932
Nosferatu - 1922
Stalker - 1979
Ikiru - 1952
To Be or Not to Be - 1942
Duck Soup - 1933
The Shop Around the Corner - 1940
Andrei Rublev - 1966
A Man Escaped - 1956
The Devil is a Woman - 1935
The Saga of Anatahan - 1953
The Rules of the Game - 1939
Rashomon - 1950
The Exterminating Angel - 1962
The Wind Will Carry Us - 1999
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - 1975
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 1920
Rififi - 1955
Broken Blossoms - 1919
Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes) - 1933
Los Olvidados - 1950
Tristana - 1970
Mexican Bus Ride - 1952
Quai des Orfevres - 1947

[Giles]

- Andrey Rublyov
- The Stalker
- Last Year at Marienbad
- Contempt
- The Cranes Are Flying
- Cleo from 5 to 7
- The Rules of the Game
- Day of Wrath
- Walkabout
- Knife in the Water
- Fires on the Plain
- Céline et Julie vont en bateau
- Hello, Dolly (Silver Theater: 70mm)
- Playtime (Silver Theatre: 70mm)
- The Fallen Idol
- Mouchette
- Black Orpheus
- Ikiru
- Duck Soup
- It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Silver Theater)

movies seen on 'video' home viewing initially, than later again in theatre setting - where they are meant to be seen:

Alien (reissue - Uptown)
West Side Story (reissue - Uptown)
Ben Hur (reissue - Uptown)
Lawrence of Arabia (Uptown / Silver Theatre: 70mm)
2001 (Uptown / Silver Theatre: 70mm)

[sauce07]

second

Ben Hur (reissue - Uptown)
Lawrence of Arabia (Uptown)
2001 (Uptown)

[majorjoe23]

Clerks, The Wizard of Oz, A Streetcar Named Desire, 2001, Superman. I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton, the Tampa Theatre shows old movies fairly regularly, and I had a membership while in college.

[Doughboy]

The Godfather - a beat up print on Father's Day 2007; it was worth it though

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - a brand new 35mm print late May 2007 for the 25th anniversary; it was a midnight showing with a packed house full of die hard fans

Raiders of the Lost Ark - a beat up print back in 2000; I finally realized how great this movie was when I experienced it on the big screen

Superman: The Movie - the March 2001 re-release of the Special Edition in San Antonio; much like Raiders, I finally got how incredible this movie was that day

This Is Spinal Tap - a decent looking print in Summer 2007; another midnight showing with a packed house, including a ton of teenagers who weren't even born when the movie came out

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Around 2000 or 2001, there was a theater in San Antonio that was screening the entire Indy trilogy. I'd already seen Raiders and Last Crusade(this one I caught back in 1989) on the big screen, but I'd never seen TOD. I had to wait til late that night for the showing(of a beat up print, no less) and drive all the way back to Houston afterwards, but it was worth every minute.

The Breakfast Club - July 2007; it was a beat up print that looked way way worse than the HD-DVD, but it was worth seeing with a crowd

The Star Wars Trilogy - February and March 1997; they were unfortunately the Special Editions, but it was still fun to experience Star Wars and Empire on the big screen; I'd seen Jedi back in 1983 when it first released

Goldfinger - Spring 2004; it was a beat up print and framed incorrectly, but it was still fun to experience it on the big screen; you could tell how old of a print it was since it said at the end that "James Bond will return On Her Majesty's Secret Service" :)

The Phantom of the Opera(1925) - The original silent film at a Halloween 2001 screening with a live organ player to boot

[sauce07]

Goldfinger - Spring 2004; it was a beat up print and framed incorrectly, but it was still fun to experience it on the big screen; you could tell how old of a print it was since it said at the end that "James Bond will return On Her Majesty's Secret Service" :)

don't most of the prints still have this, or at least the DVD's?

[Giles]

Raiders of the Lost Ark - a beat up print back in 2000; I finally realized how great this movie was when I experienced it on the big screen

The Star Wars Trilogy - February and March 1997; they were unfortunately the Special Editions, but it was still fun to experience Star Wars and Empire on the big screen; I'd seen Jedi back in 1983 when it first released




I think I saw that same beat up print at the Uptown the same year - half way through the print got substantially better (i.e, less worn) but what I thought was thrilling was that the sound really pumped and sounded fantastic.

I saw the trilogy back to back at the AFI when they were at the Kennedy Center, and my friend and I sat in the front row, which wasn't that close (thankfully), but we did our own MST3K commentary through out all three movies - thankfully it wasn't disruptive, but we had a blast. Likewise, Cineplex Odeon at 4000 Wisconsin Ave. did the 'Back to the Future' trilogy in one lump sitting and that was fun as well.

