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| February 22nd 1967 |
In the harsh dead of a Pittsburgh winter, there was a ray of warm sunshine in 14 indoor and 5 drive-in area theaters. Bruce Brown's seminal surfing documentary THE ENDLESS SUMMER opened wide in Pittsburgh on February 22nd, 1967. It had previously opened on November 23rd, 1966 (Thanksgiving weekend) at the Manor and the Hollywood theaters in it's initial "first run". I can imagine there would have been nothing better in near freezing (or below freezing) temperatures than to take shelter in a warm theater and pretend to be surfing around the world for 90 minutes. I cannot, however, imagine what it would be like to be sitting in a car, watching it on an outdoor screen. Oh, what am I going on about? I'd have loved to have seen it that way, too! Above is the February 22nd, 1967 ad and below are the initial run ads.
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| November 23rd 1966 |
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| November 25th 1966 |
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| December 2nd 1966 |
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| December 9th 1966 |
If you've never seen this film, I urge you to see it as soon as you possibly can. Even sooner.
Other Shockedelic films that opened in Pittsburgh on this date include...
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| February 22nd 1977 |
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| February 22nd 1985 |
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| February 22nd 1967 |
