"the blockbuster era of filmmaking, though it was eclipsed two years later by the science-fiction film ""Star Wars"" (1977). ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) single-handedly touched off disco mania in the U.S. ""The Godfather"" (1972) was also one of the decade's greatest successes and its first follow-up, ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974) was also successful for a sequel. ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" flopped in its 1975 debut, only to reappear as a more-popular midnight show later in the decade. Still in limited release 36 years after its premiere, it is the longest-running theatrical release in film history. ""The Exorcist"" (1973)"
"Bengal, and Hyderabad on 11 October 1975. It became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1975, and film ranking website Box Office India has given the film a verdict of ""All Time Blockbuster"". ""Sholay"" went on to earn a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees across India, and was the first film in India to celebrate a silver jubilee at over 100 theatres. It was shown continuously at Mumbai's Minerva theatre for over five years. ""Sholay"" was the Indian film with the longest theatrical run until ""Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge"" (1995) broke its record of 286 weeks in 2001. Exact figures"
"on the circuit, appreciated largely in an imposed camp fashion—a midnight movie tradition that goes back to the 1972 revival of the hectoring anti-drug movie ""Reefer Madness"" (1938). (Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic ""Freaks"", the original midnight movie revival, is both too dark and too sociologically acute to readily consume as camp.) Where the irony with which ""Reefer Madness"" was adopted as a midnight favorite had its roots in a countercultural sensibility, in the latter's place there is now the parodoxical element of nostalgia: the leading revivals on the circuit currently include the crème de la crème of the John"
"The Longest Night (1936 film) The Longest Night is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Robert Hardy Andrews. The film stars Robert Young, Florence Rice, Ted Healy, Julie Haydon, Catherine Doucet and Janet Beecher. The film was released on October 2, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A department store where she works is robbed by Eve Sutton and an accomplice, Carl Briggs. A wristwatch they stole is recognized by Eve's sister Joan, who reports her suspicions to Mrs. Briggs, who is Eve's boss at the store. Joan bumps into Charley Phelps, the store owner's son, who"
"storage to hold several feature-length films. As of 2007, ""Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot"" has been released on DVD, available from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot, often called The Patriot, is an orientation film produced by Paramount Pictures and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 1957, has the distinction of being the longest-running motion picture in history, having been shown continually in the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center for over five decades. On September 20, 2002, it was seen by the 30 millionth viewer. As museum orientation films go, ""Williamsburg:"
"gained notoriety and a huge cult following thanks to midnight showings. Providing interviews are filmmakers George A. Romero, Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Waters, Perry Henzell, David Lynch, and Richard O'Brien, as well as film critics Roger Ebert, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and J. Hoberman and Ben Barenholtz. The film was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is a 2005 documentary film written and directed by Stuart Samuels, based on his book on the subject. The film chronicles the period between 1970 and 1977"
"movie circuit, the core of exhibitors that energized the movement was disappearing. By the time the fabled Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shut its doors after a fire in 1986, the days of the theatrical midnight movie as a significant countercultural phenomenon were already past. In 1988, the midnight movie experience was institutionalized in a new manner with the introduction of the Toronto International Film Festival's nightly Midnight Madness section. In the years since, new or recent films still occasionally emerge as midnight movie ""hits"" on the circuit of theaters that continue to show them. The most successful of"
"movement. In 1973, the Elgin Theater started midnight screenings of both ""Pink Flamingos"" and a crime drama from Jamaica with a remarkable soundtrack. In its mainstream release, ""The Harder They Come"" (1972) had been a flop, panned by critics after its U.S. distributor, Roger Corman's New World Pictures, marketed it as a blaxploitation picture. Rereleased as a midnight film, it screened around the country for six years, helping spur the popularity of reggae in the United States. While the midnight-movie potential of certain films was recognized only some time after they opened, a number during this period were distributed to"
