Drive-ins have been described as “the essence of American Culture”,
“part of an American tradition”, “a great way to spend time with family”, and
“a real piece of history”. There is nothing quite like the experience of a
drive-in. Unfortunately, for many that
experience is being threatened by the movie industries switch from film to
digital projectors. At the end of 2013, 35mm movie reels will no longer be
available to theaters and only digital files will be distributed.
There are currently 368 Drive-ins left in the United States. The majority of them still need to make the change to digital. They are facing the largest challenge that Drive-ins have ever had to face and that is converting to digital projection. Theaters that don’t have a digital projector by the end of the year, like Henagar Drive-In, will no longer be able to show movies, thus forcing them the majority of them to close. It costs an average of somewhere around $75,000 to make the upgrade to digital or face going dark.
There are currently 368 Drive-ins left in the United States. The majority of them still need to make the change to digital. They are facing the largest challenge that Drive-ins have ever had to face and that is converting to digital projection. Theaters that don’t have a digital projector by the end of the year, like Henagar Drive-In, will no longer be able to show movies, thus forcing them the majority of them to close. It costs an average of somewhere around $75,000 to make the upgrade to digital or face going dark.
Honda “wants to preserve this iconic part of American car culture” and
is helping drive-ins like Henagar Drive-In, by donating 5 digital projectors to
be given away by Project Drive-In. Out
of the sixty drive-ins that were chosen by Honda and Project Drive-In from all
over the United States, Henagar Drive-In Theater is the ONLY theater in the
State of Alabama. Your vote decides where the 5 projectors go and Henagar
Drive-In needs your help. They are asking Alabama to vote and help keep them
open.
This is a partnership between Honda, Drive-ins across America and you!
You can help in a number of ways by doing any or all of the following:
HELP spread the word. Share information about Henagar Drive-In and Project Drive-In with your friends by word of mouth, email, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
CONTRIBUTE to help all drive-ins across America by making a donation directly to Project Drive-In where all proceeds go to help purchase more projectors.
PLEDGE to visit a drive-in located near you to help keep this American tradition alive.
VOTE for Henagar Drive-In Theater online at projectdrivein.com/vote_46 and again by texting Vote46 to 444999. You can vote both ways every day until September 9, 2013.
To learn more about Project Drive-In, visit ProjectDriveIn.com
HELP spread the word. Share information about Henagar Drive-In and Project Drive-In with your friends by word of mouth, email, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
CONTRIBUTE to help all drive-ins across America by making a donation directly to Project Drive-In where all proceeds go to help purchase more projectors.
PLEDGE to visit a drive-in located near you to help keep this American tradition alive.
VOTE for Henagar Drive-In Theater online at projectdrivein.com/vote_46 and again by texting Vote46 to 444999. You can vote both ways every day until September 9, 2013.
To learn more about Project Drive-In, visit ProjectDriveIn.com
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