E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Love Bug
Benji
Lassie
St.
Elmos's Fire
The Breakfast Club
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Three Musketeers~There are so many versions, but I think they are all good!
Back to the Future movies
Any Buster Keaton movie~I'm not sure which one, my boys and I watched "The General," we loved it!

Thanks for having these Moonlit Matinee's, my boys and I really enjoy them!
 

We are definitely screening one of the John Hughes films... Breakfast Club is the most requested. Maybe Sixteen Candles.

I've gotten a request for a Don Knotts movie as a more family-friendly choice... have you guys seen The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?

Buster Keaton is always a possibility.

Thanks again for your support, Paulette.

- Randy
 

Randy,

You're welcome for the support. I grew up going to The Oaks and now my boys are growing up going to The Oaks. It's the only movie theater we will go to! My boys know "If it's not at The Oaks, we wait until it's out on DVD.
"

We haven't seen The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, but I just watched a clip of it on youtube and it looks like a great movie. A movie I would definitely bring my boys to see. You can't go wrong with Donn Knotts. You could get a movie with him just standing there and the audience would be cracking up hysterically.


Frankenstein~1931 version
Dracula~1931 version

Bye,
Paulette
 

Randy,

I would love to see any Stanley Kubrick film, Jaws, An American Werwolf in London, any John Carpenter film (especially The Thing or Halloween), Dirty Harry, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Exorcist, The Omen, Texas Chainsaw Massacre- there are so many!!

Also, is there any chance of having a Horror-Fest during the month of October? Unfortunately, those seem to have disappeared from the theaters around here.


Thanks!
 

Jaws is definite.

John Carpenter thinking... The Thing , Big Trouble in Little China, Halloween
Kubrick is always a possibility.

Would love to do a horror series in october. It's not impossible. Will certainly keep you posted.

Thanks, Gary

- Randy
 

Basket Case...anything by Henenlotter.


I always have a million movies on my mind but one thing I'd like to see more of is movies that take place during the summertime, like One Crazy Summer, Sleepaway Camp, The Burning, the first Friday the 13th, etc...
 

all excellent ideas. thanks, ed.

definitely more horror next year. part of my problem this year was not knowing how to track down films that aren't immediately accessible through major distributors. we will not have that problem next year.

thanks for the suggestions, ed

- randy
 

Hey Randy, I know I'll probably talk to you 10,000 times before then about this, but a couple of things to consider:

- Ghostbusters was insane. The midnight movies people want to see are the ones they grew up seeing. Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the non-special edition Star Wars flicks. The key time period for this would probably be 1968 - 1993.


- a lot of the Oaks' moonlit business in the past has been from the weird cult or horror flicks - granted this can't be the whole line up, but these are key for business.


- don't be shy about repeat programming - look at Rocky as an example. People keep coming back again and again because they love the film. It was great to see Cool Hand Luke last summer (2007), but it's not something that's as likely to generate repeat business as, say, The Evil Dead.


- Two words: The Godfather.


~ Jordan
 

Ed Wood
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Glen or Glenda?
Fido
Return of the Living Dead
Cry-Baby
The Abominable Dr.
Phibes
The Black Cat (with Lugosi and Karloff)
Rock and Roll High School
Invaders From Mars
Pink Flamingos
Female Trouble
Dr.
Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Tank Girl
 

Thanks for the suggestions, Rachel...

The sequel to Lost Skeleton is listed as being in post-production on imdb. Definitely looking forward to that.

Many similar ideas... wacky sci-fi , classic monster, camp. First hurdle is figuring out what's available. Tried to book a John Waters film this year but New Line was closing and its films were in limbo... off to WarnerBros.

Thanks again.
 

You're welcome, and if I think of any more, I'll post them.
Thank YOU for running such an excellent program and keeping the best movie theater in Pittsburgh alive!
 

The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Grease
The Wizard of Oz
 

A whole bunch of people I forgot to thank...

All of the folks who donated prizes:

Dave's Music Mine (South Side)
Heads Together (Squirrel Hill)
A Pleasant Present (Squirrel Hill)
Margaret's Fine Imports (Squirrel Hill)
Romp N Roll (Glenshaw)
Jerry's Records (Squirrel Hill)
Mystery Lovers Bookshop (Oakmont)

Professor Emcee Square, Stiffy the Clown, and the cast of "The It's Alive Show".

Ron and Jon for the Baby Jane performance.

Patrick, Chris, Dave, Kevin and everyone else who helped out.

Allisyn Vincent for drawing the source material for the flyer.

And the owners for keeping the fun alive.
 

Grease 2..Last Unicorn..Last Remake of Beau Geste..any Muppets, especially Caper..Young Frankenstein....That's all I can think of right now......