Mobile Movie (aka "MobMov") is a worldwide network of guerrilla
drive-ins
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using car-powered
video projector
A video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image onto a projection screen using a lens system. Video projectors use a very bright ultra-high-performance lamp (a special mercury arc l ...
s and
FM transmitters.
[{{Cite web, url=http://mobmov.org/, title=MobMov: modern drive-in and Mobile Movie outdoor cinema, website=mobmov.org, access-date=2019-03-23] The MobMov represents over 150 independent guerrilla drive-ins, from
United States
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to
France
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,
India
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, and
Australia
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.
Shows are free and are announced via mailing list and
SMS
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. Patrons drive to the listed location, tune their radios, and watch a movie drive-in style. The coordinator uses a car or small generator to power the projector and FM transmitter.
The MobMov was started by Bryan Kennedy in May, 2005. Kennedy's San Francisco-area MobMov has been defunct since late 2009 but other variations on the concept exist in the San Francisco Bay Area, and throughout the United States.
See also
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List of drive-in theaters
This is a list of drive-in theaters. A drive-in theater is a form of movie theater, cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor Projection screen, movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking lot, parking area for ...
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Drive-in theater Revival, for other guerrilla drive in operations
References
External links
Official MobMov websiteBBC: "Drive-in theaters refuse to fade away"San Francisco Chronicle: "Reviving drive-in culture"MobMov-Hollywood chapter
Cinemas and movie theaters
Drive-in theaters