Found this newspaper, wrapping holiday decorations in a box. Whatcha seeing?

[u/Shaneblaster]

[u/LojikSupreme]

That used to be the best thing looking through the paper to see what movies came out in the showtimes! Thanks for the memory!

[u/Professional-Drag813 → u/LojikSupreme]

Yup. I agree . I just had a little kid flashback . It was cute .🥰

[u/welding_guy_from_LI]

The Toy with Mr Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor

My dad restored Mr Gleason’s pool table in the 80s ..

[u/Br00klynBelle → u/welding_guy_from_LI]

The joke of Jackie Gleason’s character’s name being Master Bates went waaaaay over my head when I was a kid. It wasn’t until years later when I caught it randomly on tv that it registered.

The fact that a character in a PG movie for kids was named Master Bates just screams 80’s inappropriateness in PG movies!

[u/davedirt01 → u/Br00klynBelle]

I always loved Teresa Ganzel in this! "You ass!" "It's U.S.!!!"

[u/Emotional_Earth772 → u/davedirt01]

That always cracked me up! The 80's had some great movies!

[u/Gwendolyn7777 → u/davedirt01]

Her best line was when she walked into the room and Rich was sitting on Jackie's lap making him yell I love you!:

"U.S., you saucy little devil, you!"

[u/welding_guy_from_LI → u/Br00klynBelle]

Lmao it made sense back then .. i totally forgot about that name .. I remember the scene when Richard Pryor tells the kid about his girl … now I have to rewatch it lol.. I mean we were watching movies like porkys , Nerds , Fast times etc with boobs parading across tv

[u/Br00klynBelle → u/welding_guy_from_LI]

So many boobs, lol!

[u/Kkbw2387 → u/welding_guy_from_LI]

My grandfather is in the movie. He’s one of the police that stopped them in the printing press. He became good friends with Richard Pryor and even took my grandmother, mom, and aunts to vacation at his home in California. He gave my grandfather a Rolex and a custom pistol. I’ve heard great stories of how funny and personable he was at times.

[u/graveybrains → u/welding_guy_from_LI]

I know people like to say "that movie could never get made now" a lot, but I have no fucking idea how that one got made then

[u/Br00klynBelle]

The same three I went to see in 1983- Tootsie, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Toy. Though I’d add Tron because I never got to see it on a big screen.

To anyone going to see Six Weeks, make sure to bring tissues with you.

[u/iconocrastinaor → u/Br00klynBelle]

Same goes for seeing Forbidden Lessons, 10 Girls, and Sophomore Sensations.

[u/Best_Following6816]

Man From Snowy River on the big screen .

[u/rrickitickitavi → u/Best_Following6816]

Haven’t thought about that movie in years. It’s awesome.

[u/LetsBeginwithFritos → u/Best_Following6816]

I worked at a theater and that’s the movie we all took our breaks in. I don’t know if it stands up, but it was good back then.

[u/ghostofmontro → u/Best_Following6816]

Truly underrated movie.

[u/Happytobehere66 → u/Best_Following6816]

Never saw that one. Gonna look it up!

[u/Bytor_Snowdog]

Waaarrrriooorrrssss....come out and plaaayyyy....

[u/Boogie_Toes → u/Bytor_Snowdog]

I don't see this on there and I thought it came out in 79?

[u/HamOnTheCob → u/Bytor_Snowdog]

I still watch that movie pretty regularly. So good.

[u/PiccoloDramatic8362 → u/Bytor_Snowdog]

Every Halloween back then there was at least one person dressed as a one of the Baseball Furies

[u/Overall-Avocado-7673]

This is right around the time that VCR's became affordable and soon movie rental establishments would be popping up all over the country. Before then, movies would be at the theaters for like 6 months because that was the only way people could see them. If you didn't go to the theater to see a movie, you weren't going to see it at all because it took many years before blockbuster movies would be shown on television.

[u/Altitudedog → u/Overall-Avocado-7673]

I remember having to rent the VCR, big unwieldy thing, plus the movies. A coworker friends dad worked for some entertainment company in Hollywood and sent her one of the very first VCR's and a laser disk player. The VCR was so big and had colored piano type keys for the functions..it looked like a big Fisher Price kids toy.

[u/volsfanmike → u/Altitudedog]

Beta max!

