Over a decade ago (and before this particular video was posted here), I emailed Jeffrey Berry to ask about the lyrics in the song playing over the cheesesteak scene. He said that it was written and sung by Bob Farnsworth, and some of the lyrics are: PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EVERYBODY PLENTY OF ROOM COME ON COME ON. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EVERYBODY MOVE OVER AND MAKE SOME MORE ROOM. So in case you were also wondering this for a long time, now you know!
I am a grown ass man, and I don't know why, but I cannot watch this without tearing up. I even got wet eyed watching it here. I always thought it was from the feeling of flying mixed with IMAX experience, but apparently not. Thanks for posting this.
This is great. Born and raised in south philly and went to school in center city. We would go to the franklin institute for field trips and I remember getting so pumped up to see this cause it played in front of any movie or whatever we were watching and u actually felt like u were flying. If ur from Philadelphia this video will make u appreciate it that much better. I watch it all the time. Thanks for the upload
I LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS OPENING! Even when I came to the Tuttleman thearter to see the specific IMAX special they had playing at the time - I was still MOST pumped for this opening!
This is my first time ever seeing this but Philly is my birthplace. Back in the 60’s my older sister took me to the Franklin Institute and Museum of the Arts many times. Thank you so much for the memories of the happy times I had there as a child. This was such an awesome experience to view! Thank you so much!
I lived there from '88 to '94. There was a great vibe in the city around this time. You can feel it in this short film. There was lots of growth downtown---the nightlife was incredible. I miss those days. My old neighborhood has changed quite a bit---whenever I'm there visiting, I feel like a ghost walking around. Good times for sure.
I must have watched this a dozen times at the Omniverse as a kid. They played it before every main film and it was always my favorite. It made me so proud to be from Philly and it always got me so pumped with pride. To this day I occasionally get the song "Philadelphia. Do you have a place for me" in my head.
Thank you so much for posting, from someone who saw this countless times throughout the '90s when the theater was still called the Tuttleman Omniverse Theater.
it is still the tuttleman theater they just are now using the corprete imax name www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjhoO6prLHQAhUUI2MKHYe0AVYQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamerge.com%2Fprojects%2Ffranklin-institute-tuttleman-imax-theater%2F&psig=AFQjCNEra3rGWDDJRajmKSJCzCxfW3K_xg&ust=1479525154272372
It's interesting to see how much the city's skyline has grown over the last 30 years, this was back when Philly was just starting to get taller buildings after One Liberty Place broke the gentleman's agreement in 1987 and you can see the other 600ft+ buildings under construction. Must've been an exciting time in the city while it was finally starting to get the skyline it deserves
Doesn't it make you sad? All the kids who were born too late and will never know the experience of seeing this on the IMAX dome. Never know what it was to go into the feature attraction fresh off a chorus of "Who say, who say, who say ain't no room?" "Philadelphia Symphony" was for pansies! Every second you watched that poser movie was a second when you would think, "They're not gonna sing 'Plenty of Room' in this movie. This movie sucks." The institute should have said, "Sorry, we made a mistake. We're bringing back 'Anthem'. That other short film will just have to move over and make some more roo-OOOOOOO-oooom!"
Thank you for posting! I was saddened when the Franklin Institute stopped playing this piece before IMAX films. Can anyone identify the gospel soloist who brings down the house starting at 3:12? Is that Charmaine Ford and is she in Philadelphia? And I'd love to know who is performing, starting at 4:20 "Let me tell you now--Who said, who said, who said ain't no room?" and if it is possible to get the lyrics and a recording of that incredible performance! (There are credits at the end but I've never been able to extract information about this song there there.)
Hi! I asked this on another RU-vido f the video and a nice person told me it's from an album by Jodi Bensomnand the song is called 'Plenty o'Room." It's on RU-vid :-)
