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Sony: 'The Interview' Will Have a Limited Theatrical Release
New submitter clovis writes: It's not over until it's over. Sony Pictures has announced that The Interview will be getting a limited theatrical release after all. The Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain has authorization to show the film, and The Plaza Theater in Atlanta will show it as well. It's not yet clear whether the major theater chains will choose to show the movie despite the threats against them. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Layton said, "[W]e are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience." There are unconfirmed reports that Sony will make the movie available over video-on-demand as well.
aka we need to do whatever we can do still cash in on this other wise they just release it as normal.
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Go fuck yourself.
I'm not going to see some shitty movie just because "terrorists" and "it's your patriotic duty". I mean, I love multinational corporations just as much as they love me, but that's asking a lot.
I am sure Hitler did not like The Great Dictator, but if he had tried to blackmail a US company into cancelling it, we would have laughed at him.
Sony should have done the same. I don't care what they got from the stolen emails, the only way to deal with terrorists demanding obedience is a bullet to their head, not a bow to to their feet.
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It simply demonstrates the sham that we were told a week ago today. There is no threat from the DPRK, just fear mongering typical political spin for an agenda the people are not privy to see. The Intercept has an article hinting at what I'm sure others guessed here.
Wired had the article last week demonstrating how week the link is to the Sony hack and the DPRK.
I normally enjoy Seth Rogan's movies, but in this case I'll wait for the TV edition. I don't need to pay for the propaganda machine willfully.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
About 40x as many people know the name of the film now than if they hadn't dramatically pulled it.
SURELY NOT!!!!!
Larry Flynt has announced that Hustler is making a porn version of The Interview:
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Nice of Sony to make this announcement after North Korea is knocked off the internet. Very passive-aggressive, Sony. Let's see if it's still available when North Korea gets back online.
This will be the most pirated movie
To bad most of our drive in theaters are gone. I am thinking it would be harder to attack a drive in theater.
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It'll be playing at some of the Regency theaters in southern California as well.
Leaking all this data was probably cheaper than hiring a marketing firm. You probably hadn't even heard about this latest frat-com until sony was "hacked."
Instead of killing him...have about 50 guys shooting a load on him in a kiddie pool. Cinema gold.
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This story has so many crazy angles, it will make a nice movie of itself in a couple of years! One of the things is the extremist protection of 'intellectual (*cough*) property'. It's OK that the Norks have a Hitler-like regime, that they put little children in concentration camps and have slave camps. The hunger & starvation is no problem. It's also OK that they abduct civilians of South Korea and Japan, sink enemy ships, make nuclear weapons or trade rockets & launchers with Iran. No, the real problem starts when they (alledgedly) hack a media company. Course, you know, the worst of the worst people are *pirates* and *hackers*. That's how powerful the intellectual property complex has gotten.
North Korea can't launch 20,000 9/11-style attacks if the movie gets released world-wide. Pulling the movie in the first place was plain stupid.
Nowhere do I even imply that this is about money for Sony. This is about demonizing the DPRK, not money. It's about bringing back CISPA/SOPA legislation, and demonizing hackers in general. It's politics, not money driven.
Before you attempt to make a false claim the answer is "N", I'm not a fan of the DPRK Government and don't intend any implication that they are the good guys. Quite the contrary, if everything we are told is true they are a despicable dictatorship. At the same time, lying to topple dictators for a political agenda has not turned out well anywhere else. Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan are easy examples of lies to topple Governments that have been horrific for the populations living in that country. We don't conquer to establish a better Government for them, we topple to destabilize and exploit resources.
Further, we can't topple the DPRK without pissing off China and suffering severe consequences.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
I think this movie will have the record number of people who bought tickets, but did not actually go to see the movie.
Technically, it's not a B movie because nobody makes them any more. B movies were low-budget films intended to be the second half of a double-feature, which is something you also don't see today. However, I agree that if there still were B movies, this would (or at least should) have been one, and probably not one of the best. (All of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies that take place in modern times, all of the Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies were B movies.)
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Sony is likely contractually obligated to give it a theatrical release. A lot of actors have it in their contract that the movie will have some sort of theatrical release, so even having it open in one single theater in Texas would count, for instance.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment is an American company. Always has been. Except for Sony, they've even always been owned by American companies.
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The ticketing server for the movies on the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema site is not responding either via the web or their cell phone app. I'm hoping this is just because of Slashdot curiosity and not a denial of service attack or hack of some sort.
