List of every personal film first -

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i put this response on a previous thread and the thread instantly died. i was hoping people would copy and paste it, adding their own stories.

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my firsts:

1. first film in theater: pinnochio re-issue, 1971

2. first film in theater i actually remember: snow white re-issue, 1975

3. first tv movie i remember seeing: the hobbit, winter 1977

4. first movie poster i ever noticed: sorceror, spring 1977

5. first drive-in double-feature i remember: herbie goes to monte carlo & gus

6. first movie tv spot i remember seeing: star wars (a flashed shot of chewbacca growling scared the living snot out of me)

7. first james bond movie: the spy who loved me, on showtime

8. first james bond film in theaters: a view to a kill, 1985

9. first teaser type trailer i remember: it's alive (holy crap that knocked me out once - my parents were outside, i was watching tv, it had gotten dark in the house, and that came on... look for it on youtube. i was in kindergarten).

10. first movie my dad let me stay up late to watch: high noon

11. first movie i saw on laser disc: star wars

12. first seen on vhs: the empire strikes back

13. first movie bought: poltergeist, vhs

14. first movie i saw without parents' permission: raiders of the lost ark, first run (a friend's super-cool mom took me)

15. first time i got pissed off at the oscars: raiders loses big awards to reds and chariots of fire

16. first r-rated film seen: x-ray, aka horror hospital, cinemax

17. first r-rated film in theaters: platoon

18. first r-rated on home video: the road warrior, vhs... would have been john carpenter's the thing, but the tape was trashed.

19. first film i snuck into: labyrinth

20. first film i spent "more involved" with a date than with the film: see no evil, hear no evil

21. last film i remember going to with my whole family: star trek 4

22. first film i owned and wore out due to over-playing it: blue velvet, vhs

23. first retro non-disney film seen in theaters: hitchcock's notorious

24. first dvd viewing: 2001: a space odyssey

25. first midnight movie attended: monty python's the meaning of life, 1990

26. last films seen:

theater: star trek
dvd: religulous
tv: no way out
vhs: missile (frederick wiseman)