The event is past, but it struck me as something wonderful I wish I could have attended.
centralmaine.com ran an announcement that The Skowhengan Drive would have a "Stephen King movie marathon" this past Friday and Saturday. Now that sounds awesome! Our small town as a drive in, and the truth is, they are fun. The drive in theater is a bit of America that is quickly disappearing. And think about it -- a Stephen King marathon, how cool is that?
The movies slated are pretty good:
FRIDAY: “Christine,” “The Shining” and “Pet Sematary”Those are great picks! And who wouldn't want to see them again on the big screen?
SATRUDAY: “Creepshow, “Christine” and “The Shining."
Tickets for the “Stephen King Movie Marathon” went for $50 per car for general admission, $150 for V.I.P. Spots up front.
Oh, the funny parts: "Friday at approximately 6:30 p.m" -- what theater runs on the "approximately" schedule? I also like this line, "We also have a no pet policy due to complaints last year." Makes ya kinda wonder what happened last year, doesn't it?
The marathon is a fundraiser "to replace equipment in order to continue new releases." Translation: You get to watch old Stephen King films at a drive in theater on old movie equipment. I dunno, sounds kinda retro and fun in our overly high teach world that values spotless images and intense resolution.
The theater is in the process of conversion to Digital Projection. i96rocks.com says, "Digital projectors run for about $80,000, far more than the seasonal drive-in can afford. The Skowhegan drive-in hopes to raise the cash it needs to make to conversion, and stay open, with the movie marathon."
wabi.tv quoted theater operator, Donald Brown, “This is a cultural asset not just for Skowhegan, but for all of central Maine. It’s an element of the communities cultural heritage that once it’s gone, because of the changes in this industry, will never come back.”
The theater's website notes that "without this conversion, when 35mm film is no longer being produced, there will be no movies at the Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre.
The town itself looks like something out of a Stephen King novel. It was seen in the 2005 HBO mini-series Empire Falls.
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