Although there was no formal announcement of the screening, word got around. A Pforzheimer sophomore who spoke on the condition of anonymity said she was riding home on the shuttle when a friend told her "Cockpit" was playing in the dining room.
Thinking the movie was a comedy about airplanes, she stopped by to watch, but left once she realized it was hard-core pornography.
"It was all guys, and everyone was yelling and screaming," she said. "I thought, what is this, a cult classic?"
She added, though, that she wasn't offended by the screening.
"Most people kind of laughed it off," she said.
Ciollo said the movie was publicized only by word-of-mouth, but Bennett said it was mentioned at a gathering of the Late-Late Club, a study break for students pulling all-nighters.
"They told people to come early because they didn't know how long it would last before it was broken up," Bennett said. Late-Late Club President John M. Destefano could not be reached for comment.