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That same year I remember seeing Apocalypse Now, Amityville Horor, The Deer Hunter, Coming Home, Being There, Kramer vs Kramer...
Movies would get long runs and come back year after year so it was not unusual to see movies that were a few years old in theaters. Cable wasn't pervasive yet so the only real avenues were television, which had to cut everything into basically a G rating, or theaters.
yeah, i know movies had a longer runs, time to build word of mouth unlike how most movies are marketed today but return engagements? i could see that there were second run movie houses but returning to first run regularly? yeah, i guess i can imagine a star wars returning to a theater months after it initially ran, or rocky, or jaws.
anyway, surprised to see hbo was in 1.something million homes by 1979. still a far cry from its peak of 50 million. and vhs was picking up steam.
"The number of movie rentals in the United States increased dramatically over the course of the 1980s. In 1980, there were an estimated 1.5 billion movie rentals. By 1989, that number had grown to 5.5 billion. This growth was driven by a number of factors, including the increasing availability of VCRs, the growing popularity of movies on demand, and the decreasing cost of renting movies."
Drive ins and second run theaters would market double and triple features. Saw apocalypse in the theater.
I also saw Manhattan in 1979 and Chinatown, The Passenger, Last Tango In Paris, Remember My Name, The Harder They Come, Quadrophenia, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Saw last tango 1st run 73 summer. Chinatown in theater.
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That same year I remember seeing Apocalypse Now, Amityville Horor, The Deer Hunter, Coming Home, Being There, Kramer vs Kramer...
Movies would get long runs and come back year after year so it was not unusual to see movies that were a few years old in theaters. Cable wasn't pervasive yet so the only real avenues were television, which had to cut everything into basically a G rating, or theaters.
- steve 5-20-2023 7:41 pm
yeah, i know movies had a longer runs, time to build word of mouth unlike how most movies are marketed today but return engagements? i could see that there were second run movie houses but returning to first run regularly? yeah, i guess i can imagine a star wars returning to a theater months after it initially ran, or rocky, or jaws.
anyway, surprised to see hbo was in 1.something million homes by 1979. still a far cry from its peak of 50 million. and vhs was picking up steam.
"The number of movie rentals in the United States increased dramatically over the course of the 1980s. In 1980, there were an estimated 1.5 billion movie rentals. By 1989, that number had grown to 5.5 billion. This growth was driven by a number of factors, including the increasing availability of VCRs, the growing popularity of movies on demand, and the decreasing cost of renting movies."
- dave 5-20-2023 8:03 pm [add a comment]
Drive ins and second run theaters would market double and triple features. Saw apocalypse in the theater.
- bill 5-20-2023 8:15 pm [add a comment]
I also saw Manhattan in 1979 and Chinatown, The Passenger, Last Tango In Paris, Remember My Name, The Harder They Come, Quadrophenia, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- steve 5-21-2023 2:47 am [add a comment]
Saw last tango 1st run 73 summer. Chinatown in theater.
- bill 5-21-2023 3:30 am [add a comment]