This Friday, the original building used as Benny’s Billiards is hosting an art exhibition inspired by Rumble Fish as well as a late night screening at the Circle Cinema!
I will be lucky enough to be flying out to Tulsa, to be attending this and hope I will see a lot of fellow like-minded fans there. Who couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see a favourite film screened in an historic location, the Circle Cinema, (which is also the cinema Ponyboy walked out of in The Outsiders:Complete Novel edition!) and see a fantastic art exhibition at the original Benny’s Billiards?
This Land Press, a fantastic new media company are putting together the video art installation as part of their Public Secrets series, curated by Lee Roy Chapman who will also introduce the later film screening at the Circle Cinema.
James Clarke, a documentary filmmaker is also travelling down this weekend to meet people to interview for his documentary on the Tulsan connection to The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. We are organising a fan get together at Caz’s Chowhouse opposite Benny’s Billiards from 6pm onwards if people want to grab a bite to eat, along with a few drinks! We’re also hoping to visit people or locations over the weekend so drop me a line if you want to meet up to share your Rumble Fish stories in Tulsa.
Tickets to the screening are available to buy at $8.50 from the Circle Cinema website itself. Be sure to RSVP to the event pages on facebook (Art Exhibit and Screening) and follow this site’s accounts on twitter or facebook as I will be updating throughout the weekend if I can…
To celebrate this site’s re-launch coming up in September/October, I will have Rumble Fish and The Outsiders related goodies to give away in the next few weeks, so please do check back here on the blog!
Hi! I was at the Circle Cinema on Friday too. That was my first time seeing that movie and I think it’s my new favorite. I hope you have a wonderful time in Tulsa, I’m sure you’ve already found the right places to have fun.
As for locations, I’m pretty sure Johnny’s house is still standing over somewhere by Crutchfield Park, which is the same park Johnny would sleep in. The same street surrounding the park is the street Dally was shot on. If you found the Curtis house it’s probably just a slab of pavement now because Mr. Coppola had it cut in half for the sake of a good shot.
Also, though the Twin is in the middle of being rebuilt, the snack bar that they sat at is still there. And the hole in the fence that the boys climbed through is still there.
These are all very small , but they’re all I know about. Have fun!