Vineland drive in movie#

There are some firsts the “Rental” premiere can still claim.

Well, it’s good company to be a part of.” There have been at least a couple of drive-in premieres in decades past, most famously when Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” had its bow at a long-gone Burbank drive-in where entry on horseback was the main requirement for entry. And everyone kept saying this is the first time anyone has ever premiered their film at a drive-in event…”

Vineland drive in movie#

It felt more like a communal experience where everyone was just excited to get out of their homes and let loose with a group of fellow movie lovers. and it didn’t feel like there was a spotlight on me or the cast. Where standard premieres are a bit more formal, with everyone dressed in suits and fancy dresses, I just don’t think that would’ve been the right vibe for this film. “But in the end, it truly did feel unique and special. “It was definitely surreal,” said Franco, speaking with Variety Friday morning about the previous night’s preview event, which took place on all four screens of the Vineland, the last drive-in remaining in the Pacific Theaters chain, under the auspices of ArcLight Cinemas. For Dave Franco, the director and co-writer of the horror thriller “The Rental,” who admitted that having his film unspool for the first time at the Vineland Drive-In in the City of Industry “wasn’t quite how I expected the first public screening to go,” he’s willing to admit that he saw the light about debuting it in a vast outlay of dark parking lots, after some initial trepidations.

Having your official or unofficial debut at a drive-in tends to take the “gala” out of “gala premiere,” for worse or for better.