There are only a handful of movies I’ve seen more than once in theaters. These are chronologically by the second time I saw the film.
Midnight Cowboy (1969). Why? Because I had different combinations of friends who wanted to see it. I believe I watched it four times in a little over a year. My favorite part has to be the possibly improvised “I’m walking here!” which I have used on occasion.
Everybody’s Talkin’ – Harry Nillson
Woodstock (1970). A group of my friends saw it, and then, because they didn’t chase you out of the theater in those days, we watched it again. I recall the light projecting to the screen when Sly and The Family Stone performed was purple.
Soul Sacrifice– Santana
Help! (1965) I saw this when it first came out. In college, I saw all four Beatles movies – A Hard Day’s Night, Help, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be – on the same day.
Ticket To Ride – The Beatles
Le Roi de cœur (King of Hearts – 1966) played approximately annually at a movie theater in New Paltz. “During World War I, a British private [Alan Bates], sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.” I saw it at least thrice, only partly because of Geneviève Bujold.
The theatrical trailer
“Damn dirty apes!”
Planet Of The Apes (1968) – Once again, I was watching all of the movies of a franchise, in this case, all five of the PotA that came out from 1968-1973, after having seen the original when it first came out. At a drive-in in 1974; I fell asleep during the fifth one.
Annie Hall (1977) – There are a couple of things about the character of Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) which is true of me. One is that I hate going to a movie late because I fear missing something. (Additionally, my night vision is terrible in finding a seat after the lights go out.)
It’s also true that I have internal conversations with myself and wish I could pull Marshall McLuhan out from the crowd to dispel some fallacy.
Seems Like Old Times – Diane Keaton
One of my high school English teachers showed us King of Hearts (I think in a unit on absurdism?) I remember liking it but find almost no one else my age who’s even heard of it
You offered a link to a video of Santana and his band playing Soul Sacrifice – a favorite of mine. I didn’t realize that a “late” CD version of Soul has an extended track.
I can think of only two theatre re-watches.
1) Kubrick’s 2001 – seen on first release in 1968/69 and later in 1975 – both on a “big print” (65/70mm) – and both in a huge (1000-seat) movie house.
2) Tarantino’s latest blockbuster – his “Hollywood Fable – three times within ten day.