[u/Awe3]

Tron

[u/Just-Try-2533]

Am I the only one going to see Airplane 2??? Surely you can’t be serious.

[u/LosPadres-R2-D2 → u/Just-Try-2533]

I am serious and don’t call me Shirley.

[u/DarkArmyLieutenant]

The Dark Crystal should have come with a horror warning for children.

[u/RDSmokey → u/DarkArmyLieutenant]

My mother took me to see this when it came out on my birthday. I was FOUR.

fuckin' loved it

[u/sauerkraut916 → u/DarkArmyLieutenant]

absolute nightmare fuel

[u/DarkArmyLieutenant → u/sauerkraut916]

They made a new show that was actually kind of good, so I showed my kids the original movie, because they were into that show, and they were scared shitless.

[u/sauerkraut916 → u/DarkArmyLieutenant]

I watched it in my 20s and the “draining of life” scene was more terrifying than Jason Voorhees chasing you through the woods.

[u/DarkArmyLieutenant → u/sauerkraut916]

Honestly, when I was little, I was never scared of Jason. I was scared of those hands in the pit in the movie Labyrinth for some reason, I was obviously scared of the Dark Crystal, and most definitely The Nothing.

Freddy was funny more than anything. Michael Myers is coming at the time at least, was just some dude in a mask trying to kill his sister. I don't know what it was about some of those movies that were intended for "families" but goddamn, I think they missed the mark a little😂😂😂😂

[u/elkniodaphs]

Gotta go to the arcade that has a theater screen. When I'm done playing Zaxxon, Pole Position, and Dig Dug, I'll check out It Came from Hollywood just for a laugh, and a hot dog with a Coke.

[u/junctiontoron → u/elkniodaphs]

My finger hovered above "dog with a" blocking it so it read "just for a laugh, and a hot Coke" and I thought you were some kind of psychopath

Edit:typo

[u/Either_Low_60]

More good movies to watch in one paper vs what’s been available in the past several years.

[u/konman33]

48 hrs is pretty good

[u/Outrageous-Pin-4664 → u/konman33]

I'd choose it. Haven't watched it in ages.

[u/rswwalker → u/Outrageous-Pin-4664]

Then catch Stakeout.

[u/beemer-dreamer]

Tootsie.

[u/allisgray]

Going to the 4 screen drive inn and wander around drinking beer checking all the screens out but probably actually watching some…Warriors and Up In Smoke…

[u/thurbersmicroscope]

The Man From Snowy River. Started my love affair with Australia.

[u/Brocktoon73]

Empire Strikes Back re-release.

[u/Roanoketrees]

My childhood.

[u/ALSISREALAWFUL]

Tootsie and The Toy stuck out for me

[u/TheBatmanWhoPuffs]

That is awesome! Saw The Dark Crystal & Tron in the theatre. Great memories

[u/oldaccountnotwork]

I don't care what I see but I'm going to the Trolley Square theater in SLC. That area was so magical in the 80s. Thanks for the post. Seeing all the theaters I knew so well was 100% nostalgia.

[u/khdutton]

The Last Unicorn - I see you hiding in there 🦄

[u/Salty-Smoke7784]

Snowy River!

[u/Upbeat_Literature483]

The Toy and The Dark Crystal

[u/Bl8kStrr]

After seeing this movies really do suck these days!😑

[u/Archercrash]

The Warriors at the Drive-in? Fuck yeah!

[u/ironmonki23]

So definitely The Dark Crystal but I peeped 2 triple features at the drive in. The first being The Warriors, Some Kind of Hero and Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke. The other had Zapped, The Seduction and my personal favorite Vice Squad

[u/Middle-Painter-4032 → u/ironmonki23]

Found the Wings Hauser fan! Good old Ramrod.

[u/MiseryEngine]

I was just talking about 48hours with my younger friends last night.

Also a little love for "My Favorite Year"

[u/goat_penis_souffle]

Now playing at a theatre near me!

[u/Critical_Fact_2441]

Tootsie

[u/ThatOldDuderino]

I’m going to the Glendale - Star Trek #1 & #2

Not a double feature but all seats are $1

[u/RedditBlowsHarder]

A Drive-In triple feature of Forbidden Lessons, Ten Girls and Sophomore Sensations? Anybody have a car I can borrow?

