[atariparty] Movie this year

[Marianne Waage]

I have a fondness for Sneakers and Hackers, but I haven't seen Cloak
and Dagger, and it's not rated particularly badly. The summary seems 
particularly appropriate as well.

-Marianne

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:09:57AM -0800, Bill Kendrick 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. :)