The Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois is an absolutely extraordinary place to see movies. As a child and throughout my college years in Chicago, it was always a bastion of comfort to the notion that movies could be “larger than life”.
I remember when I was ten years old going with my mother to see “A Christmas Story” there when it was origionally released. The theatre was packed with families on a snowy day with the town center of Park Ridge lending the perfect atmosphere outside to compliment the warm and charming feel of the movie we were watching.
Life imitated art that day and for a while my child imagination played tricks on me in the most delightful of ways. I could believe that I was Ralphie stuck in the mired world of his small town in Indiana in the 1950’s. What a fantastic ride it was.
Pickwick significantly contributed to my love affair with movies and now that I’m 30 and in the great race to make studio films in Hollywood – I am very grateful to be able to come home for holidays and recharge my reserves to make that fight in Hollywood all worth while.
The Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois is an absolutely extraordinary place to see movies. As a child and throughout my college years in Chicago, it was always a bastion of comfort to the notion that movies could be “larger than life”.
I remember when I was ten years old going with my mother to see “A Christmas Story” there when it was origionally released. The theatre was packed with families on a snowy day with the town center of Park Ridge lending the perfect atmosphere outside to compliment the warm and charming feel of the movie we were watching.
Life imitated art that day and for a while my child imagination played tricks on me in the most delightful of ways. I could believe that I was Ralphie stuck in the mired world of his small town in Indiana in the 1950’s. What a fantastic ride it was.
Pickwick significantly contributed to my love affair with movies and now that I’m 30 and in the great race to make studio films in Hollywood – I am very grateful to be able to come home for holidays and recharge my reserves to make that fight in Hollywood all worth while.
Thank you Pickwick Theatre.
JWG