How was it??

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PrometheusTree64 — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 05:38 AM)

I saw it when it came out in Sept 1981. The suburban theater was packed, and people howled with laughter throughout the picture.
The picture was camp, while the book was not. Yes, many of the scenes in the movie were also in the book, but it's the
tone
which varied so much.
I'm sorry but you are mistaken. I haven't read the book but in Christina's interview with Donahue she specifically states that she went ballistic on one of her night rades when she found a wire hanger and she even stated that she started screaming and she specifically said that the only light that was on was the bathroom light. So if that is so then it wasn't shot like a horror movie but how she wrote it actually happened.
But Christina has also said Joan wasn't made up with cold creme like the movie.
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GroovyDoom — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 08:40 AM)

I'm so jealous you got to see it during its initial run! I was 11 when it came out, and too young to care about Joan Crawford or understand any of the controversy surrounding the book or the movie. But I did see it on HBO the following year, and after that it was love.
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PrometheusTree64 — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 08:41 AM)

I was still a teenager, but knew all about it at the time. Seems like last week, frankly. lol
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GroovyDoom — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 09:36 AM)

HBO used to have a preview show hosted by Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. I distinctly remember the clip they showed from "MD" was part of the wire hanger rant, ending with her going "Christinagetouttathatbed!" Meara sort of gave this look afterwards like she was stifling a giggle orsomething.
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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 01:16 AM)

So you and I were the same age at the time. But I didn't know about the film for years. Eventually I saw Roger Ebert's review and found out more about it as I got older and was more interested in films.

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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 01:15 AM)

The book is much better. Read it.

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LetThemEatCake01 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 01:19 AM)

I want to, it's on my to buy list.

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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 01:14 AM)

It came out in Sept. of 1981. I guess you could consider it late summer/early autumn.

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moosefeathers — 10 years ago(May 05, 2015 10:12 AM)

saw it from second row, centerhigh.with a really mixed crowd of friends who all enjoyed it thoroughly. must say, it was a trip.
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singjohn — 10 years ago(August 01, 2015 07:12 PM)

I did! The experience was very similar to watching a horror film. Audiences jumped whenever Faye as Joan appeared on the screen.

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jefgg — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 03:48 PM)

I wish I could see it in a theater at midnight with Rocky Horror style audience participation.

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bregund — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 08:06 PM)

Castro theater, san Francisco.

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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(May 09, 2016 12:05 PM)

I wish I could see it in a theater at midnight with Rocky Horror style audience participation.

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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 01:12 AM)

I was only a kid at the time and really didn't know about it. I was 11 and starting junior high school when it opened.

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Noir-It-All — 9 years ago(June 16, 2016 06:38 PM)

I saw it for the first time on HBO a year after it opened. I was on the road for my job. But, I had a colleague in Chicago who saw it in the theater. He thought it was a joke and claimed that other members of the audience did, too.