What double-feature would you project onto the Admiral Twin Drive-in's new screens?
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the show is about to begin: The Admiral Twin Drive-in reopens next Friday.
The 60-year Tulsa institution that burned to the ground in September returns with new screens and a new concession stand for a new generation to enjoy movies under the stars.
These are your viewing choices next Friday: "Rock of Ages" and "Men in Black III" on one side, "The Avengers" and "Snow White and the Huntsman" on the opposite side.
But if you could serve as guest programmer for the Admiral Twin for an evening, what images would you project onto the largest movie screens in the Southwest?
What would be your dream double-feature? Tell us and we'll post a few responses in next week's Weekend section cover story celebrating the return of watching movies in the great outdoors.
We played around with this question in a story last year.
There was the obvious choice: "The Outsiders" and "Rumble Fish," both based on S.E. Hinton's Tulsa-based novels and shot here.
Francis Ford Coppola's film of "The Outsiders" shot scenes at the Admiral Twin in 1982. Ever since that time, the drive-in has remained arguably the most famous film location in Oklahoma, as much for the young actors who became superstars (Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and more) as for Hinton's beloved book.
Drive-in co-owner Blake Smith went for pairing up "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" with "The Sting," a pure Paul Newman-Robert Redford double-feature.
Longtime Admiral Twin projectionist Bob Keith recalled how good business was at the drive-in anytime that a John Wayne picture opened, so he chose "Red River" and "Blood on the Moon."
I went for my own personal nostalgia and selected a cheesy horror film, "Humanoids from the Deep," (salmon-man creatures mating with humans!) and the still-spooky sci-fi fantasy "Altered States," both from 1980, and both of which I saw at the drive-in.
But now the question begs: What's your ideal double-feature for a night at the Admiral Twin Drive-in?
