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DriveinMovie.com is dedicated to the culture, history, preservation and promotion of Drive-in theatres. As multiplexes multiply, and as screen sizes continue to shrink, Drive-in theatres offer a nostalgic alternative and also a greater value for your dollar.

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I was a teenage Drive-in freak

The images are flickering and faded but persistent. They have the warm, rotted-orange hue of something long held and cherished:

I'm lying on my stomach on the roof of an AMC Pacer — the unfortunate car that looks like a fishbowl on wheels — under a starlit sky. "Death Race 2000" is playing on a huge screen floating in blackness. My mom hollers up at me to close my eyes during the nude scene. A 10-year-old shouldn't see that — although she hadn't said anything about the violence. I say OK as I stare slackjawed at the entire scene.
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We have a drive-in on the north end of Whidbey Island — the Blue Fox Drive-in just south of Oak Harbor. The screen blew down in a wind storm a couple of years ago. They put up a new screen. I guess they plan to be around for awhile.