Which Drive-in?

[William]

Hello to all,

Following on from Outlaw's thread I got to thinking about all those trips to the drive-in. I was spoilt for choice in the 70's as I was within at most, 10 minutes drive between 3 of them. Sandringham, Moorabbin and Oakleigh. A lot of good memories, as well as very good and very bad films. Even today, my kids love a trip down tha Peninsula to the Dromana 3 screens. Warm nights, pull out the fold up chairs and enjoy.:D

[Outlaw]

I used to love my local drive-in at Labrador... but some all and might so and so's decided to build a Harbour Town where it was... took me around 10 years to work up the courage to enter boganville and go to the yatala one.

Started going when i was 15 with mates who had licences... sit up the back with the speakers in the back of 4bys, utes or the foldup chairs, esky food and a good night ahead.

Best things were the Dusk to Dawn sessions starting at 7pm and driving home as the sun is coming up.

[mcrover]

Dandenong Lunar drive in we go to regularly, cheaper to take the Kids and they dont complain as much and neither do I as we all have our own space.

The kids have been known to get out and sit on the bull bar as the disco hump in the roof gets in the way in the back seat.

Also you can take your own food and drink in so we do the trip to the supermarket on the way and chuck drinks in the wacko in the back so all it costs is entry.

The drive in is the best way to go to the movies IMO much better than sitting next to some smelly bloke or 2 teenages making out the whole time the lights are out with no elbow room or leg room and some tall bloke infront of you so you have to sit sideways in the chairs that are only comfortable if you are the size of a 7 yo kid.

Disco at the drive in is much better and if I want to I can park at the back and open the tent up and lay up there in comfort.

[William]

Dandenong Lunar drive in we go to regularly, cheaper to take the Kids and they dont complain as much and neither do I as we all have our own space.

The kids have been known to get out and sit on the bull bar as the disco hump in the roof gets in the way in the back seat.

Also you can take your own food and drink in so we do the trip to the supermarket on the way and chuck drinks in the wacko in the back so all it costs is entry.

The drive in is the best way to go to the movies IMO much better than sitting next to some smelly bloke or 2 teenages making out the whole time the lights are out with no elbow room or leg room and some tall bloke infront of you so you have to sit sideways in the chairs that are only comfortable if you are the size of a 7 yo kid.

Disco at the drive in is much better and if I want to I can park at the back and open the tent up and lay up there in comfort.


I agree with you totally. Ocassionally I take my daughter and a couple of her friends. Been doing it since she was 7 and now she's 11. Stop on the way there, get a load of fish'n'chips, have the esky with drinks etc, they love it. Especially on the warmer nights. I open the sunroof on the old Rangie, they sit on the roof and think it's the bees knees.

[DeeJay]

I just got a laugh remembering the last time we went to a Drive in. I was taking my (to be) wife to the one in Burwood here in Melb probably around 26 years ago..
There was a nudie flick on and every time some boobs came on the screen there was a fanfare of toots and whistles and some fool down the front kept flashing the screen with his driving lights which completely whitouted the whole picture.
After a while my wife got annoyed with this joker and said "why does he keep doing that??"
I couldnt help myself and said it was a religious group that travel around the countryside censoring everything and preaching about the sins of the flesh etc.
Jeez I got some mileage out of that one:D :D

[Outlaw]

if I want to I can park at the back and open the tent up and lay up there in comfort.
been thinking of trying that once i get the fender going again and mount the rooftop on it :D

[p38arover]

I last went to the drive-in (in Carnarvon) in 1971. I know the year because we were in our new Hillman.

That was the second last time I went to the pictures.

Ron

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I last went to the drive-in (in Carnarvon) in 1971. I know the year because we were in our new Hillman.

That was the second last time I went to the pictures.

Ron

and the movie was----- ?

[p38arover]

The last movie was Wog Boy. Dunno about 1971. :D

Ron

[Pedro_The_Swift]

C'mon Ron,
Clockwork Orange
The andromeda strain,
straw dogs
walkabout
:angel:
The french connection

[p38arover]

C'mon Ron,
Clockwork Orange
The andromeda strain,
straw dogs
walkabout
The french connection

The movie had to have been released in Oz after August 1971 - that's when I bought the car and before August 1972 when I returned to Sydney.

