After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

September. 29,1995      NR
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A video documentary/road trip that celebrates the drive-in movie theater's impact on the United States, and pays homage to the people who keep the few remaining ones fully operational. Features interviews with horror movie maker John Carpenter, movie critic John I. Bloom (aka "Joe Bob Briggs"), Michael Wallis, author of "Route 66: The Mother Road," and others.

Jon Bokenkamp as  Narrator (voice)
John Carpenter as  Self
Michael Wallis as  Self
Samuel Z. Arkoff as  Self
John Bloom as  Self

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Reviews

Kattiera Nana
1995/09/29

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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HeadlinesExotic
1995/09/30

Boring

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Portia Hilton
1995/10/01

Blistering performances.

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Lela
1995/10/02

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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