cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1150586
This week's #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon features the classic cult action-comedy-fantasy by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Victor Wong, Jeff Imada and Carter Wong. Join us!
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Movie Info
#KungFuSat Watch Party Anouncement
Time: Saturday 16th August, 12pm EDT
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Soundtrack
YouTube - Big Trouble in Little China by The Coup De Villes (i.e. John Carpenter & friends)
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Added footnote.
Double features were a big deal back in the day. Many theaters only ran double bills, and the studios would re-release particular double bills ["Bonnie and Clyde" and "Bullit" ran together]
The B movie was the second movie, like the B side of a 45 rpm record was the less popular song.
Lower budget, actors who weren't as famous, those made a movie a B.
Someone in the watch party said their local cinema in 1986 showed BTiLC and Highlander (also from 20th Century Fox) in a double bill all summer, didn't say which came second.
Things were a lot different before video tape changed the game. There was a theater in Atlanta that ran Gone With The Wind for decades. Another big difference is that there used to be many, many more theaters with one owner. There were all sorts of deals being made between the distributors, the studios, and the theater owners.