Unreal
I turned on the television last night and was assaulted with the news that Studio 28 was closing. I say assaulted because the news was like a punch to the gut. Dramatic? Maybe. But this place was a huge part of my childhood.
When we first moved here from Chicago, we lived about a mile from the theater. It had two screens at the time and we called it them the Big Studio and the Little Studio. It was to this theater that I would walk to escape. I would save my allowance. I would buy a ticket to a G film and sneak into the R film. The Loeks also owned the Beltline Drive-In next door to Studio 28. I remember begging my dad to take me to see Poseidon Adventure at the Studio for a long time. He finally did when it moved over to the drive-in. Other than a double feature of Dillinger and Boxcar Bertha, I would never go to the movies with my dad again. I don't come from a family of theater-goers and to this day they don't understand my love for it. As I got older, I would go to the Drive-In on dates, and well, you know about drive-ins and dates.
It was shocking when they closed and tore down the drive-in to make room for turning the Studio into what was then the biggest movie megaplex in the nation. In. the. nation.!
My High School was behind the Studio 28 so often after school my friends and I would walk on over and hit a flick.
Robin Hood (the Disney animated one)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Star Wars
Herbie Rides Again
For Pete's Sake
Earthquake (In fuckin' SENSURROUND!)
Titanic
Interiors
Secrets and Lies
The Other Side of Midnight
...so many more.
So many movies, so many first dates, so many memories in that place.
Next week it will close.
Oh, the sadness.
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/11/is_studio_28_closing_its_doors.html
When we first moved here from Chicago, we lived about a mile from the theater. It had two screens at the time and we called it them the Big Studio and the Little Studio. It was to this theater that I would walk to escape. I would save my allowance. I would buy a ticket to a G film and sneak into the R film. The Loeks also owned the Beltline Drive-In next door to Studio 28. I remember begging my dad to take me to see Poseidon Adventure at the Studio for a long time. He finally did when it moved over to the drive-in. Other than a double feature of Dillinger and Boxcar Bertha, I would never go to the movies with my dad again. I don't come from a family of theater-goers and to this day they don't understand my love for it. As I got older, I would go to the Drive-In on dates, and well, you know about drive-ins and dates.
It was shocking when they closed and tore down the drive-in to make room for turning the Studio into what was then the biggest movie megaplex in the nation. In. the. nation.!
My High School was behind the Studio 28 so often after school my friends and I would walk on over and hit a flick.
Robin Hood (the Disney animated one)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Star Wars
Herbie Rides Again
For Pete's Sake
Earthquake (In fuckin' SENSURROUND!)
Titanic
Interiors
Secrets and Lies
The Other Side of Midnight
...so many more.
So many movies, so many first dates, so many memories in that place.
Next week it will close.
Oh, the sadness.
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/11/is_studio_28_closing_its_doors.html