I've never seen Walkabout nor Straw Dogs. I saw Clockwork at the movies (and would never watch it again. I didn't like it then and I doubt I'd like it now), the others only on TV.

Ron

[Pedro_The_Swift]

walkabout was part of my high school curriculum(?)
:eek::eek::eek:
hey Mrs Numpty:p

[Pedro_The_Swift]

any of these sound familiar?:p



Best Picture

Winner:
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Philip D'Antoni (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195358/) Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/) - Stanley Kubrick (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Norman Jewison (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422484/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Stephen J. Friedman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295375/)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - Sam Spiegel (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818545/)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner:
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Gene Hackman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/) Other Nominees: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Topol (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867694/)
Hospital, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067217/) - George C. Scott (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001715/)
Kotch (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067314/) - Walter Matthau (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000527/)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067805/) - Peter Finch (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002075/)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winner:
Klute (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067309/) - Jane Fonda (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000404/) Other Nominees: Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/) - Vanessa Redgrave (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000603/)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/) - Julie Christie (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001046/)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - Janet Suzman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840531/)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067805/) - Glenda Jackson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413559/)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Ben Johnson (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424565/) Other Nominees: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Leonard Frey (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294600/)
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Roy Scheider (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001702/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Jeff Bridges (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067774/) - Richard Jaeckel (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001395/)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Cloris Leachman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001458/) Other Nominees: Carnal Knowledge (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066892/) - Ann-Margret (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000268/)
Go-Between, The (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067144/) - Margaret Leighton (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500364/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Ellen Burstyn (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000995/)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067980/) - Barbara Harris (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364455/)

Best Director

Winner:
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - William Friedkin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001243/) Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/) - Stanley Kubrick (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Norman Jewison (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422484/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Peter Bogdanovich (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000953/)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067805/) - John Schlesinger (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772259/)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Winner:
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Ernest Tidyman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862781/) Other Nominees: Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/) - Stanley Kubrick (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/)
Conformista, Il (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/) - Bernardo Bertolucci (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000934/)
Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Il (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065777/) - Ugo Pirro (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685316/); Vittorio Bonicelli (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094558/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Larry McMurtry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573505/); Peter Bogdanovich (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000953/)

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced

Winner:
Hospital, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067217/) - Paddy Chayefsky (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154665/) Other Nominees: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065889/) - Elio Petri (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677880/); Ugo Pirro (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685316/)
Klute (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067309/) - Andy Lewis (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506920/); David P. Lewis (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507093/)
Summer of '42 (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067803/) - Herman Raucher (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712029/)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067805/) - Penelope Gilliatt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319149/)

Best Cinematography

Winner:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Oswald Morris (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005807/) Other Nominees: French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Owen Roizman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005845/)
Last Picture Show, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067328/) - Robert Surtees (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005892/)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - Freddie Young (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002875/)
Summer of '42 (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067803/) - Robert Surtees (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005892/)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Winner:
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - John Box (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101501/); Ernest Archer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033658/); Jack Maxsted (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561624/); Gil Parrondo (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663597/); Vernon Dixon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228999/) Other Nominees: Andromeda Strain, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/) - Boris Leven (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505227/); William H. Tuntke (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876700/); Ruby R. Levitt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506239/)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/) - John B. Mansbridge (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543727/); Peter Ellenshaw (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254002/); Emile Kuri (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475689/); Hal Gausman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310198/)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Robert F. Boyle (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102327/); Michael Stringer (III) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834584/); Peter Lamont (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483682/)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/) - Terence Marsh (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550671/); Robert Cartwright (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142204/); Peter Howitt (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398184/)

Best Costume Design

Winner:
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - Yvonne Blake (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086762/); Antonio Castillo (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145016/) Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/) - Bill Thomas (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858528/)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/) - Margaret Furse (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299094/)
Morte a Venezia (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067445/) - Piero Tosi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869200/)
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067975/) - Morton Haack (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351736/)

