Saw that in a theater on release 

nah me or i dont remember if i did. was it marketed as horror or sci-fi? they definitely werent into horror but sci fi, maybe. we saw close encounters when i was 8 but that was far more touchy-feely. 

• i guess "in space, no one can hear you scream" is more on the horror tip.

  https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-weird-marketing-of-the-alien-films/

  
  - dave 5-20-2023 3:07 pm [add a comment]




• I think it was just kind of a blockbuster with sci fi horror undertones. Definitely went into it knowing to expect spectacular gross special effects and a sexy female lead. Also saw Annie Hall, American Gigolo (Armani) and Shampoo around then.

  
  - bill 5-20-2023 3:40 pm [add a comment]




• shampoo 75, annie hall 77, alien 79, american gigolo 80. were you in your wall st designer suit phase or something?

  https://www.grailed.com/drycleanonly/american-gigolo-rise-of-armani

  
  - dave 5-20-2023 4:07 pm [add a comment]




• movies i recall seeing in the theater in 79 (age 10)

  the jerk

  superman 2

  1941

  moonraker

  the china syndrome

  meatballs

  kramer vs kramer

  being there

  breaking away

  the main event

  rocky 2

  goldengirl (possibly)

  the in laws (maybe)

  10 (kind of a stretch but...)

  the muppet movie

  The Electric Horseman

   

  
  - dave 5-20-2023 4:22 pm [add a comment]




• did not see

  apocalypse now

  norma rae

  the rose

  life of brian

  the warriors

  all that jazz

  mad max

  escape from alcatraz

  rock n roll high school

  manhattan ???

  star trek the motion picture

  the amityville horror

  buck rogers in the 25th century

  
  - dave 5-20-2023 4:29 pm [add a comment]




• might have seen hair. probably saw the champ.

   

  heres a list from tarantino.

  
  - dave 5-20-2023 4:30 pm [add a comment]




• Only saw r and r hs of all of those. Manhattan on TV. 

  
  - bill 5-20-2023 5:28 pm [add a comment]




• I saw Alien in the theater summer of '79. Once face hugger made his first move the woman next to me threw her head into her lap and began sobbing inconsolably with her hands over her ears. She stayed that way til the end credits as her date casually munched a bucket of popcorn.
  - steve 5-20-2023 7:10 pm [add a comment]