Thanks! I’ll check it out. If this is the one, then I mostly remember it for the free shows – the ones where you bring in the flyer and walk in.
The first one I saw was King Ralph. They had a zany guy making jokes before the show, DJs giving away goodies, stuff like that. Of all the free screenings I’ve seen since, this one still holds the record for “most enthusiastic pre-show.” (Pretty sad, really.)
The next free screening I saw here was for Thelma and Louise. I took my mom, who was so impressed that you just walk in without paying, she more than gave them there money back in popcorn, candy, and soda. :) I didn’t know what T&L was about, but after the King Ralph experience, I assured her that there would probably be a lot of giveaways and marketing craziness before the show.
Hah. There was nothing. The movie just started without any fanfare. (Of course, given the nature of the film, this was appropriate.) We both enjoyed the show, and when we stepped outside, there were TV cameras everywhere. “Ah, here we go,” I said. Except, oops again, it was all for Backdraft, which was having a free screening that same night. Pft!
I moved from Houston not long after that, but the cinema was so new and clean and well-promoted then – I can’t quite wrap my head around it being gone.
I’m trying to remember the “shiny, new, multiplex” cinema off Westheimer that had all those protesters out front when Last Temptation of the Christ came out. This one seems likely. Can anyone confirm?
Is this the drive-in that used to be next to (or included?) the “Butterfly Lounge”? I’m trying to remember where my parents used to take me when I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s, living around 15 Mile and Schoenherr (sp).
Thanks! I’ll check it out. If this is the one, then I mostly remember it for the free shows – the ones where you bring in the flyer and walk in.
The first one I saw was King Ralph. They had a zany guy making jokes before the show, DJs giving away goodies, stuff like that. Of all the free screenings I’ve seen since, this one still holds the record for “most enthusiastic pre-show.” (Pretty sad, really.)
The next free screening I saw here was for Thelma and Louise. I took my mom, who was so impressed that you just walk in without paying, she more than gave them there money back in popcorn, candy, and soda. :) I didn’t know what T&L was about, but after the King Ralph experience, I assured her that there would probably be a lot of giveaways and marketing craziness before the show.
Hah. There was nothing. The movie just started without any fanfare. (Of course, given the nature of the film, this was appropriate.) We both enjoyed the show, and when we stepped outside, there were TV cameras everywhere. “Ah, here we go,” I said. Except, oops again, it was all for Backdraft, which was having a free screening that same night. Pft!
I moved from Houston not long after that, but the cinema was so new and clean and well-promoted then – I can’t quite wrap my head around it being gone.
I’m trying to remember the “shiny, new, multiplex” cinema off Westheimer that had all those protesters out front when Last Temptation of the Christ came out. This one seems likely. Can anyone confirm?
Is this the drive-in that used to be next to (or included?) the “Butterfly Lounge”? I’m trying to remember where my parents used to take me when I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s, living around 15 Mile and Schoenherr (sp).