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" cult following is the cultural phenomenon surrounding the large fan base of enthusiastic participants of the movie ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"", generally credited as being the best-known cinematic ""midnight movie"", if not the first. The film ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" came about due to the tremendous success of the stage musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"" and opened in the United States at the United Artists Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, on September 26, 1975. Although the theater was selling out every night, it was noted"
"its third major refurbishment, the main change being the addition of a full size bar within the auditorium space. The seating was also replaced, the new seats being flanked by plush two-seater sofas with footrests, sold at a premium. It has retained the charm of its original barrel vault ceiling, its iconic working red curtain, and the exterior, which is especially noticeable at night due to its neon outline and sign. Aside from films, the cinema is probably most widely known for its 'Midnight Special' on Sunday 29 August 1976 when The Clash and Buzzcocks supported The Sex Pistols in"
"smash hit and the father of the summer blockbuster. When ""Jaws"" was released on June 20, 1975, it opened at 464 theaters. The release was subsequently expanded on July 25 to a total of 675 theaters, the largest simultaneous distribution of a film in motion picture history at the time. During the first weekend of wide release, ""Jaws"" grossed more than $7 million, and was the top grosser for the following five weeks. During its run in theaters, the film became the first to reach more than $100 million in U.S. box office receipts. ""Jaws"" eventually grossed more than $470"
"who has regained consciousness. Released in the United States on November 15, 1974, ""Earthquake"" would become the third highest-grossing film of the year; its competition, ""The Towering Inferno"", was the highest. The disaster film trend reached a zenith in 1974 with the combined releases of ""Airport 1975"" (the first ""Airport"" sequel), ""Earthquake"" and ""The Towering Inferno"". The films enjoyed staggering success, with ""The Towering Inferno"" earning $55 million in rentals, ""Earthquake"" earning $36 million and ""Airport 1975"" earning $25 million. By 1976, the disaster film cycle had also left its mark on the list of all-time box office champions, with"
"The Longest Night (1972 film) The Longest Night is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film written by Merwin Gerard and directed by Jack Smight. This movie was originally shown as an ""ABC Movie of the Week"" on September 12, 1972. It is based on the 1968 Barbara Mackle kidnapping by Gary Steven Krist. The plot concerns the kidnapping of Karen Chambers, daughter of wealthy Alan Chambers. The kidnapper holds her underground in a homemade coffin. He leaves her there, with a fan for air and a gallon of water, until he receives the ransom money. Her family frantically searches for"
"Side of Midnight"" proved to be bested in the box office. Although a modest hit, its success was ""nothing like ""Star Wars"""": Despite a higher budget, ""Star Wars"" ultimately grossed a then-record $221 million in the United States and Canada in its first run and eventually spawned a multimedia franchise that continues to this day; ""The Other Side of Midnight"" earned $24 million. On March 6, 2007, about 30 years after the film was released in theaters, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released ""The Other Side of Midnight"" on DVD for the first time as part of Fox's Cinema Classics"
"is also a ""gift set"" two-disc collector's edition which features a unique packaging and six collectible photo cards. In North American DVD sales, the film has currently grossed $164,676,695 and has sold more than 9,424,505 units. ""Eclipse"" set a new record for the biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada in box office history, grossing an estimated $30.1 million in over 4,000 theaters. The record was formerly held by the previous film """" with $26.3 million in 3,514 theaters. It held the record until summer 2011, when it was broken by ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –"
"days, three new U.S. box office records set by the film. The film went on to gross over $1 billion at the box office worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing movie worldwide ever at that time, before adjusting for inflation. It also ranks as one of the most critically acclaimed superhero films ever made. Bale reprised the role again for the sequel to the Dark Knight ""The Dark Knight Rises"", released on 20 July 2012, which made Bale the longest-lasting actor to portray Batman on film to date. Following the shooting at a midnight showing of ""The Dark Knight Rises"", he"
