[atariparty] Movie this year

[Stephen Matthew Helms]

My vote is for cloak and eager as well as it do

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On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> 
> For showing a movie indoors, regardless as to whether we actually hold
> Atari Party at the public library (which is my hope), as long as screeing
> attendance is less than 200 people, it should be possible to rent a movie
> from Swank for $150, this time around.
> 
> Now, as for what movie to screen.  Some possibilities:
> 
>  * Tron
>    PG / 96 minutes / 1982
>    (watched it last year)
> 
>  * Tron Legacy
>    PG-13 / 127 minutes / 2010
>    (prob not available on DVD by then; wikipedia shows UK
>    release as late April, and no US confirmed release date)
> 
>  * Sneakers
>    PG-13 / 121 minutes / 1992
> 
>  * Hackers
>    PG-13 / 105 minutes / 1995
> 
>  * Cloak and Dagger
>    PG / 101 minutes / 1984
>    (benefit of having an Atari game as a plot element ;) )
> 
>  * E.T.
>    PG / 115 minutes / 1982
>    (video game tie-in!)
> 
>  * Superman
>    PG / 142 minutes / 1978
>    (video game tie-in!)
> 
> 
> My top choice is Cloak and Dagger.  I remember enjoying it... it's a lot
> less famous than ET or Superman, and it's short and PG.  The hacking movies
> are from a decade AFTER the original Atari era, and are PG-13.
> Neither ET nor Superman are video game movies... they were just big
> blockbusters from the Atari era, which also got Atari games. :)
> 
> 
> Any other suggestions or arguments?  And would anyone out here like to
> help pay for this endeavour? :)
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer
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