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Theater Credits 'Passion' Money to Movie Starring Bush Hater
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| 3/19/04
| Limbacher
Posted on 03/19/2004 8:26:40 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
This could get interesting. A check yer stub bump...
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:28:59 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Mortenson has less personality than a roll of sod.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:29:10 AM PST
by
Spruce
(I hate hippies)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I'll be damned. It would never occur to me to do what this lady did.
Thanks for the post.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:30:21 AM PST
by
Mears
(The Killer Queen--caviar and cigarettes)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; JohnHuang2; toddst; Dataman; sola gracia; George Frm Br00klyn Park; JenB; ...
'Passion' ping
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:30:23 AM PST
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Mel, or Newmarket, or any affected party should lawyer-up. And not for the principle of the matter, either, but instead for the cash. This is no different from a hold-up.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:31:12 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Good post. Never woulda looked at the ticket before. Now I will. No matter how cynical you get about the left, you just can't keep up.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Interesting. I wonder if they were trying to pump up their own bottom line by overselling sold-out showtimes. Rather than tell people it's sold out, and risk having them go home and not watch something else, sell them a ticket to something else and let them go sit in the aisles or whatever.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:32:40 AM PST
by
general_re
(The doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical... - Nikos Kazantzakis)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
If this did happen intentionally, I truly doubt it was politically motivated. Probably an effort to make it look like the movie theater was doing better business with all the movies instead of just one. Would be interesting if it was an "executive" decision, or just a local management one.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:33:10 AM PST
by
Hildy
(A kiss is the unborn child knocking at the door.)
To: Spruce
Mortenson has less personality than a roll of sod.I wasn't crazy about Jackson's choice of Aragorn when I didn't know about Viggo the Vitriolic's stand on terrorism.
BTW, one girlfriend dumped him for his "lack of attention to personal hygiene!" ROFL!
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:33:39 AM PST
by
Kieri
(Who's waiting for the return of her beloved Farscape!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I'm shocked I tell you, just shocked. LOL!
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:34:01 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
To counteract this, perhaps people should buy tickets for The Passion and then see Starsky and Hutch. Then next weekend, they should buy tickets for The Passion and see Eternal Sunshine. Then the following weekend, they should buy tickets for the Passion, and see The Passion.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:34:10 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
My nephew manages the Tower City Theatres in Cleveland. When a movie is as top selling as The Passion, they will take another screen and show the biggie there. The ticket will show what was suppose to be playing on the screen. It truly sucks but is explainable. If Mel wanted to push the point, he has contracts with the distributors who, if they have The Passion but not the other movie, just lost a showing!!!
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:34:46 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Jonathansmommie's daughter was born 3-11-04, both home today!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
This happens to every movie at some theater or another during a run. It never becomes an issue or even noticed unless one of the films have a political base that is touchy. This is likely not a conspiracy, it's an error in the ticketing system or an inept 16 year old running the ticket counter.
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To: Hildy
But I don't think the theatre cares, does it, as long as there's a fanny in the seat? That's what gets the theatre the money. The only diff I could think is if the theatre gets a different percentage from different movies instead of the same cut from all. If the former's the case, this could get interesting....
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:35:46 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: Mears
I haven't checked my tickets either and we have been three times so far.
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posted on
03/19/2004 8:35:49 AM PST
by
texasflower
(in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
To: ClearCase_guy
Or churches could buy matinee tickets for Passion and stand outside giving them away to patrons
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