"public domain. Seeking material for New Line's college circuit, he was able to obtain an original copy from a collector and began distributing the film nationally, ""making a small fortune for New Line."" ""Reefer Madness"" is considered to be a cult classic and one of the best examples of a midnight movie. Its fans enjoy the film for the same unintentionally campy production values that made it a hit in the 1970s. The ""Los Angeles Times"" has claimed that ""Reefer Madness"" was the first film that a generation embraced as ""the worst."" Leonard Maltin has called it ""the granddaddy of"
"Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is a 2005 documentary film written and directed by Stuart Samuels, based on his book on the subject. The film chronicles the period between 1970 and 1977 in which six low-budget films shown at midnight transformed the way films are made and watched: ""El Topo"" (1970), ""Night of the Living Dead"" (1968), ""The Harder They Come"" (1973), ""Pink Flamingos"" (1972), ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975), and ""Eraserhead"" (1977). Also portrayed in the film are the films ""Freaks"" (1932) and ""Reefer Madness"" (1936), which"
"The film won a National Film Award and 10 Filmfare Awards, setting the record at the time for the most Filmfare trophies. In 2001, ""Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge"" overtook ""Sholay"" (1975), which had run for over five years at the Minerva theatre, as the longest-running film in Indian cinema history. It has been showing at the Maratha Mandir theatre (which was famous for having shown ""Mughal-e-Azam"" (1960) for three years) since its original release in 1995. There are often people in the audience who have seen the film 50 or more times, but still clap, cheer, mouth the dialogues and"
"is commemorated in a blue plaque on the site of the former Moulin Cinema in Great Windmill Street, Soho for her appearance in ""Come Play with Me"". The film ran there continuously for 201 weeks, from April 1977 to March 1981, and is listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the longest-running British film. However, the validity of this record and the blue plaque has been called into question by film historian Allen Eyles who says that ""Come Play with Me"" ran for 165 weeks and that Britain’s longest running film was ""South Pacific"" which ran for four"
"his father's diary on the night of his parents' wake and reading that Bruce insisted his parents go to the theater so he could watch one of the shows, meaning the reason he became Batman was out of the guilt that he was responsible for their deaths. Many scenes were filmed but deleted from the film; other scenes had footage removed. These included: ""Batman Forever"" opened in 2,842 theaters in the United States on June 16, 1995, making $52.8 million in its opening weekend, breaking ""Jurassic Park""'s record for highest opening-weekend gross of all time (it was surpassed two years"
"world's longest running sitcom. The commercial station ITV had popular successes with ""Rising Damp"" (1974–78, sometimes called the best of all ITV sitcoms), ""Man About the House"" (1973–76) and ""George and Mildred"" (1976–79). ""Rising Damp""'s star, Leonard Rossiter, also played the lead role in the BBC's highly popular ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"" (1976–79). The decline in cinema attendance in this period meant that many of these series were turned into cinema films; the first film version of ""On the Buses"" (1969–73) was the biggest hit at the British box office in 1971. According to Jeff Evans, ""On"
"budget. The film premiered in France on September 25, 1962, followed by the United States on October 4 and 23 for the United Kingdom. Given Fox was suffering with the financial losses of ""Cleopatra"", the studio was intending for ""The Longest Day"" to have a wide release to reap quick profits. Zanuck forced them to do a proper Roadshow theatrical release, even threatening to sell distribution to Warner Bros. if Fox had refused to do so. ""The Longest Day"" eventually became the box office hit Fox needed, with $30 million in worldwide rentals on a $7.5 million budget. There were"
"a model of shoestring surrealism, reaffirmed the midnight movie's most central traditions. Additionally, concert films, such as """" (1972), ""The Song Remains the Same"" (1976), ""The Grateful Dead Movie"" (1977) and ""The Last Waltz"" (1978), became popular midnight screening selections during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The commercial viability of the sort of big-city arthouses that launched outsider pictures for the midnight movie circuit began to decline in the late 1970s as broad social and economic shifts weakened their countercultural base. Leading midnight movie venues were beginning to fold as early as 1977—that year, New York's Bijou switched back"
"""Harold and Maude"", a cult film before it was adopted as a midnight movie, was also inducted in 1997. Midnight movie The term midnight movie is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides. As a cinematic phenomenon, the midnight screening of offbeat movies began in the early 1970s in a few urban centers, particularly in New York City with screenings of ""El Topo"" at the Elgin Theater, eventually spreading across the country. The screening of non-mainstream"
