Honda launches campaign to save drive-ins (1 Viewer)

Chuck Anstey said:

Well the theater in my original home town is not listed on the Honda website so either they already upgraded to digital or they are doomed. I was just up there this summer and they were still showing movies.

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Adam Lenhardt said:

There are less than 400 drive-in theaters left in the United States. This is the last summer that the studios will provide them with film prints to project. Less than 150 of the surviving drive-ins have converted to digital projection. The ones that don't will have to close.

The automaker Honda has launched a new campaign to save the drive-in at ProjectDriveIn.com. The top five vote getters will get free digital projectors donated by Honda. Visitors to the site can also donate towards purchasing additional digital projectors to be provided to additional drive-ins.

Four of the local drive-ins in my area are participating. I hope they succeed, because I'd hate to see this staple of my childhood die out.

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Chuck Anstey said:

The one I was talking about will have a Walmart directly in front of it next summer when/if it reopens after the town spent 20+ years of fighting to keep Walmart out. The developers claim the light dome won't interfere but I don't believe it. Maybe they had to buy the drive-in a digital projector as part of the deal?

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JoeDoakes said:

Are studios eliminating physical prints for all theaters or is this limited to drive ins for some reason?

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Chuck Anstey said:

Yes it is St. Albans.

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JoeDoakes said:

Are studios eliminating physical prints for all theaters or is this limited to drive ins for some reason?

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