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Artoo-Dethree Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 12/29/08 10:58pm Subject: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	Who remembers where they saw STAR WARS in the original 1977 release? What city? What theater?
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Cloudreaper Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 12/30/08 8:54am Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77? - Date Edited: 12/30/08 9:05am (1 edits total) Edited By: Cloudreaper
	Well, slightly off topic because I never did see Star Wars in '77, but had I been a wee bit older, I COULD'VE seen it at the same spot I wound up seeing it in '80 (I actually saw Empire first, followed by Star Wars the next day.... at least I believe Star Wars was playing there... might've been the theater down the block): Loews Paradise Theatre on the Grand Concourse off Fordham Road in the Bronx.
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/31/08 9:03am Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	I don't remember which Houston theater my grandmother took my sister (8) and me (7) in '77 to see Star Wars... I only remember than Nanny "loved that dog!" (Chewie) It might have been the Galleria, but I'm not sure. However, the next summer of '78, I recall very clearly that my family and my best friend's family went together to see the latest Pink Panther movie at the Westchase 5 on Westheimer... and to our delight, my friend and I discovered SW had been re-released. Our mothers let us see Han and Luke by ourselves while everyone else went to see Clouseau. During the movie -- specifically during the detention block escape -- my friend and I looked at each other with unbridled joy written on our little faces. There was no going back from that moment! I saw SW six more times that summer, mostly at the Westchase, and when ESB came out in 1980 I saw it five times, also at the Westchase. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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Darth Scourge Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 1/1 1:14am Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77? - Date Edited: 1/1 1:16am (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth Scourge
	In 1977, I saw it in a small one-screen theatre called The Park in Cobourg, Ontario, and also at a drive in. -----signature----- "The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." I am master to Darth_Malefica.
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Blackout Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 1/1 12:08pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	Robin's Cinema, Durham, UK My parents took me. That's where I saw Empire in '80 too. But we went to see Jedi in the Odeon in Newcastle. Happy days -----signature----- Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. ULCER are from Margate... http://www.ulcer8d.org.uk
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 1/1 6:15pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	One that does not exist anymore. -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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ILuvJarJar Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 1/2 10:13am Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	I wasn't born.... -----signature----- ROTJ < ESB < ATOC < ANH < ROTS < TPM < TCW Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadrons: Fall 2009 Proud President of the Salacious Crumb fanclub Star Wars>>>>>>>>My Social Life It is well worth it.....
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KennethMorgan Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 1/2 7:16pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	I first saw ANH on the last Friday of June, 1977 at the Menlo Park Twin off of Route 1 in Edison, NJ. It was also the same theater I first saw TESB (opening weekend) and ROTJ (opening day). Sadly, it's long gone. So, for the prequels and TCW, I went up Route 1 to the Menlo Park Mall. It's not the same, but the name is there, at least. More details re: the original theater can be found here: http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7780/ -----signature----- -30-
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Qui-Gon_Reborn Title: Qui-Gon's Personal SWC Modsaber Registered: Dec '08	Date Posted: 1/2 10:59pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	ILuvJarJar posted: I wasn't born.... Me neither... If only GL would reintroduce the Saga in 3-D so I could experience the whole thing on the big screen... -----signature----- Twenty years ago, there was another Edward with a strange disposition and even stranger hair that the ladies swooned over. This Edward had scissors for hands, but he was much, much cooler. ------ I agree with Nat.
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ILuvJarJar Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 1/3 11:27am Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	Qui-Gon_Reborn posted: ILuvJarJar posted: I wasn't born.... Me neither... If only GL would reintroduce the Saga in 3-D so I could experience the whole thing on the big screen... Yes....Prays that Lucas is looking over this thread right now. -----signature----- ROTJ < ESB < ATOC < ANH < ROTS < TPM < TCW Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadrons: Fall 2009 Proud President of the Salacious Crumb fanclub Star Wars>>>>>>>>My Social Life It is well worth it.....
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JPorkins Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 1/3 3:03pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	ILuvJarJar posted: Qui-Gon_Reborn posted: ILuvJarJar posted: I wasn't born.... Me neither... If only GL would reintroduce the Saga in 3-D so I could experience the whole thing on the big screen... Yes....Prays that Lucas is looking over this thread right now. QFT -----signature----- Wishes the PT was never made
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QuiGonDad1 Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 1/3 4:31pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77? - Date Edited: 1/3 4:33pm (1 edits total) Edited By: QuiGonDad1
	Harris Theater in Findlay, Ohio which has now been torn down, but I did grab a brick from the rubble when it was torn down to preserve the memory! -----signature----- Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who. Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. We are now no longer the Knights who say Ni.
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darthramza Registered: Jul '08	Date Posted: 1/3 11:07pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	I wasn't alive in '77, sadly, but I did see the SE version in theaters at the Tinseltown in Pflugerville, Texas. -----signature----- "Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves." - Revolver Ocelot "Blasphemy is a victimless crime" GDG, GMG, CDG, D.E.N.T.A.L. VP Ever Lovin' DM of the Saga of the Nameless Lands Unofficial Caretaker of Jocasta Nu's
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 1/4 3:16pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	^ ^ ^ Cool, darthramza, I saw the ESB:SE at the Pflugerville Tinseltown. Maybe we were at the same showing! -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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MvG-88 Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 1/4 4:48pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	Wasn't alive, but my mum has mentioned that she saw it during the premiere week on Broadway... and hated it. Oh the irony.
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ILuvJarJar Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 1/4 8:48pm Subject: RE: In What Theater Did You See STAR WARS In '77?
	What dose QFT mean? -----signature----- ROTJ < ESB < ATOC < ANH < ROTS < TPM < TCW Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadrons: Fall 2009 Proud President of the Salacious Crumb fanclub Star Wars>>>>>>>>My Social Life It is well worth it.....
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