[devilshalo]

Apocalypse Now
Ditto.

I'd like to include:

Carpenter's The Thing.

[JMcCraw]

Gone With the Wind.

[Giles]

Gone With the Wind.

I saw a beautiful print at the Avalon Theater

others:

1900 - complete 316min. version. (AFI Kennedy Center)
The Devils (AFI Kennedy Center - US 'X-rated' version)

[zooiiks]

Within walking distance from me in Jersey City is the Landmark Loew's Theatre, a movie palace built in 1927 that shows a few movies each month. And when I say palace, I mean palace! Here's a shot of the outside:

http://hudsonshakespeare.org/images/Show%20Images/2003/web01.jpg

and a shot of the lobby:

http://heidiologies.com/photoblog/loews.jpg

Over the last couple of months I've seen:

A Streetcar Named Desire
Double Indemnity
All About Eve (Celeste Holm was in attendance and did a Q&A)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Princess Bride
The Terminator
Blade Runner: Final Cut

Next month they're showing Planet of the Apes (original), King Kong (original), Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young (original)

I'll be there :D

[joltman]

Sounds like they may not count, but I saw the Star Wars SE's and the Exorcist: Version You've Never Seen Before or whatever it was called. Besides that, I took my wife to see The Lion King in IMAX a couple years ago, and I saw some of Clerks on a big screen at Woodstock 99.

[Gunde]

Anything I please (home theater :D2:)
And I'm really enjoying watching all the movies I was too young to catch in the theaters originally. Where I live theaters are exclusively new movies - so it's my only option really.

[tdirgins]

Gone With the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
The Red Balloon/White Mane
The Good, the bad and the Ugly
A Man For All Seasons
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Citizen Kane
Wizard of Oz
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[Giles]

I'd love to see '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' in the theatre - any movie with aspect ratios greater than 2.35 (for the record '20,000' is 2.55) is immersive.

[Doughboy]

don't most of the prints still have this, or at least the DVD's?

The DVDs and TV broadcasts all show "James Bond will return in Thunderball". And from what I've read, a lot of the later prints of Goldfinger showed the same thing. Apparently the studio went back and changed it after they decided On Her Majesty's Secret Service would not be the next book used.

[KillerCannibal]

Jaws
Creepshow
Caddyshack
Bachelor Party
Monster Squad
Night of the Creeps
Up In Smoke
The Warriors

... and the Vanilla Ice classic Cool as Ice. I know. You're all jealous.

There have been a lot more that I'm not remembering. I go to the New Beverly in LA a lot, and they're constantly showing old classics that I've never seen on a big screen.

[BobSchlapowitz]

Back in 1993 or 1994, a theater in my area celebrated their grand opening with a showing of the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy.

Last week a theater in my area was showing Rocky (Stallone, not Rocky Horror!) and I couldn't make it.

[MartinBlank]

The Evil Dead trilogy

[Giles]

Back in 1993 or 1994, a theater in my area celebrated their grand opening with a showing of the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy.

Last week a theater in my area was showing Rocky (Stallone, not Rocky Horror!) and I couldn't make it.

was the Rocky showing part of the UA Showcase - which is incidently making the rounds at independent theatres, with different movies - I'd love to see 'Fiddler on the Roof' on the big screen, but the AFI Silver is not showing it :sad:

[droidguy1119]

The Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (a few weeks prior to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's release. Print was scratchy.)
THX-1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut
The Blues Brothers (to support the recent DVD. There was no sound for the first 8 minutes or so, and they played the theatrical cut, which I don't like as much)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut

[BobSchlapowitz]

was the Rocky showing part of the UA Showcase - which is incidently making the rounds at independent theatres, with different movies - I'd love to see 'Fiddler on the Roof' on the big screen, but the AFI Silver is not showing it :sad:

Yes it was. It was at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. They were showing Rocky as a double feature with Raging Bull. Raging Bull is good but the original Rocky is my favorite movie of all time, and that was probably the only chance I'll ever get to see it on the big screen. :gah:

[asianxcore]

I feel very lucky to be around a bunch of theaters that do "retro" or midnight madness screenings every week.

Amelie
Suspiria
Brazil
Cannibal Holocaust

[Giles]

I feel very lucky to be around a bunch of theaters that do "retro" or midnight madness screenings every week.

Amelie
Suspiria
Brazil
Cannibal Holocaust

jeesh you're making feel old.