[atariparty] Movie this year

[Stephen Matthew Helms]

Sorry not good at typing on the phone.  Meant to add cloak and eager does involve video games and a cart.

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On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:1AM, Stephen Matthew Helmsle <mythocelt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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!
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