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[Watch Party] Escape from New York (1981), Monday 18th August, 8pm US EDT (media.piefed.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by klu9@lemmy.ca to c/movies@piefed.social
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1154200

This week's #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon features the classic cult action-scifi movie by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau and Harry Dean Stanton. Join us!

In a dystopian 1997, a soldier-turned-bank robber is tasked with rescuing the U.S. President after he crashes into Manhattan, which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison.

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  • YouTube - Original trailer from 1981

  • YouTube - Upscaled VHS trailer from 1994 for the Director's Edition VHS release

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Time: Monday 18th August, 8pm US EDT

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Watch party on what platform?

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the idea is you watch the movie however you like/can and then post to the #MondayActionMovie hashtag on Mastodon at the scheduled time, along with everyone else (who are watching it at the same time).

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Gotcha

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As @perishthethought@piefed.social said

  • prepare to watch the movie itself whatever way you can/want (your own physical media, locally stored file, whichever streaming service offers it in your area)
  • everyone starts the movie when the 'host' posts "press play now" on Mastodon
  • participants proceed to post about it on Mastodon, including in their posts the hashtag #MondayActionMovie (and sometimes also a hashtag with the name of the movie)

For #MondayActionMovie, the rotating 'host' of the party (the person who chooses the movie) often includes a streaming link in their Mastodon announcement or in the event details in the watch party calendar (go down to the calendar, scroll calendar to the relevant date, then find and click on the event name; a popup will show more info on the event. E.g. a copy of the movie on YouTube https://youtu.be/xxeDmjgSS1I )

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Post body originally said "Saturday 18th August", now corrected to Monday 18th August.