THE clock has turned back as drive-in movies return to the Sunshine Coast – and what better way to enjoy a bit of nostalgia than with two of the movies that a generation grew up on.
Starry Nights Outdoor Movies will present a retro double feature of the ’80s classics Labyrinth and Stand By Me at the Eumundi Drive-in and the Maleny Drive-in on Friday 20 March and Saturday 21 March.
The movies are screened in full HD, and stereo sound is transmitted to cars via FM radios. Speakers at the front of the screen pump out sound to those seated. The screen is a huge 10mx6.5m viewing size.
From a peak in the 1950s with hundreds of drive-ins across Australia, drive-ins have dwindled down to a handful – with the only venue in South East Queensland located on the Gold Coast at Yatala.
Starry Nights is bringing back the good ol’ days of the drive-in with their ‘pop-up’ screenings at the Eumundi and Maleny showgrounds.
In the classic Labyrinth, young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King (starring a very mulleted David Bowie) who steals the child.
While the coming-of-age classic Stand By Me (starring the late River Phoenix) is set in the summer of 1959 in Castlerock, Oregon, and four 12 year-old boys – Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern – are fast friends. After learning of the general location of the body of a local boy who has been missing for several days, they set off into the woods to see it.
Gates open at 5.30pm, so come along to get yourself a car spot or set up your blankets and picnics in preparation for the screening, to start about 6.45pm.
Entry to the movies is $25 per car pre-sale or $20 at the gate. Tickets can be purchased from www.ticketebo.com.au/starrynights
The Eumundi screening is proudly supported by Zinc FM, Lionheart Hotel, Noosa Hinterland Realty, Mortgage Choice Coolum and Organika. The Maleny screening is a fundraiser for the Maleny Rangers Football Club and is supported by Laurel House, Mitre 10, JLR Mechanical and MPM Property Management.
