Ever watch a movie at a drive in?

[Kaleva]

When in high school, my friends and I would save money by hiding in the trunk of the car so that only the driver would have to pay for himself. The driver, usually drunk, would try to act cool when paying for his ticket while the rest us, also usually drunk, were jammed inside the trunk laughing, farting and belching.

[LeftyMom]

1. All the time. We still have one here.

:D

[LibraLiz1973]

37. Color me insanely jealous

[bigwillq]

2. Yes!

I love it! Haven't been since high school. Not sure if the one I used to go to is still open. But it's so much fun!!

[Jamastiene]

3. The old Godzilla was the first one I saw at a drive-in.

I fell in love immediately. Godzillaaaaaaa :loveya:

[Kaleva]

6. I remember watching The Guns of Navarone, The Sound of Music & Dr. Zhivago

at the local drive in when I was young. We were going to see "Patton" there one evening but my mom had heard there was some swearing in that movie so we didn't go.

[fishwax]

4. I love the drive in, but haven't been in about five years

There's apparently one about 40 miles from where I live now -- maybe this summer I'll get up there :)

[RushIsRot]

5. There were MOVIES!?!?!? Who knew?

[Wapsie B]

7. Yes and I still go.

Drive-In has two outdoor screens here.

[Jamastiene]

9. You are one of the truly lucky ones.

Drive-in theaters are rare nowadays.

[mulsh]

8. My parents took us to see MASH & Butch Cassidy at a drive in.

there were 3 big screens and some fairly graphic R rated film playing on one of the other screens. My 7 year old brother was the first to notice this. It took my parents a minute or so to realize what was going on. We thoroughly enjoyed all the movies. This was at the Colosseum Drive-in in Oakland. It's still there.

A few years later we did the sneaking in via the trunk while drunk thing. good times.

[GoCubsGo]

29. Mine took us to see "Blazing Saddles"

We were all teenagers at the time. I remember them taking us to a Don Knotts triple feature when we were much younger. I only made it about halfway through the second feature before I fell asleep. The last film I ever saw at the drive-in was "The Blues Brothers." There's a drive-in still operating about 15 miles from here, but I have never been to it.

[fizzgig]

10. my husband and i saw up and star trek at the drive in this summer

my dad's 88 buick station wagon is the best drive in car ever and i want to make it our regular date next summer :)

[krispos42]

11. The Twin Cities have two, maybe a dozen miles apart.

One does a triple feature, one does a double feature. :thumbsup:

[Mind_your_head]

12. Oh G_d yes......

My co-workers and I used to sneak into the drive-in through the "out" entrance after work when the movie was half-way over. The drive-in was a *safe place* to drink, talk and have fun w/o fear of being hassled. We saw the last half of a 'certain move' 40-50 times ~ b/c it kept getting held-over and held-over and helled-over! lol *fun days actually*

[proteus_lives]

13. When I was a kid.

Last one was "When Death Becomes Her" Ha!

[texanwitch]

14. I loved going to drive in theaters.

There were swings near the screen for the little kids.

We have back yard movies when weather allows, sort of a drive in movie.

[LostInAnomie]

15. At one of the last drive ins left in Indiana I watched a double header of two of the worst movies...

... made in the 90's (Scream 3 & Reindeer Games). If I wouldn't have gotten a handy during Reindeeer Games I probably would have had to have killed everyone there.

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. They just recent;ly sold and closed the only one here in Tucson.

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Growing up, we used to climb the fence and sit in the back rows and
watch torrid B-movie scorchers like "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"
and such.
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We also did EXACTLY the same thing as in the OP, sneaking our drunken
selves into the place hidden in the trunk.
.
When I first moved to the Kentucky/Tennessee border in 1976, I went
to a drive-in by myself and fell asleep during the first movie. I
woke up around 1 AM or so, the only car in the joint. I pulled out
onto the highway and was almost killed by some asshole going the
wrong direction -- almost certainly having just closed up a bar.
A minute or so down the road and there was ANOTHER asshole going
in the wrong direction... and then a THIRD. That's when I noticed
that the signs on both sides of the road were facing in the other
direction.
.
Yep. Meet the real asshole. In my groggy state, I had turned south
into the passing lane of the northbound side of a WIDELY-divided
4-lane highway.
.
Kinda explained all the rude honking and terrified faces of all
those "drunken assholes" going in the "wrong direction". Just hadn't
made any sense up 'til then.
.

