I only ever saw the trailer at a theater that used to be in downtown Portland, Maine. I watched The Creature From The Black Lagoon and It Came From Outer Space both in 3D that day. I vaguely remember thinking that I'd like to see that movie, but it was rated "R", and being 11 at the time, I figured it would never happen. I thought about that trailer over the years, but didn't get to see the movie until today...I'm 40 now. Love the movie! Thanks, hulu.com!
Originally caught the film on cable back in the 80s, but also saw it at a shabby revival house in L.A. in '95 or '96.
shareSaw it at the Uptown Theater in Toronto, when I was a boy, though that it was amazing, still think that it's amazing. Saw a little bit of it once on TV a few years later, would like to see it again.
shareWhen I saw it in the movie theater I was impressed with the scope of the movie.
On the big screen it gives you the feel of a epic movie.
I agree. I saw it on the big screen, too, and certain scenes stand out as bigger than life in my mind and I'm sure that had something to do with it. It was impressive.
shareI remember getting all revved up over the tv ad for the film. I was a big fan of Bakshi's rotoscope use, at the time, and Night Moves was one of my favorite songs (I remember being disappointed reading a pre-release promo piece for the film in our local paper which quoted Bakshi as saying it was a second choice when he couldn't secure rights to a Springsteen song.)
A friend and I got one of our parents to buy our tickets opening weekend. The story was far from what I had been expecting, but even at that age, I was impressed by the scope that Bakshi was trying to attain in the multi-generational, eventual-success story. I remember saying to my friend, afterward, that it was kind of like The Godfather saga, but with Russian-Jewish musician immigrants rather than Sicilian Mafioso ones. Seeing it on the big screen did give it more of an epic feel that I've missed when catching it on (pe-HD) cable in years since.
Yes. I was a sophomore in college when this was released and it was a fairly big deal. I had a part-time job at the student union then and somehow got my hands on a poster for this movie, but stupidly traded it for a Van Gogh print.
shareI saw it in early '81 when I lived in Greeley. It was a sneak-preview midnight showing. That was the only time it played at a theater in town. During summer vacation I lived with my folks in the rural town of Brush and caught it there then at the nearest theatre, for a second cinematic viewing. It was $1 third-run night.
Very impressive on the big screen, and was several heads and many shoulders above 1981's other two major animated features, "Heavy Metal" and "The Fox & The Hound."
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