Thank you for the article, it was wonderful. It supplied me with the date, 1.16.1965, of the sneak preview I got to attend when I was 13. A friend of my family worked at the Brook Theatre in Tulsa. She called us in the early evening to say there was to be a sneak preview of a “big” movie that night and we should come. No name was given. For whatever reason just myself and my dad went. My mom, who of course loves this film, stayed home with my 9 year old brother.
We got to the theatre, bought our tickets, and went in. A few rows at the back of the theatre were blocked off, and guarded. The theatre eventually filled up and someone came out front to tell us what we were going to see, and after the movie was over they were to hand out questionaires for us to fill out and give back, so please don’t leave. They then seated the back rows and the lights went down and we got to see an “uncut”, 70mm, stereophonic Sound of Music, complete with intermission. After the movie ended we filled out our questionaire and gave it back to someone as we exited. I don’t remember it being too extensive, or what the questions were, except, there was a kind of rating of what we thought of the actors.
I couldn’t tell you what the difference was between what I saw and the final release, though I wish I knew. Our friend who worked there told us one of the people sitting in the back row that night was Robert Wise, but I don’t know if that was true or not. It seemed kind of exciting at the time, but 40+ years on is getting kind of hazy. Thanks again for the great article.
Thank you for the article, it was wonderful. It supplied me with the date, 1.16.1965, of the sneak preview I got to attend when I was 13. A friend of my family worked at the Brook Theatre in Tulsa. She called us in the early evening to say there was to be a sneak preview of a “big” movie that night and we should come. No name was given. For whatever reason just myself and my dad went. My mom, who of course loves this film, stayed home with my 9 year old brother.
We got to the theatre, bought our tickets, and went in. A few rows at the back of the theatre were blocked off, and guarded. The theatre eventually filled up and someone came out front to tell us what we were going to see, and after the movie was over they were to hand out questionaires for us to fill out and give back, so please don’t leave. They then seated the back rows and the lights went down and we got to see an “uncut”, 70mm, stereophonic Sound of Music, complete with intermission. After the movie ended we filled out our questionaire and gave it back to someone as we exited. I don’t remember it being too extensive, or what the questions were, except, there was a kind of rating of what we thought of the actors.
I couldn’t tell you what the difference was between what I saw and the final release, though I wish I knew. Our friend who worked there told us one of the people sitting in the back row that night was Robert Wise, but I don’t know if that was true or not. It seemed kind of exciting at the time, but 40+ years on is getting kind of hazy. Thanks again for the great article.