On a fateful day in 1969, a group of Trinity College students who loved movies met with a United Artists executive and asked him if he would let them show a double feature of Alice’s Restaurant and Yellow Submarine at an auditorium in the campus chemistry building. “He went out on a limb for us; we looked like a bunch of hippie students,” recalls James Hanley, the co-manager of Cinestudio. “But he said it would cost us $500.” This was a lot of money in those days, especially for college kids. However, Hanley adds, “We said ‘Yes.’ And we sold out the show.”
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