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Jeff Akin
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From: Salem, OR, USA
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 05-14-2002 08:08 PM

Two of the theatres here in town are doing midnight shows.

As for when they will be delivered...it is Tueday at about 6:00pm and they are already built and screened.

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Paul Cassidy
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From: Auckland, New Zealand
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posted 05-15-2002 03:56 AM

Count Down .....2hours 20min until the first showing of EII in NZ

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
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posted 05-15-2002 08:52 AM

Well, I guess George figures his films are so good he doesn't even need to advertise them. There have been no display ads in the local paper. Trying to find out about midnight showings was like pulling teeth: AMC has it at 2 theatres (in very tiny print that is easy not to see), Marcus has it at both (but only one mentioned in newspaper ad), Regal has it at its only location (and that is the easiest to see in the list), and our local Faux-Cinemark's are not showing at midnight, at least according to the newspaper.

George must figure there will be lines everywhere, and he doesn't have to advertise. (Although, there were LOTS of ads for CLONES on WWE RAW on Monday night.)

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David Stambaugh
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-15-2002 10:31 AM

No display ads for Ep2 yet here. Spiderman has also had no display ads whatsoever.

1 midnight show at Regal, 3 at Cinemark (The Regal has 480 seats though, about twice that of the Cinemark rooms)

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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
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posted 05-15-2002 12:00 PM

Lucasfilm doesn't need print ads because Big Media pours out reams of ENDLESS ENDLESS HYPE!

The only print ad I've seen for Star Wars Episode 2 is a half-page stack ad in the Village Voice, a weekly which came out last night in NYC and this morning in New Jersey. The ad pushes the 2 DLP locations in NYC bigtime.

Coincidentally, that ad is side by side with the stack ad for About a Boy -- which opens 5/17.

Also, to update the post that started it all: The AMC Bridgewater Commons gave in and will have a midnight show after all.

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Joe Beres
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From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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posted 05-15-2002 08:54 PM

At least one theater, the Megstar 16 in Maple Grove, MN, is running EpII all night tonight: 12:01am, 3:00am, 3:15am, 6:00am, etc. I think the midnight show will do well, but how many people will trek out to the suburbs at 3am?

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Paul Cassidy
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From: Auckland, New Zealand
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posted 05-15-2002 09:16 PM

By all reports and reviews on TV this seems to be recieved much better that EPI and it is being shown hourly at the IMAX centre in Queen ST Auckland 24hrs , so from midnight last night it has been screening non stop

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David Stambaugh
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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-16-2002 01:24 AM

The EP2 midnight shows topped the 11:00 news here, with live coverage of throngs of fans waiting in line and general Star Wars mayhem. Apparently all 4 midnight shows in SpringGene did sell out.

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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
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posted 05-19-2002 03:32 PM

So who has the latest start times for the "late show" of SW?

The place I was working last night had a 12:35 show, which was the latest in the Boston area. It didn't sell out, but probably brought in 100-150 people or so.

Is anyone doing 1:00am shows?

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