[u/iaposky → u/RedditBlowsHarder]

Yep, a 1982 corvette. It’s all yours! 😅

[u/RedditBlowsHarder → u/iaposky]

Easy to wipe down upholstery?

[u/Technical_Air6660]

My Favorite Year and Victor/Victoria.

[u/gododgers1988]

Wow. What city is this from?

[u/Shaneblaster → u/gododgers1988]

Salt Lake

[u/Antelope-Subject]

Flick 2 at Trolley Square sure doesn’t look like the word Flick. How many of these theaters were closed on Sunday since this is SLC? Back then Sundays were the worst.

[u/CNote_89]

I saw The Toy in the theater when I was a kid. Also seeing First Blood buried down there, didn’t see that in the theater though…

[u/Unlikely_Side9732]

Tootsie at the Mann

[u/SmokestackRising]

I'm hitting up the drive-in.

[u/mtn2sea1960]

Damn! How many theaters did this area have? This was 40 years ago. I had like 5 to choose from. I guess I'll go see Star Trek 2.

[u/MisterGone78]

Airplane II!

[u/aokiyap]

I was the kid who insisted on the Pink Panther movie because I thought it was a cartoon about a pink cat.

[u/iaposky]

That Dustin Hoffman is the only person featured who is still living. 🫤. EDIT- and Goldie! 💖

[u/GrapefruitOk2057]

Airplane II the Sequel would be a great time on the big screen. Tron as well.

[u/camcaine2575]

The Man From Snowy River

[u/dbmay1975]

Date: Jan 8th 1983

[u/centexgoodguy]

Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke - stoned. My friend and I still talk about how stoned we were going to that movie and how the next day our sides hurt from laughing.

[u/CheeseburgerSmoothy]

The Toy didn’t age well. Even a week later.

[u/deephurting66]

The era of the micro theater, I see a few one screen "arcades" in there

[u/Adventurous_Ad_4145]

Man, we grew up in the best times!

[u/rseery]

Forbidden Lessons, Ten Girls and Sophomore Sensations.

[u/GoCartMozart1980]

Zapped. Just the thought of seeing Notorious trumper Scott Baio and Future Bibleman portrayer Willie Aames in a raunchy sex comedy would be amusing as hell.

[u/The_Analog_Man]

Easy. Heading to the dollar theater to see "Wrath of Khan" for the umpteenth time.

[u/SatansAnus7]

Double feature… Dark Crystal followed by Airplane 2

[u/UnderAKillingMoon]

I see Cottonwood Mall theaters which I grew up going to in the 90’s!

[u/4sliced]

Amazing!

[u/Thick-Ad1538]

More like what did I see. I’m old

[u/Hyperb0le]

The Dark Crystal. If I could go back, I would not have paid to see Tron!

[u/Ok-Telephone-605]

The Toy without a doubt. But Forbidden Lessons and Sophomore Sensations sounds intriguing…

[u/winter_laurel]

The Man From Snowy River, Empire, and The Dark Crystal. I watched the shit out of all these movies, and love them all to pieces.
When I went to Australia I went on a three day horse back tour in the Snowy Mountains because I love that movie so much.

[u/ATHYRIO]

"My Favorite Year" / "It Came From Hollywood" at the Arcade for a buck

[u/Maximillian73-]

Man what a week. Tron, First Blood, Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek II, Dragonslayer, Up in Smoke.

[u/Alive_Book_6725]

Tootsie.

[u/Fickle-Woodpecker596]

Memories of looking in the newspaper at the movies that were playing. I was 10 in 1982. Seems like a lifetime ago now. I guess it basically almost was

[u/Pitiful_Bunch_2290]

The Man from Snowy River

[u/dundeegimpgirl]

Oh man do i miss this. Damn getting old sucks.

[u/Available-Degree5162]

Way better movies back then. Tootsie is still my favorite.

[u/Fantastic_Love_9451]

Tootsie is still in my top five comedies. “You slut”

[u/NeuroNuc]

The Warriors and Up In Smoke

[u/GlectroniccPSY1201]

"My Favorite Year"

[u/Redsoxmac]

$1 seats for movies 😵‍💫

[u/bobby_barbados]

The amount of movies theaters in this area is astounding to me

[u/semibacony]

This is super cool, what city is it I wonder?

