My earliest memory of seeing a movie would have to be seeing Bambi in the theater (re-released in 1975). And of course the next one after that would be the first Star Wars movie (1977, where Han shoots first!) I also vaguely recall seeing movies at the drive-in a few times (something about snakes?) but I don't even remember which movies or what year (I'm guessing they weren't kids movies, since I slept through most of them).

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Dumbo (Score:2)

by BWJones (18351) *

Earliest movies memory is Dumbo... I think 1973...
star wars (Score:2)

by bechthros (714240)

i was three, and i puked.
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  by nizo (81281) *
  
  Ahh, the memories... :-)
Aristocats (Score:2)

by Jeremiah Cornelius (137) *

I saw earlier movies, just remember the HUGE faces.
Little Mermaid (Score:2)

by queenofthe1ring (768698) *

I went with my dad. :-) I think I was 4.
E.T. (Score:1)

by jawtheshark (198669) *

We stood in the line for hours. Don't remember the movie, but I remember the waiting ;-)
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  by nizo (81281) *
  
  I remember ET too; one of the few I saw in a theater when I was a kid :-)
  
  Heck both my kids probably saw more movies before they were six than I saw my entire childhood. Though having a dvd player helps.
Mary Poppins... (Score:2)

by The Fun Guy (21791)

... feeling sad because no one would talk to the pigeon lady, and then crying when the mean bank manager snatched the tuppence from the little boy.
Star Wars... (Score:2)

by Shadow Wrought (586631) *

Sort of. I have no actual memories of seeing the movie itself, but I very much remember being excited to see it, and also playing "Light Savers" ('cause I heard it wrong and didn't believe my borther for a long time;-) with wiffle bats; but I have no actu
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  by nizo (81281) *
  
  I remember seeing all of em in the theater; I vividly remember my dad taking me to the second one, and freaking out at the long line :-) One of the few dad related fun things I remember from childhood.
So ever long ago (Score:1)

by tqft (619476)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061578/ [imdb.com]
The Dirty Dozen

At the drive in across the river and already half way to the ass end of nowhereville.

Must have been about 4 or 5 (no it wouldn't have been the year it was released) and I am the youngest.

Dad turns the pane
Jungle Book I think (Score:2)

by squiggleslash (241428)

...though I also have some vague memory of one or more movies that appear to be merged into one in my brain, involving ancient Rome, bi-planes, and zeppelins. Whatever it or they was/were, this was at the Odeon in Aylesbury, in England. Whatever this latt
Mine (Score:2)

by Le Marteau (206396)

Mine was seeing "Patton" on a drive-in screen. Parents and I checked in to a motel and you could see the screen from the motel room. Couldn't hear anything, but I remember my Dad telling me it was "Patton". That might explain some of my fascination wit
First film memories (Score:2)

by Tet (2721)

Hmmm... tricky. I'd say it's probably one of "The jungle book", "Chitty chitty bang bang" or "Bedknobs and broomsticks". All will have been rereleases in the early '70s. My overwhelming memory of the cinema in those days is the queues. With no advance tick
Another first movie theater visit to a Disney film (Score:1)

by insanecarbonbasedlif (623558)

A lot of Disney first-timers. My first was The Fox and the Hound, in 1988 (re-release). As a youngster, I found the whole thing bewildering.

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Dumbo (Score:2)

star wars (Score:2)

Re: (Score:2)

Aristocats (Score:2)

Little Mermaid (Score:2)

E.T. (Score:1)

Re: (Score:2)

Mary Poppins... (Score:2)

Star Wars... (Score:2)

Re: (Score:2)

So ever long ago (Score:1)

Jungle Book I think (Score:2)

Mine (Score:2)

First film memories (Score:2)

Another first movie theater visit to a Disney film (Score:1)