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Author Topic: A different kind of drive-in Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-09-2004 09:02 PM                        http://www.boxoffice.com/scripts/newsviewstory.asp?ID=1928 All Scream For Ice-Screen 2/20/2002 PITEAA, SWEDEN--Resident of the Swedish town of Piteaa, located about 465 miles north of Stockholm, have not let a little thing like below-freezing weather stop them from enjoying movies in the great outdoors. Instead, Piteaa moviegoers have used snow and ice to their advantage by constructing a 16-by-13-foot screen out of the winter elements. The drive-in, which opened in March, can be accessed by snowmobiles. Like cars at a traditional ozoner, drivers simply park their winter vehicles in front of the screen and enjoy the show. Substituting for a projection room is a wooden outhouse, where a wide-screen video machine has been installed to project film onto the ice-screen. The outdoor cinema even has a concession stand in the form of a tent, which offers patrons the local favorite of stir-fried potato dumplings. Town native and project leader Birgitta Elfgren told local reporters that she has long dreamed of an operational drive-in for Piteaa. Elfgren also said that she hoped the ozoner would attract snowmobilers for miles around before warmer weather sets in and melts the screen. --Francesca Dinglasan Awesome! cheers Peter  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-09-2004 10:15 PM                     Burr, they ought to contact this guy for installation of a serious sound system! Mark This horn has got to have one heck of a low frequency cutoff point!  |  IP: Logged

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