SectionsFeel like screaming? Check out the new interactive movie theater
Jeremy Kirbey
Issue date: 3/16/07 Section: Features
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A movie theater is usually a place where people go to sit in the dark and watch a film quietly. They sit and eat popcorn and drink soda without interacting with other patrons.
This is not the case with the Dive In Theatre, the brain child of Chad and Erica Harris.
It's a brand-new concept in watching movies.
What makes it so unique is the atmosphere. The Dive In Theatre does not have you file in and sit in an uncomfortable chair and silently watch a new film.
Instead, it has a feel reminiscent of watching movies in the living room of a friend's house as you and your buds recite your favorite lines or mock the parts you hate.
And that makes sense because that is what you do.
Chad Harris said The Dive In Theatre is made of four viewing rooms that are furnished much like a plush homeroom. Massive overstuffed couches replace the chairs in generic movie theaters.
On top of comfortable seating, patrons are treated to a nice menu of beer and appetizers to keep hunger at bay.
However, the heart of the place is the interaction between patrons.
How many times have you been watching a film in your conventional theater and wanted to just scream at the screen?
Well, now you can.
In fact, it's encouraged.
The Dive In Theatre wants its patrons to sit down and interact with each other, joining in tearing the actors or film apart or praising them.
What's not to love about singing along with a crowd of strangers to your favorite old film?
The films themselves are second-run favorites or party classics. Films such as "Animal House" and "The Big Lebowski" are advertised on the theater's fliers.
The idea for such a radical new type of cinema came from the Harris' experiences in theatre.
"I have attended a similar concept in Chicago while I was studying improvisational comedy," Chad Harris said. "My wife has been to a theatre in Wisconsin. We took both experiences and molded them into the Dive In Theatre, our place to Submerge in Cinema"
This is not the case with the Dive In Theatre, the brain child of Chad and Erica Harris.
It's a brand-new concept in watching movies.
What makes it so unique is the atmosphere. The Dive In Theatre does not have you file in and sit in an uncomfortable chair and silently watch a new film.
Instead, it has a feel reminiscent of watching movies in the living room of a friend's house as you and your buds recite your favorite lines or mock the parts you hate.
And that makes sense because that is what you do.
Chad Harris said The Dive In Theatre is made of four viewing rooms that are furnished much like a plush homeroom. Massive overstuffed couches replace the chairs in generic movie theaters.
On top of comfortable seating, patrons are treated to a nice menu of beer and appetizers to keep hunger at bay.
However, the heart of the place is the interaction between patrons.
How many times have you been watching a film in your conventional theater and wanted to just scream at the screen?
Well, now you can.
In fact, it's encouraged.
The Dive In Theatre wants its patrons to sit down and interact with each other, joining in tearing the actors or film apart or praising them.
What's not to love about singing along with a crowd of strangers to your favorite old film?
The films themselves are second-run favorites or party classics. Films such as "Animal House" and "The Big Lebowski" are advertised on the theater's fliers.
The idea for such a radical new type of cinema came from the Harris' experiences in theatre.
"I have attended a similar concept in Chicago while I was studying improvisational comedy," Chad Harris said. "My wife has been to a theatre in Wisconsin. We took both experiences and molded them into the Dive In Theatre, our place to Submerge in Cinema"
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