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Way to grab the top billing there, Mark! LOL!!
Palin doco wins public praise (w/Video)
The Undefeated, a documentary tracing Sarah Palin’s rise to political power, has opened in US theatres to overwhelmingly positive opinion.
http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/red-carpet/palin-doco-wins-public-praise-2497062.html
Palin Film Debuts in Kennesaw
http://kennesaw.patch.com/articles/sarah-palin-documentary-debuts-in-kennesaw-2
When Sarah Palin said, “More government is not the answer,” the audience in theater 8 at AMC Barrett Commons 24 erupted with applause.
SNIP
Reactions from filmgoers attending the screening were overwhelmingly positive.
“I support Sarah Palin because she’s a true American patriot,” said attendee Irma Munoz. “I have been a supporter of hers since 2008, when John McCain actually brought her onto the stage. I do believe she’s a godly woman, a woman after God’s heart, to do what is best for America, and not necessarily herself.”
“I believe she’s honestly just a great person,” said Garrett Wilson, who traveled from Chatsworth, Ga. to attend Friday night’s screening of the film. “Seeing what she’s been through and that she’s still smiling, after all that’s been said about her,” Wilson said, “the fact that she’s still able to go out there and speak her mind and try to influence policy is wonderful.”
“I think Sarah Palin is the only one I’ve seen that will tackle the establishment,” said attendee Polly Harper. “She has integrity, she’s honest, she’s tenacious, she overcomes obstacles and she keeps going.”
“It’s going to be a game changer,” said attendee Kendall Gault. “It’s a really good film, it shows a lot about her history as a politician in Alaska and really sheds some light on her career.”
“We looked at a bunch of data on similar films, as well as Palin’s book sales and a lot of demographic information,” said Trevor Drinkwater, CEO at ARC. “We tried to find the cities with the best chance of success on opening weekend.”
According to Jill Calcaterra, chief marketing officer at Cinedigm, other favorable factors included “Tea Party states and areas where we knew Palin had a strong following.”
As to the chances for the film’s expansion, Drinkwater only says, “We want to expand. When we announced the film, we asked consumers to vote online so we could gather information about the number of places the film would do well, and the response was overwhelming.”
ARC Entertainment declined to share the specific figure they would need to hit over the weekend. Said Drinkwater, “We’ll make the decision on Monday.”
My take: The film opened in ten theaters, has an estimated production cost of $1m (meaning that P&A is probably another $1m). If the movie had packed houses in every single showing in only ten theaters, I find it difficult to believe it will be anything but a flop as a theatrical release. Of course, it's possible that the producers can make their money back at Target, Wal-Mart, and Netflix. I'd sure hate to rely on those entities to make back $2m.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1961604/
Liberals are hammering this, so sign up and vote it to 10 stars. You know what to do.
Weirdest thread I’ve read so far....
I wonder if those politically active students that attended know of Students4Palin?
http://students4palin.com/
The hate mongers are out at the Internet Movie Data base and more likely than not have been stuffing the ballot box with bad reviews. I bet only a handful of those who give it a single star even saw the movie. If you want to counter the usual lies click here.(You will have to register an email address but if you want to stay anonymous you can always create a Hushmail account first)