Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)

  1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass)
  2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie)
  3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision)
  4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards)
  5. Chelsea Girls (movie shown split screen with two projectors)
  6. Clue (alternate endings)
  7. Psycho (no one admitted to theater after movie started)
  8. The Tingler (vibrating devices in the seats which were activated at random)
  9. The Jazz Singer (sound)
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I was just reading how Alfred Hitchcock bought up all the copies of the book too so no one would know what would happen.

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Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)

  1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass)
  2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie)
  3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision)
  4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards)
  5. Chelsea Girls (movie shown split screen with two projectors)
  6. Clue (alternate endings)
  7. Psycho (no one admitted to theater after movie started)
  8. The Tingler (vibrating devices in the seats which were activated at random)
  9. The Jazz Singer (sound)
  10. This is Cinerama (three projectors, three curved screens)

It was IMAX before there was IMAX.

Pass.

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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man

“About a hunnert dollars…”

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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate

-“BB”-

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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
  6. Wag the Dog
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
  6. Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
  6. Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny
  8. Marathon Man
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
  6. Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny
  8. Marathon Man
  9. All The President’s Men
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The Films of Dustin Hoffman

  1. Little Big Man
  2. Rain Man
  3. Hook
  4. The Graduate
  5. Straw Dogs
  6. Wag the Dog
  7. Lenny
  8. Marathon Man
  9. All The President’s Men
  10. Outbreak

Pretty exciting pandemic movie, and he’s good in it.

Next up:

The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  5. The Hot Rock
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  5. The Hot Rock
  6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  5. The Hot Rock
  6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
  7. The Great Waldo Pepper

For a while, there was a chain of pizza parlors in the Midwest called “Waldo’s Pizza and Hot Subs”, which drew its name and logo (an early aviator, complete with leather helmet, goggles, and flowing silk scarf) from this movie.

-“BB”-

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The Films of Robert Redford

  1. All The President’s Men
  2. The Natural
  3. The Sting
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  5. The Hot Rock
  6. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
  7. The Great Waldo Pepper
  8. Jeremiah Johnson