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Dragonbreathp9d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:06 PM
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Sicko: Not in my area
NO theatre within 50 miles (!!!!) of me is carrying Sicko at this time. My local theatres didnt even show Brokeback Mountain until AFTER it won the award, and then only carried it for a week (one week, not two weekends), never showed Farenheit 9/11, and showed The Passion on almost every screen for a month or two. And I'm not in a small town either. Denton Tx has both the University of North Texas and Texas Womens University. I have already complained to my local theatres, but is there anything else I can do about it? Or am I gonna have to drive to Dallas to see this film?
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:10 PM
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1. Not the same as seeing it in the
theatre but it is on Google video and he has said it is ok to download it.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:12 PM
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2. I would be surprised if Sicko didn't beat F911 for box office receipts
and given Moore's strengthened record (post F911) as a bankable filmmaker, your local cinema may be quicker to book his film.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:13 PM
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3. quite frankly, Im suprised its getting played as widely as it is
F9/11 and Inconvenient Truth were played in limited theatres.
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Dragonbreathp9d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:17 PM
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4. They never showed Gore's film either
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:28 PM
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5. It isn't opening until friday
I'm sure someone nearby will play it.
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Dragonbreathp9d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:16 PM
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7. already checked
and no they arent
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Progressive_In_NC Donating Member (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:03 PM
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6. I was hoping the early-release would be available in Raleigh. NC
But it sure isn't going to be.

I'm checking now to see who will carry it when it officially releases.
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:19 PM
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8. DFW = "Don't Fail W"
This area is so right-wing that it's scary.

Want to know where the 30% that unfailingly support "W" lives? Right here.

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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:19 PM
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9. It's supposedly coming here, but it's not here yet
They got posters though so I assume they will get it in a few weeks. --> Tallahassee

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:08 PM
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10. if the opening-weekend crowds are big, it might open up some more screens
Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 04:10 PM by Lisa
That's what happened with his last film.


Another possibility -- if there's a health faculty at the local university, they might be interested in sponsoring a campus showing? (If the university support staff have a union, that's another group that might be able to help.)
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:15 PM
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11. No theater near Oklahoma CIty, either.
We did get Fahrenheit 911, though (but perhaps not until a few weeks after its release - can't remember for sure)

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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 04:02 PM
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12. from Moore's site -- getting a group to sponsor a screening nearby?
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