Why should modern Japanese still be paying for the sins of their grandfathers? - Also, if you applied similar logic to the UK/US "empires" and banned them from criticising every nation they have invaded/occupied during the 20th century, they would only be allowed to criticise each other.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
If Sony made a movie with Hirohito (or Kim) lynching Obama, the condemnation would have been fast and fierce. Would Franco and Rogan have been justifiable playing happy executioners on the Trail of Tears? Turn the shoe inside out and see how it fits.
When I grew up, there was a Japanese sword in the corner of my father's living room that was taken by my uncle as a trophy. I sometimes wonder who the bearer was, and I have realized that there was likely little real difference between myself and this man, other than the fact that he was unlucky enough to be standing in front of a bullet fired by my ancestor, and I was not.
There is no goodness or value in a violent end inflicted upon another. I hope that Kim Jong Un meets his end at an old age, peacefully, in his sleep. I wish the same for Akihito, and for my president Obama. All people deserve to live their lives as they see fit, and it is an unjust tragedy when this does not occur.
I wonder about the family of the bearer of my sword of old, and whether they also have trophies, and songs of a lost hero. Do their mementos have value? Was the lesson heeded? What was this chain of suffering, and how far back does it go?
A few here might remember Tolkien's opinion in the words of Gandalf: "[Gollum] Deserves death? Many that live deserve death, and many who die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too quick to deal out death in punishment, for even the very wise cannot see all ends."
The only reasonable justification for the use of violence is to stop greater violence. Sony's folly does not serve this end. It should be burned. It is of no worth.
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... still not going to see it now.
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Seth Rogan and James Franco to travel to north Korea, on my dime, to North Korea, and see the people there. Perhaps some good can come of truth, for nothing comes from lies.
for the same reason i am expected to be paying for the sins of people who lived in the US at the same time my great-great-grandfathers were living in Europe: because playing the victim can be a pretty good gig for some people.
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Forgive me if considering the following scenario constitutes shrinking unpatriotically in the face of some improbable, hyperbolic threats lodged on behalf of a nation known for empty posturing, but I haven't quite been able to shake this prospect: barring the existence of government intelligence that somehow assured us no attacks from North Korea would or could come to fruition as described, what if the theater companies and Sony had "stood their ground" and The Interview had been released on Dec 25 as scheduled, and *one* terrorist style attack was successfully carried out? Let's say for argument's sake that an explosive device went off at a major theater chain location in downtown Washington D.C. or Houston or Philadelphia, 10 minutes into a packed evening showing of The Interview? Let's say 85 people were killed in the blast. Ok now hit pause for a moment. I can't pretend to have a good idea of what the political, social, or military aftermath would look like, but I think it's safe to say that the fall out would be chaotic. Presumably one of the key measures would be for the relevant parties to establish with certainty that North Korea was directly responsible. But meanwhile, imagine the immediate media discourse on both sides of the political aisle. There seems to me, as a citizen with access only to public information and my reasoning skills, to be at least a sliver of possibility (the latest intelligence notwithstanding) that a) the threats could have originated from a source other than North Korea who nonetheless really intended to carry out an attack, or b) the threats themselves could have been empty, but regardless of their origin they inspired an opportunistic attack by some unknown lone actor or actors. My hypothetical question then, all mechanical details and unforeseen twists aside, is what would we -- "as a nation" so to speak -- have to say about the decision to release the movie if one attack as described above really did get carried out, either by North Korea or another party? Would the predominant sentiment really be that "the right thing" was done by releasing the film, or would it swing quickly towards regret and blame? Would nearly everyone still be trumpeting that the mandate of free speech demanded this film be released on principle? Would we be able to hold onto an almost Kantian resolve that the unwavering commitment to some ideal of freedom was worth the 85 deaths? Would we be able to suppress in our minds the notion, as irrational as it might be, that Seth Rogen's bad idea and ego trip was in some fundamental way responsible for the tragedy? I'm not saying I think the film should or should have been canned. I will say I'm conflicted. And I'm just curious to hear what others think.
Sony creates situation following poor critical review of a movie in prerelease state to up the hype.
Now one of two things will happen:
Tickets will sell out as people fall for the hype, only to be disappointed - but it'll be too late, because Sony now has their money.
-or-
Theatres will remain empty as people are smart enough not to be fooled again.
I wonder which is true?
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Historically, that is correct, but the term is still in use, and its meaning has shifted. To whit (sp?):
"B movie noun
: a movie that costs little money to make and that is usually not considered to be very good"
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Hollywood should show some American spirit, for a change, and nominate The Interview for an Oscar.
And by releasing it before the end of the year, Sony makes it eligible for Oscars.
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