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Old 28-09-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Omaroo
The "trip" that Bowman took from his existence as a thing to one of thought was meant to be pretty wild. I agree though - a bit shorter would have done me. Besides, when I was 6 it was pretty hard to take sitting in the front row...

Just for the record, I reckon that i've seen the movie over 30 times since then.
Gary Lockwood ( Astronaut Poole ) related that in the USA the film had the longest run ( 16 months ) in San Francisco which of course was at the height of the Height-Ashbury Flower Power scene. He said in one showing a `freak' yelled `its GOD' during the trip sequence and crashed straight through the screen

Keir related that for a whole year John Lennon had his agent buy two tickets for every screening for a whole year, and anyone could walk in off the street and try to claim the tickets if they recited a good reason why .

Sounds like at 30 viewings you may have a local record there !
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