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Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

Midnight Madness Premiered in Theaters in 1980.

On this day, February 8, 1980, the comedy-adventure film Midnight Madness premiered in theaters. This cult classic followed five teams of college students competing in an all-night citywide scavenger hunt, leading to a series of hilarious and chaotic misadventures.

The film starred David Naughton, Stephen Furst, and Michael J. Fox, marking Fox’s film debut before he became a household name in the 1980s. Though Midnight Madness wasn’t a major box office hit at the time, it gained a loyal...

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