Re: *AN AMERICAN CAROL* box-office irregularities much more WIDESPREAD than previously imagined!

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:34:35 -0000

Hey, Joy.

I went onto IMDb and did a search where this movie was playing. For
the zip code of 90403 (Santa Monica), I got the following:

AMC Loews Broadway 4:
1441 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401, 310-458-1506

An American Carol, 1 hr 24 mins 5.3/10 (2,042 votes)

Buy Tickets: 2:20pm | 4:35 | 7:00 | 9:00

I am able to purchase tickets online for tonight's showing at 9PM.
Just to be sure, I then called Loew's Theater and spoke to someone.
When I asked what was playing, some guy listed all the movies,
including American Carol. I asked for the times, and he told me the
same as what I saw online.

Geez, Joy. Do you honestly believe there is some grand scheme to
stop people from seeing American Carol? If some theaters are doing
this, then please supply their names. I would be the first to
boycott a theater that did that! I would call them on the phone!

Ugh. The other night Larry Elder was going over this same
topic. "Some theaters are not letting people see American Carol."
intoned the Venerable Mr. Elder. The dittoheads (or whatever you
call the sycophants of Larry Elder's show) were chiming in with
their own sad experiences. Funny though, no theater name was
mentioned. So what? I am sure it must be true.

This sounds like another Liberal Conspiracy, no doubt about it!

John



--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Joy McCann"
<joy.mccann_at_...> wrote:
>
> My latest summary:
> http://littlemissattila.mu.nu/archives/275237.php
>
>
>
> The Allegations:
>
> * People are being sold tickets for movies other than An American
Carol,
> which most of us are too busy to check--either to save the theater
money or
> to depress AAC's box-office numbers;
>
> * Theaters are implying that the movie is rated R (its real rating
is
> PG-13);
>
> * Posters are not visible for this movie inside or outside of the
cineplexes
> where it's being shown;
>
> * The marquees outside theatres where AAC is playing don't list it;
>
> * Box offices don't even list the movie on the boards behind the
clerks,
> where one usually sees the titles and showtimes of the films for
the day;
>
> * People are unable to buy tickets for this movie online;
>
> * Cineplexes leave outgoing messages with showtimes for every
movie they are
> playing that day . . . except An American Carol;
>
> * Mysterious problems with sound and image quality plague the
movie, and
> don't seem to get corrected even when management is alerted.
>
> I'm not against movie houses refusing to carry films they don't
want to
> carry. But if a cineplex has agreed to show a particular film, I
think it's
> in poor taste for the employees of that theatre to sabotage the
movie just
> because they don't agree with its message.
>
> If I can't find a book in a bookstore, I just go home and order it
from
> Amazon. But if I can't see a movie that is in current release
because the
> theatre employees took the posters down or didn't give showtimes
over the
> telephone, or left it off the marquee, that appears to me to be a
more
> serious matter, and one that the theaters involved should be
looking into.
>
>
> Previous posts:
>
> http://littlemissattila.mu.nu/archives/275114.php
> http://littlemissattila.mu.nu/archives/275166.php
>
>
> My original post:
>
> http://littlemissattila.mu.nu/archives/275006.php
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>
>
>
> All best,
>
> Joy McCann
> Little Miss Attila
> http://attila.mu.nu
> 818/334-3113
> 818/429-9806
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Received on 2008-10-09 14:34:38

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