What Was the First Film in a Cinema You Watched?

[Twocky61]

For me it was Towering Inferno early seventies at Gloucester Odeon

[staffslad]

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The first I can actually remember and be certain of the date was the Beatles film Help! in 1965 and I burst out crying during the scene where Ringo is kidnapped and put in the boot of a car...I was only 3 at the time lol

[Twocky61]

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Aww Staffslad lol

[staffslad]

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My mum dressed me up in a Beatles suit and I had a mop-top, which was all the rage at the time. Funny how that one scene has stayed with me for 50+ years, yet most of the film is a bit vague apart from the lads messing about in snow.

[Moonraker]

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1974. The man with the golden gun.
I think it was an AA rating but my uncle was still able to get me into the theatre to watch the film. I was 8 years.

[zabadak]

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I think it was The Wizard Of Oz, in a kids'(!) matinee. The Wicked Witch scared the beejaysus out of me!!!

[agfagaevart]

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This double bill at my local Odeon:
http://www.pastposters.com/details.p...ary=&keywords=

[George 1978]

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I remember it was on my birthday in either 1984 or 1985 and it was the Odeon or ABC. I was six or seven and I saw either the Care Bears or in December, it was Santa Claus the Movie - I remember that the "adult" 15 certificate choices then were Target and Hannah and Her Sisters if that dates it. Probably 1985. A good few years before I would have been able to watch those!

I saw the Santa Claus movie on ITV a couple of years ago, and I even hear in my mind the cinema audience laughing as Joe was burping.

[stud1al]

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Same here.
Reply to the person who said The Wizard of oz.

[davidthomas27]

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Jurassic Park.

[Moondog]

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i saw a couple of films when i was too young to remember, i'm sure these comprised of Snow White and The Sword in the Stone.

the first film i remember seeing though was Return to Oz in 1985. so scary as a kid, especially the Wheelers and headless Mombi.

[staffslad]

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I saw Return to Oz at the cinema as well, though I was in my twenties. I took two young relatives and was surprised just how scary it was for kids. Yep, those Wheelers were creepy. Hope this isn't blasphemy but I prefer it to the Wizard of Oz.

[Moondog]

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so do i, far more interesting

[JimCarver79]

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The Vanishing in 1993. It was a 15 and I was 14 but my brother, aged 21 and his mate, 22, took me to see it. I enjoyed it. BTW it was the Hollywood version starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jeff Bridges.

[George 1978]

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Possibly some cartoon like the Care Bears circa 1984 - five or six at the time.