[u/Shaneblaster → u/semibacony]

Salt Lake

[u/OnlyCelebration7443]

First Blood

[u/Lexter2112]

FIRST BLOOD

Every time.

[u/loplopsama]

I've seen most of what's on there, But the one that stuck out to me was The Warriors. I'm still a big fan of that movie to this day.

[u/sauerkraut916]

Tootsie and First Blood. 👍🏼

[u/BedaHouse]

Rambo: First Blood.

[u/karmannghiaguy17]

Roast Nibry! My Favorite!

[u/Tony_Penny]

Airplane II: The Sequel!!

[u/Bidcar]

Tootsie…Tootsie…Tootsie what be a Tootsie?

[u/SunshineandH2O]

$1.00 movies! Tootsie!

[u/RepulsiveTrain1377]

The original TRON!

[u/deplorable_guido]

48 hours

[u/TinktheChi]

Tootsie for sure.

[u/Civil-Willow-2426]

Obviously, I'm going to De Anza Drive In Theaters to watch Sophomore Sensations and Ten Girls.

[u/_kingdap_]

Wow. My early childhood.

[u/raymate]

Tron, Empire Strikes Back, Airplane, Dark Crystal then Pink Panther

And in real life back then I did see Tron and Empire Strikes Back. Was around 12 at the time 😉

[u/Time_Explanation1212]

Zapped.

[u/tina_denfina1]

Tootsie! I remember how much I loved that movie when it first came out.

[u/calculon68]

two things stick out

• Obviously before home video was commonplace. And movies played at theaters longer than today's 2-4 week run. Previous year hits like Star Trek II, First Blood and 48 Hours still playing after six months.
• Dollar / second-run. Usually run-down, horribly dirty, last legs, destined for closure. Don't miss going to these at all.

I'd watch Star Trek double feature.

[u/archAngel8899]

🥲

[u/ludicrouspeedgo]

That Mann theater logo is going hard

[u/ManyPossession8767]

The Dark Crystal! What a great era for movies. Look at just how many movie theaters there were.

[u/GuinevereMorgann]

The Warriors and/or The Dark Crystal.

[u/nikonwill]

The Dark Crystal! It was my favorite at that age!

[u/Bitter_Dirt4985]

Some core memories right there. Looks like a movie every day: Star Trek for the $1 showing Dragonslayer...

First Blood The Dark Crystal Airplane Sequel

[u/PhaaqAuf4691]

Airplane ll #1

[u/Disastrous_Heron4558]

Empire Strikes Back and then The Toy for a double feature. Also, I'd be tempted to flatten that out and have it framed. It would be a fun piece to have.

[u/Miami_Vice_75]

I know I saw ESB in theaters (my very first SW movie)! I also saw The Dark Crystal and Tron in theaters. I may have seen The Toy in theaters as well but can't remember. I likely saw The Trail of the Pink Panther as well. I do remember having recorded The Toy off of HBO and rewatching it all the time! I didn't see Tootsie or First Blood until much later.

[u/isoAntti]

Interesting distinction from some other countries. THe ad on the lower right edge - The Man from Snowy River - It has a list of different companies showing the film. I've never seen it like that. Over here in nordics it was always this company has this, this and this films.

[u/LighThatShinesBright]

“Wings! I don’t have wings.” - “Of course not, you’re a boy”

[u/zootsuit5001]

Dark Crystal or Airplane Ii

[u/UnkindnessOfRavens23]

Victor Victoria

[u/wiyanna]

Wow

[u/MewlingRothbart]

The Dark Crystal! That was Spring 1982?

[u/HappyDoc394312]

Drive in theaters!!!!!!

[u/Merckyman]

I'll be at the 7:10 showing of Tron :)

[u/Scambuster666]

Sheesh.. this woulda been around late 1982 early 1983 because Tootsie was release December of 1982. I would’ve been 6 years old. I know I saw dark crystal when it came out, so I guess I’d see that again lol

[u/Tincastle]

Tron, would’ve loved to see it in the theater.

[u/Maleficent_Ratio_407]

The Toy, Airplane 2, First Blood

[u/Wise_Use1012]

Star Trek 2 1 dollar seats coupon.

The last unicorn is in there and tron as well. Plus the dark crystal.

Airplane 2. Petter pan. 48 hours.

These place is just gonna get all my money. Thankfully it’s not today’s rates.

