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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 09-17-2001, 05:53 PM:
Is anyone out there getting this movie this week or has it been moved again.....Not that I really care but come on we would have been playing this thing instead of playing a double feature of Animal and America's sweethearts.....has anyone heard when it will come out or go straight to video?
Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 09-17-2001, 06:38 PM:
Glitter opens Friday (9/21). It's the only national release this week.
Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 09-17-2001, 06:54 PM:
found out from another site it is only going limited right now in the top 40 markets.....
Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 09-17-2001, 11:29 PM:
We've received somewhere around twelve trailers for Glitter, & we haven't placed any one of them. We've come to a consensus among all employees at our theater (except blonde concessions girls who listen to Mariah Carrey), that the movie looks terrible & only makes Mariah look like a stuck up brat.Oh! It's so terrible to be a backup singer!
It's more terrible to not be getting Training Day this Friday!
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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-17-2001, 11:56 PM:
I know of one theater that received in excess of 40 trailers for Glitter! (And no we're not talking about one of those 20 screen and over complexes.) The funny part is the booker did not program it into the trailer lists, so not a one of them ever got played there.
Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 09-18-2001, 12:25 PM:
Megiddo comes out this week, although it may be limited.Its the prequel to Th Omega Code.
Has anyone seen the rtailer for this?
It looks like the whole thing was shot on video and had a really bad film transfer.
Terrible.
Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 09-18-2001, 10:24 PM:
I've seen it advertised, the only place brave enough to show it in the Minneapolis area is a Kerasotes Showplace theater.
Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 09-19-2001, 05:41 PM:
Darryl: That double-up of The Animal and America's Sweethearts is a re-release. James R: Megiddo is the sequel to The Omega Code and is going out limited. No theaters in the Northeast are showing it.
MGM also is re-releasing Legally Blonde as well this weekend.
Posted by Kristin Wahlund (Member # 922) on 09-19-2001, 06:47 PM:
Quote: Steve Scott:
I've seen it advertised, the only place brave enough to show it in the Minneapolis area is a Kerasotes Showplace theater.
CORRECTION: REGAL CINEMAS IN EAGAN (Eagan 16) WILL BE SHOWING GLITTER
* help us all*
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-19-2001, 09:07 PM:
Legally Blonde is being re-released??? The theater I do buildup work for never even lost it! It's still playing.
Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 09-20-2001, 01:11 AM:
I wasnt really sure what Megiddo was.
I dont remember where, but i read it was both a prequel and a sequel.
I just figured that they meant it took place before the events of the omega code, but was a sequel cause it came out afterwards.
but judging from the trailer, its obvious it takes place afterwards.
silly me.
Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 09-20-2001, 01:03 PM:
Glitter breaks in 1196 theaters per the Box Office Guru. Not a limited release but not quite wide.Brad: Yes, you read correctly. All the New Jersey megaplexes and the UA Union Square in NYC get Legally Blonde back tomorrow.
Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 09-20-2001, 11:41 PM:
Thanks Kristin, I haven't had time to check the papers lately.
Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 09-21-2001, 01:35 AM:
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Posted by Scott Oakley (Member # 651) on 09-22-2001, 12:48 AM:
We got Legally Blond back also, only having lost it a couple of weeks ago. Even worse was getting Shrek back for the THIRD time. It wouldn't be so bad except we just broke it down last week! Airborne picked it up on Tuesday and we got a booking change on Wednesday saying we were getting it back. Argghhh.
Posted by Zach Zagar (Member # 379) on 09-22-2001, 01:40 AM:
I never would've thought the attack on America would've trickled down to our profession (theaters). I've never noticed a correlation between recession (or the stock market, at least at the privately owned theater companies) and the theater business. This thing really affected EVERYONE, emotionally and professionally. Movies getting pushed back, moved around. September is always bad, but this bad, never. Never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever think we'd have to cross our fingers for Mariah Carrey to bring us commission in the stand.
(note, not being sarcastic or making a mockery of the attack)
Zach
Posted by Paul Linfesty (Member # 214) on 09-22-2001, 11:17 AM:
Very odd. In Bakersfield, CA, where three theatres are the norm for any wide release, Glitter didn't open AT ALL! Yet, many of the small communities in the valley Bakersfield is in that only get ONE run of a film was showing Glitter. ALL of these towns that get national runs got this one. I've never seen Bakersfield not get a film these other communities do (we are a metro area of 400,000, these other communities are well under 100,000).Omega Code II was booked at one local theatre, but was cancelled, since all three circuits here (Edwards, Pacific, and UA) have apparently cancelled (or postponed) it. The producer said that God WANTED it shown on this particular date, though.