Best Sound

Winner:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - Gordon K. McCallum (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564730/); David Hildyard (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383934/) Other Nominees: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066995/) - Gordon K. McCallum (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564730/); John W. Mitchell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593466/); Al Overton (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653931/)
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Theodore Soderberg (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812029/); Christopher Newman (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628039/)
Kotch (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067314/) - Richard Portman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692446/); Jack Solomon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0813349/)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/) - Bob Jones (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427590/); John Aldred (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017640/)

Best Film Editing

Winner:
French Connection, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/) - Gerald B. Greenberg (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338513/) Other Nominees: Andromeda Strain, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/) - Stuart Gilmore (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319574/); John W. Holmes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391899/)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/) - Bill Butler (II) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124833/)
Kotch (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067314/) - Ralph E. Winters (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935988/)
Summer of '42 (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067803/) - Folmar Blangsted (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087467/)

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects

Winner:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/) - Alan Maley (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539426/); Eustace Lycett (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527941/); Danny Lee (II) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497098/) Other Nominees: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066561/) - Jim Danforth (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199453/); Roger Dicken (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225312/)

Best Music, Original Song

Winner:
Shaft (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/) - Isaac Hayes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005002/)
- For the song "Theme from Shaft". Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/) - Richard M. Sherman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792556/); Robert B. Sherman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792567/)
- For the song "The Age of Not Believing". Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068286/) - Barry De Vorzon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006031/); Perry Botkin Jr. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098559/)
- For the song "Bless the Beasts and the Children". Kotch (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067314/) - Marvin Hamlisch (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006121/) (music); Johnny Mercer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006197/) (lyrics)
- For the song "Life Is What You Make It". Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067774/) - Henry Mancini (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000049/) (music); Alan Bergman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074732/) (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004750/)
- For the song "All His Children".
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Winner:
Summer of '42 (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067803/) - Michel Legrand (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006166/) Other Nominees: Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/) - John Barry (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000290/)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067483/) - Richard Rodney Bennett (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005961/)
Shaft (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/) - Isaac Hayes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005002/)
Straw Dogs (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067800/) - Jerry Fielding (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006076/)

Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score

Winner:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) - John Williams (I) (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002354/) Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/) - Richard M. Sherman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792556/); Robert B. Sherman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792567/); Irwin Kostal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467348/)
Boy Friend, The (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066858/) - Peter Maxwell Davies (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203903/); Peter Greenwell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339285/)
Chaikovskiy (1969) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065127/) - Dimitri Tiomkin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006323/)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/) - Leslie Bricusse (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108634/); Anthony Newley (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627969/); Walter Scharf (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770127/)

[dobbo]

snip

I saw Clockwork at the movies (and would never watch it again. I didn't like it then and I doubt I'd like it now), the others only on TV.

Ron

You have told us all many a time you like a bit of "the old in out, in out"?

I agree though, a cruddy movie with a good soundtrack

[p38arover]

any of these sound familiar?:p


Of that list, I've seen but two - one at the pictures (Clockwork) and one on TV (French Connection).


I agree though, a cruddy movie with a good soundtrack

I don't recall the soundtrack, it's not in my pile of LPs

Ron

[Blknight.aus]

wow, you ve got lp,s I was certain youd be back in the days of 8 track or gramaphone... just think now youve only got 50 years worth of tech to catch up on... :)

I shouldnt pick tho, I own and use a pianola thats older than kermit...

[dmdigital]

I remember going to the Coober Pedy drive-in in the 70's. The ad's before the film and at intermission where all typed onto a transparency and placed in front of the projector. The first thing before the film started was a notice that advised: "Patron's are reminded that explosives are not permitted in this drive-in theatre" :eek:

Also does anyone else remember the one dollar nights on Sunday's at the Townsville Range drive-in?

[p38arover]

wow, you ve got lp,s..

The LPs will be playing long after the CDs have failed - so will old 78s. A lot of the CDs I burned a few years ago are no longer readable.

Ron

[dmdigital]

And there's that sound that an LP has... :)

I still like my vinyl!