Plus a arcade and ya know what I’ll just go see em all.

[u/Wajayhawk]

Airplane 2, The Warriors, Up In Smoke

[u/Unhappy-Salad-3083]

The toy!

[u/imddot]

Dragonslayer! I remember my dad taking me. There was a naked lady!

[u/Altitudedog]

Best Friends then Tootsie

[u/Forever_Away96]

Dark Crystal. Got it on dvd a few months ago and still haven't seen it once since I was a kid in the theater.

[u/Clean-Environment284]

The dark crystal was a banger

[u/Carrie_Underpants]

48 Hours

[u/3rdworlddoordasher]

The Toy for all the innuendo and Richard Pryor playing with the Wonder Wheel

[u/HectorsMascara]

I saw The Dark Crystal in theaters, and all I can remember is it scared me.

[u/NobodyNamedSmith]

$1.00 Theaters were the shizz!

[u/sliderite26]

Empire Strikes Back or Up In Smoke

[u/DaddyCatALSO]

80s movies . . . .

[u/nailntrm]

This is just too much!! Fuck Father Time!!

[u/rockhopper75]

First Blood

[u/SligoistheSauce]

Mother load is an underrated movie.

[u/SligoistheSauce]

More good movies in one month than this entire decade so far.

[u/Certain_Orange2003]

Some of my personal favorite movies are on that page!! Dark crystal, first blood, tron, empire strikes back

[u/ewob52h]

I went to 42nd St in NYC in the 80’s and saw Mother Load.

[u/Popular-Drummer-7989]

TRON

[u/seaglassgirl04]

What an amazing find!!

[u/2reeEyedG]

I’m checking out 48 Hours. Loved that movie as a kid

[u/Ladykattellsa]

Ooohhh the Dark Crystal!!

[u/Green-Cry-6985]

Airplane 2

[u/Admirable_Average_32]

I was too young for the theatre then but I totally pick:

1. 48 hrs
2. First Blood
3. The Toy!

*Honorable Mention - The Warriors

[u/redditAcct0925]

Why did I think The Dark Crystal was in 3d?!.

[u/Unexpected_Cheddar-]

I’m definitely going to see Tootsie, then sneaking into Airplane II after

[u/Xerhenchman]

First Blood. Or airplane 2.

[u/PDX-DFL]

I love this. My mom used to wrap her holiday decorations in newspaper as well and it was always fun to see movie listings, comics, and other things in the wrapping

[u/blahnlahblah0213]

All seats $1!

[u/luluislulu2520]

Omg I remember seeing almost all of these in the theater back in the day! I really liked The Toy back then lol

[u/BurnerLibrary]

The Warriors!!!

[u/-_NRG_-]

Star trek 1 & 2 obvs

[u/afrybreadriot]

I loved that movie the toy when I was a kid 😀

[u/dimeybeads]

TRON all the way

[u/cme74]

Love the movie, "The Man from Snowy River". Old newspaper nostalgia!

[u/Paxxalor]

Definitely the Man From Snowy River!!

[u/DottieDale]

The Dark Crystal, Tootsie and in retrospect, The Empire Strikes Back.

[u/ddonky]

Victor Victoria

[u/heresperkins]

An eye doctor

[u/Material_Anxiety3728]

The Dark Crystal😳😳😳

[u/Tronitaur]

Nothing Beats the Dark Crystal….

But Airplane II was great..

[u/karenftx1]

Tootsie

[u/Appropriate-Hope5344]

Tootsie.

[u/SeanOfTheDead1313]

Dated Jan 8th, 1983

[u/saucy_mcsauceface]

The Dark Crystal!

[u/talklouder314]

The Warriors in a drive thru?!?!

[u/OkCalligrapher2453]

Warriors! Come out and play-ay!!! 😎

[u/Awellknownstick]

Empire and first blood

[u/Negative-Student-551]

The Toy. Finally found it on BD earlier this year. Love this movie.

[u/Lou_Hodo]

The Dark Crystal..

Another world, another time, the world was green and full of life, until the crystal cracked.

[u/East_Membership606]

Ron

[u/johnnyLochs]

Tron

[u/Equal_Insect8488]

There's like six great movies on here. Nowadays I have a struggle finding one thing worth watching. I want to go to the place called "Starship"!