"previous highest-grossing films (""Star Wars"" and ""Alien"") had a similar opening date (May 25) in 1977 and 1979, making the 25th of the month his ""lucky day"". ""Blade Runner"" grossed reasonably good ticket sales in its opening weekend; earning $6.1 million during its first weekend in theaters. The film was released close to other major science-fiction and fantasy releases such as ""The Thing"", """", ""Conan the Barbarian"" and ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"", which affected its commercial success. Initial reactions among film critics were mixed. Some wrote that the plot took a back seat to the film's special effects, and did not"
"of cinematic exhibition, with transgressive connotations. Socializing in a countercultural milieu was part of the original attraction of the midnight filmgoing experience, something like a drive-in movie for the hip. One of the first films adopted by the new midnight movie circuit in 1971 was the three-year-old ""Night of the Living Dead"". The midnight movie success of low-budget pictures made entirely outside of the studio system, like John Waters' ""Pink Flamingos"" (1972), with its campy spin on exploitation, spurred the development of the independent film movement. ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975), an inexpensive film from 20th Century-Fox that spoofed"
"(2001), The Warriors (film) (1979) and ""Office Space"" (1999). Modern midnight movies retain their popularity and have been strongly diverging from mainstream films shown at midnight. Mainstream cinemas, eager to disassociate themselves from negative associations and increase profits, have begun abandoning midnight screenings. Although classic midnight movies have dropped off in popularity, they still bring reliable crowds. Although seemingly at odds with each other, art and exploitation films are frequently treated as equal and interchangeable in cult fandom, listed alongside each other and described in similar terms: their ability to provoke a response. The most exploitative aspects of art films"
"as the first true midnight movie in the sense of the term that emerged in the 1970s remains an open question. Critic Jennifer M. Wood points to the Palace Theater in San Francisco's North Beach district where, in 1968, San Francisco Art Institute graduates Steven Arnold and Michael Wiese, after a sellout screening of their Dalí-esque thesis film ""Messages, Messages"", were invited to program offbeat films at midnight. Author Gary Lachman claims that Kenneth Anger's short ""Invocation of My Demon Brother"" (1969), a mélange of occult symbology intercut with and superimposed on images from a Rolling Stones concert, ""inaugurat[ed] the"
"hold in midnight movie venues, trading off of nostalgia for the 1980s and an ironic appreciation for their optimism. Mathijs and Sexton describe ""Grease"" (1978) as a film nostalgic about an imagined past that has acquired a nostalgic cult following. Other cult films, such as ""Streets of Fire"" (1984), create a new fictional world based on nostalgic views of the past. Cult films may also subvert nostalgia, such as ""The Big Lebowski"", which introduces many nostalgic elements and then reveals them as fake and hollow. Nathan Lee of the ""New York Sun"" identifies the retro aesthetic and nostalgic pastiche in"
"Midnight Ramble (film) Midnight Ramble is a 1994 documentary about the early history of Black American movies from the period between 1910 and 1950. Known as ""race movies"", these films, traditionally independent of Hollywood, were made primarily by, for and about the black community. This documentary is a tribute to a film genre that lasted for more than 40 years, produced over 500 movies, and created a foundation for contemporary films from directors such as Spike Lee and Tyler Perry. James Avery narrates this exploration of the early black film industry. There is a mistaken assumption that ""race films"" began"
"the same sequence. That approach, combined with rapid cutting, created a jarring, highly unpleasant experience for most moviegoers. Despite mostly negative reviews from critics, the film was a box office success. ""Revenge of the Fallen"" grossed $16 million from midnight showings, at the time the most ever for a Wednesday midnight debut. The film proceeded to beat ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix""'s record ($44.2 million) for the biggest Wednesday opening in history, bringing in $62 million in total receipts on its first day (until """" topped this record with $68.5 million in 2010), additionally ranking it as"
"wrote ""“Kelviyin Nayagane” [..] is a moving situational song, and the slight hint of pathos that this raga brings out is cleverly used to build up the dramatic quotient in the movie. The bright opening in the upper-octave Gandhara and the subsequent traversal to the Suddha Dhaivata are striking"". The film was released on 18 August 1975 with a final reel length of . The film became successful at box office. When the film was released in Bangalore’s Kapali cinema, Rajinikanth and his friend Raja Bahadur went to watch the film. ""Nobody knew that he had acted in a film,"