I can still remember the night my dad coming home all wide-eyed and scared after a showing ALIEN. (I was 8 years old at the time, and was pissed because he wouldn’t take me with him to see that.) He very eradically told me the tale of little spider-creatures jumping on the faces of Space Miners, monsters bursting from thier chests, and the horrorific things that transpired after… freaked me out enough that I wouldn’t see that film until 3 years after it came out. LoL!
Unfortunatley, I only attended The Northpoint once when Empire Strikes Back was in it’s 2nd week. No trailers were shown at that preformance. I remember the 70mm auditorium being huge, and the 6-track Dolby was even more intense. I remember walking out of there one angry 9 year old, as I wouldn’t learn the fates of Han Solo and the rest of the gang for another 3 years.
If anyone has links to pictures of The Northpoints auditorioum, I’d appreaciate a look see.
I remember going here a few times whith my parents when I was really really little. I can vididly remember seeing LIVE AND LET DIE (In which I today think were 2nd run showings, but started my fandom with 007.) and ORCA The Killer Whale.
When my family moved to Oakland in the mid-80’s, as a teen I began patronizing the movies here often with my younger brother, sometimes alone. It was then I noticed the cinema had been relocated to another part of the mall. Saw more 2nd run and B-fare there then I’d care to list.
I think the previous comment made about the Four Star Cinema’s clientele is greatly exaggeraed. True, Eastmont Mall wasn’t located in the ‘burbs, and the audiences could be a little rowdy… (which was part of the charm imo!) but me and mine were nice middle-class kids, and we never had any problems when spending an afternoon there.
I can still remember the night my dad coming home all wide-eyed and scared after a showing ALIEN. (I was 8 years old at the time, and was pissed because he wouldn’t take me with him to see that.) He very eradically told me the tale of little spider-creatures jumping on the faces of Space Miners, monsters bursting from thier chests, and the horrorific things that transpired after… freaked me out enough that I wouldn’t see that film until 3 years after it came out. LoL!
Unfortunatley, I only attended The Northpoint once when Empire Strikes Back was in it’s 2nd week. No trailers were shown at that preformance. I remember the 70mm auditorium being huge, and the 6-track Dolby was even more intense. I remember walking out of there one angry 9 year old, as I wouldn’t learn the fates of Han Solo and the rest of the gang for another 3 years.
If anyone has links to pictures of The Northpoints auditorioum, I’d appreaciate a look see.
I remember going here a few times whith my parents when I was really really little. I can vididly remember seeing LIVE AND LET DIE (In which I today think were 2nd run showings, but started my fandom with 007.) and ORCA The Killer Whale.
When my family moved to Oakland in the mid-80’s, as a teen I began patronizing the movies here often with my younger brother, sometimes alone. It was then I noticed the cinema had been relocated to another part of the mall. Saw more 2nd run and B-fare there then I’d care to list.
I think the previous comment made about the Four Star Cinema’s clientele is greatly exaggeraed. True, Eastmont Mall wasn’t located in the ‘burbs, and the audiences could be a little rowdy… (which was part of the charm imo!) but me and mine were nice middle-class kids, and we never had any problems when spending an afternoon there.