![]() Refn won the festival's Best Director Award. Newton Thomas Sigel oversaw the principal photography, which started on September 25, 2010, was shot on location in various parts of Los Angeles, and ended on November 12.īefore its September 2011 release, Drive had been shown at a number of film festivals, including the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. Gosling played a pivotal role in the film's production, which included hiring Refn as director and Beth Mickle as production designer. Gosling, one of Platt's top casting choices, eventually signed on for the lead, as he wanted to star in an action-oriented project. Adapting the book proved to be challenging for Amini, as it had a nonlinear narrative. Producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel optioned the source novel after Siegel read a review from Publishers Weekly. The film co-stars Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, and Albert Brooks. When her debt-ridden husband, Standard ( Oscar Isaac), is released from prison, the two men take part in what turns out to be a botched million-dollar heist that endangers the lives of everyone involved. He quickly grows fond of his neighbor, Irene ( Carey Mulligan), and her young son, Benicio. The film stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver. The screenplay, written by Hossein Amini, is based on James Sallis's 2005 novel of the same name. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Drive is a 2011 American neo-noir action drama directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. We've lined up the top stars from Hollywood and from all over the world to entertain you on our giant screen.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. We're delighted to have you with us, and we extend a cordial welcome to you. ![]() UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Nine minutes to go to showtime. And one by one, drive-in movie theaters were sold. All that land that sat idle during the day just became too valuable. SHAPIRO: But the real villain was real estate. Some you can guess, you know, like TV and then VHS. ![]() But as far as what happened to the thousands of drive-ins - well, they eventually disappeared for lots of reasons. There wasn't that much of a loss.ĬHANG: So that's where the idea came from. And if you didn't like the movie, you could drive out. You could go in your car as you were and then drive out and be home. HOLLINGSHEAD: You didn't have to get dressed up. ![]() Drive-in movies also felt more casual than the traditional theater experience. SHAPIRO: Nancy Hollingshead told us it wasn't just appealing because it was cheap. Or if just two people were driving, I think it was 25 cents each. HOLLINGSHEAD: It'd be a dollar for a car. And it permitted as many people who could pack into a car to gain admission. SHAPIRO: So with his mother in mind, Richard Hollingshead mounted a Kodak movie projector on top of his car and nailed sheets up between trees to make a screen.ĬHANG: Hollingshead patented his concept and, in June of 1933, opened the automobile movie theater in Camden. And I remember her saying, Dick, why don't you think of something where people could drive in? HOLLINGSHEAD: She was a big woman, and she said she didn't like to go to the movies because the seats were so tight. She was Richard's sister-in-law, and she remembers her mother-in-law quite well. NANCY HOLLINGSHEAD: Donna we used to call her Donna.ĬHANG: That's the late Nancy Hollingshead. In 1981, we brought you the story of what Richard Hollingshead of Camden, N.J., did in the early 1930s or, more precisely, what his mother asked him to do. SHAPIRO: Well, we found the answer to that second question about where they came from in the NPR archives. Where did they all go? And where did the idea come from anyway? Both companies provide funding support to NPR.īut this resurgence raises the question, why parking lots? At one time, this country had more than 4,000 drive-in movie theaters. And next month, 160 Walmart parking lots will become temporary drive-in movie theaters. Jordan and Amazon Studios are running a drive-in movie series in 20 cities this summer. The pandemic has made outdoor movies popular again.
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