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you mean the tickets I just sold for the showing in my backyard are no good?

so…I’m watching TV, and a commercial comes on for the latest Hollywood remake-of-a-film-that-didn’t-need-remaking; the end of the commercial: “Starts today, in theaters only.”

Where else would it start? The supermarket? Town hall?

Has a movie ever come out on video first — like a week or two early — and then the theater?

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4 Responses to “you mean the tickets I just sold for the showing in my backyard are no good?”

  1. M@ Says:
    July 31st, 2004 at 11:39 pm

    Apocalypse Now Redux

  2. Z. Hendirez Says:
    August 2nd, 2004 at 4:32 pm

    These days, yes. There’s been about a half-dozen films (minor) this year that started on DVD, then went to theaters. The one I can immediately think of is “Outfoxed”, the documentary about Fox News.

  3. em Says:
    August 3rd, 2004 at 2:03 pm

    i wrote this on my blog today, but i’ll repeat - i heard an advertisement today for the local county fair - featuring….Johnny Cash.

    Nuff said?

  4. squeaky wheel Says:
    August 4th, 2004 at 2:14 pm

    My other personal favorite is the tag “Now playing in select theaters.” Why not just say what you REALLY mean: “The rest of you scumbags will have to wait for this one to make it to your one-horse town.”

    I’ve never had the pleasure of living in a “select city” — even Cincy was too small for that distinction. Grr.

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