(Vanity) Brokeback Mountain, a Curious Attendance Story

Michael Medved Radio | 1-6-06 | Vanity

[Paleo Conservative]

This indicates confidence, this indicates money to spend, this indicates economic activity near to bursting at the seams.

You'd never know about the state of the economy based on MSM reports.

[BurbankKarl]

You shot him in the ass!

[jwpjr]

re: "Sodomy on the Range"

Or, as Earl Pitts said in this morning's commentary, "This movie gives a new meaning to the term 'cowpoke'.

[Clemenza]

I thought that Rock Hudson died from Botulism. ;-)

[BurbankKarl]

Hey Tex, can you play the song from "Bah Bah Black Sheep"

[Clemenza]

"No, but I do a mean version of 'Clang, Where's the Trolley.'"

[popdonnelly]

"During the early weeks of a film's release, the studio's cut can be as high as 90 percent in some cases; at the end of a long run, this ratio can inverted, providing 90 percent to the cinema-owners and only 10 percent to the studios."

So if a film is a dog early in its release, but is nominated for, or maybe wins, an Academy Award, the theater can still profit big later on. They can make their money in the "back end", so to speak.

[Trajan88]

Sounds like someone is still trying to put lipstick on this pig of a flick.

[GovernmentShrinker]

BurbankKarl was claiming that Miramax engages in this practice, paying theater owners for big blocks of tieckets which nobody will use. The theater owners do not stand to benefit in any way from posting "Sold Out" signs for showings that almost no one has bought tickets for. They don't care what movie wins an Academy Award; they'll just re-show whichever ones do. It's the studios that have a huge cash outlay in production costs for certain high profile films, and need to show profits on most of those big ticket films, or they'll have trouble getting financing for future ones.

Theater owners profit from selling tickets and having live junk-food buying people show up at the theater to actually use the tickets. They want to get rid of unpopular movies as quickly as possible, so they can use their theater space to show movies which WILL sell tickets.

[Reactionary]

No one is going to see this pile of trash.

That won't stop the liars in the media from fabricating a nice little success story, however. After all, part of marketing cultural Stalinism involves making official party ideology appear mainstream.

[AReaganGirl]

Has anyone thought about this???? Maybe the theater manager was ashamed of this movie, Brokeback Mountain, so he decided to just turn on the SOLD OUT sign so that no one could buy another ticket to see it?

[RoseofTexas]

Perhaps a QUEER bought out all the tickets to make it look like folk bought them! I bet you it was one of those dudes seating in the theater munching away on...popcorn@!

[Sender]

Say there, is that a 5 1/2" SAA cowboy? My package is 8" with scope rings. No safety, 5 in the wheel. Yep, San Francisco. Howd'ja know?

[Cheburashka]

They're SHEEPHERDERS. NOT cowboys!
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Yeah, but you know, late at night, out there camped out under the stars, no one else for miles but them and the sheep... You know they were PRETENDING to each other to be cowboys!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The company can use any numbers it wants as long as it reports to the IRS accurately. By that time it's a year or more later. Nobody cares by that time.

[Emmett McCarthy]

When that "Homo On The Range" song starts playing, I guess at least the sheep ain't so nervous.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

IIRC, at least two Freepers confirmed that happening with "The Passion" firsthand in different cities on threads about the movie.

[SamAdams76]

While I'd rather leave the washroom without washing my hands, I just might walk into the Brokeback theater to see how many are there.

Just make sure you don't bend over. Might want to put your wallet on a chain just in case you drop it.

[SuzyQue]

Nope. Not the same thing.

[SuzyQue]

LOL!