Subject: Season Begins THIS Weekend, APRIL 18 & 19
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Dear GREAT Patrons of the Bengies Drive-In Theatre,
The closer it gets to Sunset... The longer the line will become.... ARRIVE EARLY! Ya haven't heard that in while, eh? Well, I know it is still true!
Just a preliminary greeting, and update. The regular program email will arrive this Thursday. Season 53 is about to get underway!
We are OPEN on FRIDAY AND SATURDAY for the beginning of the season, starting THIS Friday and Saturday, April 18 & 19
It has been a very long and emotionally charged winter for me personally, and I am ready to get back to what I love to do the most, let this big ol drive-in theatre run me ragged.
Yes, we absolutely did "stall off" the opening, mostly because the conditions within the drive-in (ground was too soft) and the weather was just too wet and cold. A lot of you emailed wondering, but most did not, which is a sign that you all were not ready either. Things have been very different in the last 13 days or so, our timing seems to be perfect.
I hope we ALL are ready, I signed one heck of a mortgage in December and with that, completed "Step 2" in my now 22 year mission to save the Bengies Drive-In Theatre. (yes, still more steps to go, and yes, they get more difficult but FINALLY I am NOW firmly in control of that ... ....Well, me and the Bank... )
For the Season Opener, Starting THIS Friday and Saturday, April 18 & 19....
We are starting off directly with "FIRST RUN" product, and a pretty amazing one at that, as we are opening "THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM" starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li, in the wide screen action and adventure that hits the nation's theatres this Friday, rated PG13. This main feature will play in the middle (9:45pm) of this TriPPPle Feature!
We will start the show (7:45PM) with our TWILIGHT OPENING, a Warner Brothers Classic Cartoon, and then right into the fun fantasy "PENELOPE," rated PG, starring Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon, and host of others. It is wide screen as well, and if you do not know what this movie is, I would not be surprised because it was release by a small distributor and the "print count" was what it could afford to do. It is a fun movie with a lot of heart.
We are saving the R rated wide screen Comedy, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster story of "The BANK JOB" for last (11:45pm) only because of the rating. I wanted to see it, but did not, so our own KEN ADAM (the guy with the broken accent who likes to play in the concession stand and occasionally talks on the microphone) gave us a high recommendation on this one.
ALL 3 FEATURES ARE IN WIDE SCREEN, STRETCHING EDGE TO EDGE ON THE BIGGEST MOVIE THEATRE SCREEN IN THE U.S.A. We WILL include Warner Brothers CLASSIC CARTOONS at opening and both intermissions, unless the crowd decides to play "LEAPING WEENIE TRIVIA" at the 2nd intermission instead.
If you have not ever attended the Bengies, or if it has been a while, PLEASE "brush-up" on "drive-in etiquette." (For those of you who may not know what that is, please go back and click on the word, the literal original meaning and the modern use of it may surprise a lot of you!) I welcome ALL to the Bengies but please remember, it is my "house" and entering comes with agreement on the house rules and policies. Please do not put your feet on the coffee table, or spit in my living room! See: House Rules and Policies for more information.
Any questions about the movies, just visit the website (www.bengies.com, www.giantoutdoorscreen.com, driveinnights.com, allamericandrivein.com) and follow the links for more information, but what the heck, just come on out because THE DRIVE-IN IS OPEN!
The regular program email will arrive this Thursday. Until then, smile at sunset, twilight time is near.
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