View Full Version : Whats the longest you've ever traveled to see a movie
chopsuey
21-10-2003, 22:33
Mine would have to New York May 19th 1999 to watch the first public screening of
Star Wars Episode 1
Plus it opened on my birthday which was really cool, and it was awesome fun :clap: :clap:
What about you????
erm ... twenty miles to the ABC in Bournemouth to watch Kill BIll!
Vinyl-Pants
22-10-2003, 08:39
2.5 miles. What do I win?
Jon Cybernet
22-10-2003, 10:34
From London, Uk to Austin, Texas, US to see Bubba Ho Tep in April.
Beat that!
:clap:
chopsuey
22-10-2003, 11:47
Originally posted by Jon Cybernet
From London, Uk to Austin, Texas, US to see Bubba Ho Tep in April.
Beat that!
:clap:
Cool:notworthy
Ben Martin
22-10-2003, 12:26
:notworthy to Jon Cybernet. god knows when, if ever, we're going to see Bubba Ho-Tep over here. :(
i also went to new york in may 1999 to see episode I, but couldn't go until may 31st because of my finals at uni.
when i was a studio guest on 5live, their film critic tried to send me up for it ("a new hopelessness" ... what a wag!) but i managed to take him apart over the 15 minutes that followed.
not sure i'd bother travelling that far again though, and to be fair it was also a six day holiday to celebrate finishing uni.
London to Wales = Fight Club
London to Australia = The Mexican, Bridget Jones, Planet of the Apes, AI, Kiss of the Dragon, Sexy Beast, The Others, Apocalypse Now: Redux, Lord of the Rings (I walked the red carpet on the opening night... and got told to get off!), Training Day.
Australia to Malaysia = Ice Age
Psycho :nuts:
Watford to Edinburgh every year for Dead By Dawn. Also, Watford to Canada for Ghost World.
Arch Stanton
22-10-2003, 16:24
Originally posted by Jon Cybernet
From London, Uk to Austin, Texas, US to see Bubba Ho Tep in April.
Beat that!
:clap:
Wow, you could have just gone to Leeds...
Did 120 miles to see Ed Wood, once. Only way I could get to see it at the time.
London to San Diago to see Jay and Silent bob strike back. TBH I was going there anyway but I REALLY wanted to see it.
Otherwise going to camden town to see Chasing Amy (notice a pattern) or some other west end cinema for a freebie.
tj_director
24-10-2003, 02:40
Originally posted by Psycho
London to Wales = Fight Club
London to Australia = The Mexican, Bridget Jones, Planet of the Apes, AI, Kiss of the Dragon, Sexy Beast, The Others, Apocalypse Now: Redux, Lord of the Rings (I walked the red carpet on the opening night... and got told to get off!), Training Day.
Australia to Malaysia = Ice Age
Psycho :nuts:
except maybe Fight Club and LOTR, surely you didn't travel that far JUST to see those movies? you cheeky scamp, they're just films you watched while away :lol:
160 mile round trip to Showcase Cinema, Uddingston.
:)
Puhkipsy
24-10-2003, 06:52
Worcestershire to London to see a special Hitchccock evening at what was left of the Gainsborough Studios. Double screening of 39 Steps and Vertigo - fantastic stuff.
bonsaiguy
24-10-2003, 07:59
London to Detroit Michigan for Star Wars Ep 1
snoopstah
24-10-2003, 13:09
Manchester to Hollywood to see The Two Towers, at the IMAX screen at Universal Studios on opening night.
Although that wasn't the only reason I went :)
Confucius
24-10-2003, 19:27
Jackson, Wyoming - Batman (1989)
San Fransisco, California - Ghostbusters 2 & Star Trek V (1989)
Boston, Mass. - Phantom Menace (1999)
Montreal, Quebec - Ausin Powers 2 (1999)
Naturally, I did not travel to The Americas solely to go to the movies.
Ol' Blue Eyes
24-10-2003, 20:54
All the way to exotic Romford in Essex to see a couple of films which didn't play in London but played at the Ster Century multiplex there - Joe Somebody and Extreme Ops.
San Francisco to see Kill Bill
Although I apreciate the simultaneous US/UK release date negated the distance/travel.
silly little rabbit
Florida to see T2 3D Battle acrosss Time. OK part attraction part film. Maybe stretching the thread a little.
darthballs
19-11-2003, 17:52
London to Hong Kong to see The Fifth Element (with chinese subtitles) and also, London to Washington DC to watch Signs both before they were released in the UK but had also both opened here when I got back. :lol:
:dork:
Porsmond
19-11-2003, 21:15
From England to Florida to see Star Wars Episode 1 the day it came out
Basiclly me and my brother were desperate to see it, so we took a trip to Florida anyway as a holiday with our parents and the day it came out, we went to the nearest cinema to see it, we thought they wouldnt have any ticket left, but they had it on in loads of screens so got in easily. Easily one of the best holidays I ever had.
Oxford to Paris, France to see Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Family were going to Paris anyway, and invited me along. I noticed that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was opening in France before anywhere else.
I paid for the cinema tickets for me and my family to view it there on opening day!
cjanderson
03-06-2007, 19:33
i went to phoenix to see star wars ep 1, so thats further than new york :razz: and at 5278 miles, its 353 miles further than austin :hurrah:
Johnny Vodka
04-06-2007, 08:05
Ayr to Glasgow, which, I'm proud to say, proves I'm not a geek. ;)
Raigmore
04-06-2007, 09:43
For me it was "Black Sunday" with Robert Shaw back in 1979. I loved the book by Thomas Harris (the same of Lecter fame) and was eagerly waiting for the film, the release of which was delayed by almost 2 years due to political reasons (PLO being depicted as the bad guys was not very acceptable in India at the time). When the film was finally released in Bangalore, I was doing postgrad at a University 220 miles away. Deciding that I had to see it asap, I hurriedly caught an overnight bus on a Friday and travelled just to see the film and get back by Monday morning. After all that effort, I found it well below my expectations.:(
unrealnils
04-06-2007, 10:16
saw two towers in north carolina
marshy2004
06-06-2007, 15:12
Hong Kong to Brighton to see Shaun of the Dead
SIMON ADEBISI
07-06-2007, 06:23
San Francisco to see Zodiac.
But then i was only in San Jose at the time :)
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