Star Wars Saga (OT/PT/ST) Discussion Thread

[Felinx]

I'm pretty sure Star Wars tickets were not $4 in 1977. I think I remember ESB bringing prices up to $3.50. So at best, Star Wars was $3 a showing. The place I went to, a UA cinema I believe, had matinee shows at noon for $2.25.

I could spend a whole day at the mall -- lunch, movie and video games at the arcade, plus bus fair round trip -- for $10 in 1977.

Was a cup of coffee ten cents like in BTTF?

But yeah movie tickets in Westwood in L.A. were $5 in 1989/90 and that was likely the most expensive in the nation, so I can't imagine tickets were $4 more than a decade earlier.

 

[Felinx]

That $4 must’ve been at the Imax with Atmos…..wait….

70mm Sensurround like theatrical Battlestar Galactica in 1978 (yes the seats shook when the Vipers took off)!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Was a cup of coffee ten cents like in BTTF?

But yeah movie tickets in Westwood in L.A. were $5 in 1989/90 and that was likely the most expensive in the nation, so I can't imagine tickets were $4 more than a decade earlier.

I do think it was Batman that hit the $5 mark that summer for ticket prices. I used to know the .25 cent increments and which films did it back in the day. So long ago now...

I think coffee at Ships was .45 cents in early/mid 80's.

 

[Felinx]

June 1977 ticket price showing SW:

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Wow that studio audience is such a motley crew of 1970s cliches.Everyone is a porn star, serial killer, bowl-cut+pocket protector or cult member.

But at least it has distinct flavor - I think it was Zemeckis on a podcast who recently noted every decade has its specific look/style and flavor until the 2000s, so for last 20-25 years it's all pretty much interchangeable across arts, fashion, music etc. Someone from 2005 really doesn't look that different from 2025.

 

[Felinx]

I do think it was Batman that hit the $5 mark that summer for ticket prices. I used to know the .25 cent increments and which films did it back in the day. So long ago now...

I think coffee at Ships was .45 cents in early/mid 80's.

And what great coffee that would have been. I've been rewatching Mad Men and in an early episode set in 1963 someone says nobody under the age of 30 drinks coffee - it was bracing army surplus stuff your dad drank.

 

[Wor-Gar]

There was no ADHD or whatever when I was a kid. Just "hyper". So what better way to solve that then caffeine...?

 

[Felinx]

I do think it was Batman that hit the $5 mark that summer for ticket prices. I used to know the .25 cent increments and which films did it back in the day. So long ago now...

I think coffee at Ships was .45 cents in early/mid 80's.

Ugh, don't remind me - in 1990 my roommate on Butler had this enormous Batman '89 cardboard standee thing that took up a full 1/4 of our apartment's living room. But hey - movies ruled back then.

 

[Mondragon]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/05...pened-for-the-first-time-35-years-ago-today/#

In New York, you could go see Star Wars at two theaters in Manhattan – the Loews Orpheum on East 86th St. and the Astor Plaza in Times Square – and on Long Island at the Mann Twin South in Hicksville. All three movie palaces have since been demolished. Tickets were $4

 

[Wor-Gar]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/05...pened-for-the-first-time-35-years-ago-today/#

Wow. If that's true, NY was expensive. Thankfully, we had a lot more than two theaters here in Los Angeles.

 

[Mondragon]

Other theaters got it, soon after the insane lines started.

"Film opened in just 32 screens nationwide, It wasn't till June 17 that the release widened significantly, reaching 157 screens.
The height of the film’s US release would not come until August 5, when it was on 1,044 screens."

First Week Opened Wednesday, May 25, 1977:
ARIZONA
Phoenix: [Plitt] Ciné Capri ***

CALIFORNIA
Hollywood (Los Angeles): [Mann] Chinese *
Orange: [Plitt] City Center *
Sacramento: [Syufy] Century 25 ***
San Diego: [Mann] Valley Circle ***
San Francisco: [UA] Coronet *
San Jose: [Syufy] Century 22 ***
Westwood (Los Angeles): [GCC] Avco Center *

COLORADO
Denver: [Cooper Highland] Cooper **

DELAWARE
Claymont (Philadelphia, PA): [Sameric] Eric Twin Tri-State Mall ***

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington: [RKO/Stanley-Warner] Uptown **

ILLINOIS
Milan (Quad-City, IA/IL): [Redstone] Showcase **

INDIANA
Indianapolis: [Y&W] Eastwood **

KENTUCKY
Louisville: [Redstone] Showcase **

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston: [Sack] Charles **

MICHIGAN
Southfield (Detroit): [Nicholas George] Americana Complex **

MINNESOTA
Roseville (St. Paul): [Northwest] Roseville 4 **
St. Louis Park (Minneapolis): [GCC] St. Louis Park ***

NEW JERSEY
Edison (New York, NY): [GCC] Menlo Park ***
Lawrenceville (Philadelphia, PA): [Sameric] Eric Twin Lawrenceville ***
Paramus (New York, NY): [RKO/Stanley-Warner] Triplex Paramus *
Pennsauken (Philadelphia, PA): [Sameric] Eric Twin Pennsauken ***

NEW YORK
Hicksville (Long Island): [Mann] Twin South *
Manhattan (New York): [Loews] Astor Plaza *
Manhattan (New York) [Loews] Orpheum *

OHIO
Springdale (Cincinnati): [Redstone] Showcase **

OREGON
Beaverton (Portland): [Luxury] Westgate **

PENNSYLVANIA
Fairless Hills (Philadelphia): [Sameric] Eric Twin Fairless Hills ***
Monroeville (Pittsburgh): [Redstone] Showcase East **
Philadelphia: [Sameric] Eric's Place ***

UTAH
Salt Lake City: [Plitt] Centre ***

WASHINGTON
Seattle: [UA] Cinema 150 **

 

[jye4ever]

The 80’s were crazy.

I was working at a video store when a motorcycle group rode in on their harleys, pick up trucks and a van.

They were contractors at a nuclear power plant and their contract was over for the season and they were returning all of their tapes.

I’m standing at the counter next to my boss, the owner of the store and this big bald dude puts his tapes on the counter and then proceeds to open a huge photo album to show me dozens of naked girls that looked 17 to 22 all with their legs spread open

The bald dude asked me right in front of the owner if I would like to be in bed with these girls, all I had to do was go with their group and jump into the van at the end of my shift which was over in an hour.

I said no thank you I had family waiting for me and the bald guy politely said no problem, paid their late fees and they left.

I never saw them again since I left the job to go start college.

Yay 80’s lol

 

[Wor-Gar]

if I would like to be in bed with these girls, all I had to do was go with their group and jump into the van at the end of my shift

Missed opportunity.























Or were you going to be lunch for the gang on their way home?

 

[jye4ever]

Missed opportunity.























Or were you going to be lunch for the gang on their way home?

I always wondered what my porn name would’ve been lol

Maybe the Clone Whore

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hand Solo

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