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Drive-In Movie Memories

Aug 31, 2001 · 57m
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A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.

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CAST

Leonard Maltin
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Barry Corbin
Ewing Miles Brown
Jeanne Carmen
Robert Fuller
Beverly Garland
Burton Gilliam
Directed by Kurt Kuenne

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$225,000
Revenue
—
Country
US

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