[JonLP24]

17. I'm the first to vote 'no'

:wow:

[Skittles]

18. I watched one with my date's brother locked in the trunk

he was "sneaking" him in but left him there because he was pissed off at him about something.....poor thang pounded to be let out

[Inchworm]

20. Likely story

:P

[petronius]

19. I have been to the drive-in more often than I've watched the drive-in movie,

but yeah - I watched it once or twice...

[mitchum]

21. I worked at one as a teenager in the 70s

wonderful times

[Capn Sunshine]

22. IN the 70's I lived down the street from one

we used to get really high, grab a patio chair , and walk in.

[TrogL]

23. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[murielm99]

24. Yes, I still go.

We have one near us. I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" there.

The first movie I ever saw at a drive-in was "Rear Window." It scared the crap out of me.

We used to do the kids in the trunk thing, too. I don't know why. It was so cheap to go to the drive-in. I guess we just wanted to get away with something.

[Lindsey]

25. We went to the drive-in all the time. When I was a child with my

family, and as I got older with friends and on dates. I was born and raised in Texas and for teenagers back then (the 70's) the drive-in was party time...getting high, roaming from car to car, making out with your date. I even got to come home one hour later because the drive-ins weren't over as early as movies at the theatres. I saw Woodstock, The Godfather, The Exorcist, and too many to other films to count. I've been living in California for 20 years and I don't even know it they have drive-ins out here.

[murielm99]

26. There are some good websites about drive-ins.

They were at their peak in the 1950's, when I grew up. For some reason, there was one near my home in the suburbs, and one near me now, out in the boonies. And there are not that many left in Illinois!

They really are a wonderful piece of history of a bygone era. I understand that they are making a comeback because of baby boomer nostalgia. I think that is great. Drive-ins are fun.

I read an article several years ago about a drive-in that closed somewhere in the South. At the last show, a large number of vintage car owners drove their old cars to the drive-in to pay a final tribute. It was touching. I wish I could find the article.

[Courtesy Flush]

27. Can't understand why they closed them down

I haven't been to one in 30 years. We were in Cape Cod last year, and they still have one, but they weren't showing anything good at the time.

[CBHagman]

28. Yes indeed!

First time I went was with my parents and siblings. We kids wore pajamas and brought our pillows and blankets, and fell asleep during the main feature (In those days, younger DUers, there was a cartoon or two before the movie).

Last time I went I was a grad student and went with friends in a convoy of cars. We saw a double bill of Bill Murray comedies, Ghostbusters and Stripes, and had a great time.

[jonnyblitz]

30. The last time I went I saw "Saving Private Ryan" in Milford, NH

at a drive-in that is apparently still open according to it's website.

http://www.milforddrivein.com/

[bikebloke]

31. Porn at a drive-in.

The old Sunset Drive-in in Bailey's Cross Roads showed porn movies. At times, there were more people standing in the back behind the chain link fence than there were cars inside the lot. It's where we had our first glimpse of movie porn while in high school.

Before that, there were a few. The only one that I remember was Krakatoa, East of Java.

[bif]

32. The Passion Pits? You bet.

I might go this summer. It's been a long time.

[av8rdave]

33. That's where I saw "Ghostbusters"

A coworker of mine in the Air Force found a low mileage, used Cadillac convertible with all the bells and whistles. What a great drive in vehicle. He and his wife would sit in the front seat, and we would sit on the top of the back seat with the cooler between us. Saw lots of movies that way.

Fun days...

[CBR]

34. There was an active drive-in near where I went to school in the early

2000s near Athens, WV. It was great. I do not know if it is still operating.

[Tom_Foolery]

35. That's how I spent my teenage years in the '70s...

My town used to have three drive-ins. Two of them played the regular movies, but the one out in the county played porns.

My best friend and I went to it once. I was 15, and he was 16. As we approached the box office, I kept telling him that they wouldn't let us in. He pulled up to the pay window on my side and told me to "just hand them the goddamn money". I cracked the car window a little and handed them the money. They just waved us in with no problems.

Oh the memories!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

36. I adored the drive in theater and HATE that it is no more

My dream is to win the lottery and open one. They were the best