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It was produced, as you probably know, in Pittsburgh, where it was premiered with much ballyhoo, at a Drive-In (I think), at the time when I was a freshman at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University). I'll never forget a couple of my fellow frosh returning from and reporting on the gala opening, describing all the extreme cannibalistic behavior -- and laughing uproariously. They thought it was the funniest, most absurd movie they'd ever seen in their lives.
Who knew?
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Jul 16, 2017 - 10:48 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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It was produced, as you probably know, in Pittsburgh, where it was premiered with much ballyhoo, at a Drive-In (I think)...
Actually, the film premiered on 1 October 1968 at the 1,300-seat Fulton Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. After closing in the 1980's, that theater was restored and reopened in 1991 as the Byham Theater in honor of generous donors William C. and Carolyn M. Byham. Today the Byham hosts concerts, dance, musicals, and films.
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Thanks, Bob, As you can tell, that's the one detail I wasn't sure of.
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