The Woman Who Bought 940 Tickets for the Same Movie: A Lifelong Obsession
In 1965, a woman named Myra Franklin, residing in Wales, had a life-altering encounter with the cinema one evening. She watched 'The Sound of Music,' which had been released that year. Once the film ended, she found herself returning again and again. By 1988, she revealed the staggering number in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper: over 940 times, all in the cinema.
In 1965, Myra Franklin, residing in Wales, had her first encounter with the cinema one evening, and it transformed her life.
That year, she watched 'The Sound of Music,' which had just hit the theaters. After the film ended, she found herself returning, again and again. By 1988, she revealed in an interview with The Telegraph that she had seen the film over 940 times, each viewing taking place in a cinema.
Franklin didn't regard watching the film as merely a pastime. She sought its company during moments of joy in her marriage. When her husband passed away, she turned to it once more. Upon the birth of her grandson, she revisited the film yet again. Major events in her life—be they joyful or sorrowful—were invariably accompanied by the film. It remains unknown how many more times she watched it after the 1988 records, but at that time, the film was still being screened weekly in some theaters across the United Kingdom.
Franklin is not alone in this. Take Anthony Mitchell for instance, who, in the years of 1977-1978, immersed himself in the "Star Wars" movie not just once or twice, but a staggering 200 times in the cinema.
Mitchell found that a single exposure to the sci-fi spectacle of the movie was not enough. He went five times during the first weekend alone, and continued to make several trips a week in the months that followed. However, these records only cover two theaters in London.
Take another case, Robert Stewart, who has watched the movie 'Avatar' over a thousand times. But Stewart's records are home-based. He repeatedly watched it from Bluray and digital platforms, not in a cinema. Here lies the difference between him and Franklin: Franklin purchased a ticket each time, settled into the dark theater, and waited for the projection light.
"The Sound of Music", directed by Robert Wise, swept the 1965 Oscars with five awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Music Adaptation.
Starring Julie Andrews, the film tells the tale of a novice nun who becomes a governess to the von Trapp family in Austria, 1938. It's a musical adaptation of a true story.
In the United States, it was the highest-grossing film of the 1965-1966 season. In the United Kingdom, it enjoyed an uninterrupted four-year run in some theaters. Throughout this period, Franklin was a regular attendee. Although the screenings dwindled in the 1970s, special showings, anniversary events, and 'singalong' versions kept the film alive. Franklin made sure not to miss these either.
Psikologlar, aynı filmi yüzlerce kez izlemeyi iki şekilde açıklıyor: nostaljik güvenlik alanı veya obsesif ritüel.
It seems that in Franklin's case, she has the best of both worlds. The year she first watched the movie, 1965, aligns with a significant period in her life. Each subsequent viewing allowed her to relive that moment. The same melodies, the same scenes. The only thing that changed was herself.
Certain theaters even reserved special seats for her. In an interview in the 1980s, she stated, 'I've memorized the film, but I've never grown tired of it.' The lines didn't change, the characters didn't age. Each time she went, she found something different: sometimes it was Maria's bravery, sometimes von Trapp's silence, sometimes the children's song.
Franklin's story isn't merely about a woman's passion for a film. It's the tale of someone who bought tickets to the cinema more than 940 times, took her seat in the theater, and each time, anticipated the same story on the screen. Whether she continued watching after 1988 is unknown, but that year she told The Telegraph, 'I have no intention of giving up.'
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