2024 Fathom Events Big Screen Classics Announced

[carolinakid]

Would you go to see any?

January: The Wizard of Oz 85th Anniversary

February: My Fair Lady 60th Anniversary

March: Labyrinth

April: Gone With The Wind 85th Anniversary

May: Steel Magnolias 35th Anniversary

June: South Park 25th Anniversary

July: The Neverending Story 40th Anniversary

August: Rear Window 70th Anniversary

September: Blazing Saddles 50th Anniversary

October: Mean Girls 20th Anniversary

November: The Fifth Element

December: White Christmas 70th Anniversary

I definitely plan to see on the big screen:
Wizard of Oz
My Fair Lady
Gone With The Wind
Steel Magnolias
Rear Window
Blazing Saddles
White Christmas

[Disney Duster]

They're doing the Neverending Story? The scariest film ever made?! I wish I could see that, Labyrinth, My Fair Lady and Wizard of Oz, but I don't think I can go to...where are Fathom Events?

[carolinakid]

They usually play at an AMC or Regal Cinema in an area.

[MoonMarc21]

They're doing the Neverending Story? The scariest film ever made?!

I don't think it's THAT scary...okay, maybe it's just a me thing hehe

It's understandable if some people do think that way, given how the more "fantastical" characters look like. But I do like how they look; they really embody the 80s fantasy vibes, which this whole movie is. Also, the song is such a bop...

Neverending story!!!!! Ahh ahh ahh~

[carolinakid]

I never saw the film, but the theme song by Limahl used to pack the dance floor at the gay clubs I went to back in ‘84.

It’s a fun dance tune! I have it on CD on a gay dance classics of 1984 compilation. I love to blast it in the car while driving...

[Disney Duster]

The designs of Morla the giant turtle and Gmork the big werewolf are scary AF and even the music and jump scare for Gmork let you know he is supposed to be scary.

If my AMC has the movies I wanna see, I will try to make them! I will try to see The Neverending Story with a friend, especially my cousin, who I grew up watching the movie with...also, I don't wanna see the scariest movie ever alone! Hehe, but you guys are right, the theme song is a bop!

[carolinakid]

We already purchased our tickets for The Wizard of Oz for the 1 pm matinee on Sunday January 28. We’re planning to see My Fair Lady the next week, February 4.
My boyfriend has never seen it!
And he only saw The Wizard of Oz for the first time on DVD maybe 5 years ago.
(He wasn’t raised with typical American cultural milestones we take for granted.)
Even though he was raised here, his parents didn’t speak much English, and didn’t expose him to a lot of American culture while he was growing up.

[MoonMarc21]

even the music and jump scare for Gmork let you know he is supposed to be scary.

I will try to see The Neverending Story with a friend, especially my cousin, who I grew up watching the movie with...also, I don't wanna see the scariest movie ever alone!

tbf, if that’s how the music for Gmork really is, then yeah, that would be very scary, especially since cinemas nowadays have surround sound. Hehehe very different when you’re just watching it on an iPad or a mobile phone so it’s understandable to have a friend our two to join you when watching the movie in theaters.

[Disney Duster]

Haha, you are right MoonMarc12. I need to get tickets for Oz and any family or friends that wanna come soon!

[Disney Duster]

I went to the Oz one! It wasn't that much different seeing the film on the big screen than seeing it at home, just becuase I enjoy the film so much, but maybe it did seem a little more epic and beautiful and impressive. It sure reminded me it's a great movie, anyway!

[carolinakid]

So glad you saw Oz, Duster. The Technicolor just POPS on the big screen. I love everything about it but it’s funny, the Kansas scenes and the Munchkinland sequence are my favorites. I admire Judy’s and Margaret Hamilton’s performances more and more each time I see it. And the fact that the whole cyclone sequence was done without computers just amazes me.

The next weekend we saw My Fair Lady which was fantastic as usual. I admire Rex Harrison each time I see it. He deserved the Tony and Oscar for the role. As much as I love Audrey, I would have loved to see Julie in the part on screen.
I learned the actor who played Freddy (Jeremy Brett) was gay and his singing voice was dubbed by Prince Philip himself, Bill Shirley.

We’re skipping Labyrinth in March ... no interest.

Next up for my boyfriend and me is Gone With The Wind on April 7, my all time favorite film. This will be his second time seeing it; his first on the big screen!

[Disney Duster]

I love Judy's and Margaret's performances, and I agree on the Oz cyclone being amazing without computers!

Glad you went to and enjoyed My Fair Lady! And wow, Prince Phillip!

Gone With the Wind is your favorite film? Wow, well, it is magnificent!

[carolinakid]

My boyfriend and I saw Gone With the Wind in April.
We plan to see Rear Window in August.

I really wish Disney would join the program. I’d love to see Mary Poppins again on the big screen this year.

[Disney Duster]

I wish Disney joined and showed my favorites, too!

[Avaitor]

I'm not really a fan of Fathom's screenings, I don't think they use the best prints most of the time, but I appreciated them for showing classics before moving to a city with a couple of repertory theaters. Back in Orlando, we only had the Enzian, which is great but only has one screen and only gets to show a handful of classics. Meanwhile in Atlanta, we have the Plaza and Tara, which have multiple screens and shows plenty of older films in 4K scans, 35mm, or sometimes even 70mm. I'm going to try to will call To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar this week and hoping I can catch Pink Flamingos and the original Heartbreak Kid later this month. The Tara is also collaborating with our local video rental shop, Videdrome, to show some pre-codes, and I'm stoked for that.

That said, I wanted to catch Fathom's Muppet Movie screenings from a week or so ago but couldn't make that happen. Rear Window is also tempting, but the Plaza has shown various Hitchcock films in 35mm, including that- caught Vertigo a while ago! Amazing experience.