You shot him in the ass!
Posted on 01/06/2006 3:31:19 PM PST by Balding_Eagle
Did anyone else hear this on the Michael Medved talk radio today?
A man called in, near the end of the hour. He said he had been taken his kids to the theater, and the kids movie they were waiting to see had a very long line. Brokeback Mountain was also showing at that theater. He said he sat near the ticket booth for 35 minutes, as his kids waited in line to buy tickets for their movie.
During that 35 minutes he never heard one person buy a ticket for Brokeback Mountain. However, during that 35 minutes, the “SOLD OUT” sign came on for Brokeback. Out of curiosity, he went in to the Brokeback theater, and only saw 4 people in there. The theater manager refused to comment when the man questioned him.
Is this how all those theaters are getting such high attendance for Brokeback? Imaginary theater goers?
Perhaps other theater goers can investigate for themselves this weekend.
I can only vouch for the fact that this man called in a related the story as I presented it here, not if it’s true. Callers can make up stories too. It peaked my interest though.
You'd never know about the state of the economy based on MSM reports.
You shot him in the ass!
re: "Sodomy on the Range"
Or, as Earl Pitts said in this morning's commentary, "This movie gives a new meaning to the term 'cowpoke'.
I thought that Rock Hudson died from Botulism. ;-)
Hey Tex, can you play the song from "Bah Bah Black Sheep"
"No, but I do a mean version of 'Clang, Where's the Trolley.'"
"During the early weeks of a film's release, the studio's cut can be as high as 90 percent in some cases; at the end of a long run, this ratio can inverted, providing 90 percent to the cinema-owners and only 10 percent to the studios."
So if a film is a dog early in its release, but is nominated for, or maybe wins, an Academy Award, the theater can still profit big later on. They can make their money in the "back end", so to speak.
Sounds like someone is still trying to put lipstick on this pig of a flick.
BurbankKarl was claiming that Miramax engages in this practice, paying theater owners for big blocks of tieckets which nobody will use. The theater owners do not stand to benefit in any way from posting "Sold Out" signs for showings that almost no one has bought tickets for. They don't care what movie wins an Academy Award; they'll just re-show whichever ones do. It's the studios that have a huge cash outlay in production costs for certain high profile films, and need to show profits on most of those big ticket films, or they'll have trouble getting financing for future ones.
Theater owners profit from selling tickets and having live junk-food buying people show up at the theater to actually use the tickets. They want to get rid of unpopular movies as quickly as possible, so they can use their theater space to show movies which WILL sell tickets.
That won't stop the liars in the media from fabricating a nice little success story, however. After all, part of marketing cultural Stalinism involves making official party ideology appear mainstream.
Has anyone thought about this???? Maybe the theater manager was ashamed of this movie, Brokeback Mountain, so he decided to just turn on the SOLD OUT sign so that no one could buy another ticket to see it?
Say there, is that a 5 1/2" SAA cowboy? My package is 8" with scope rings. No safety, 5 in the wheel. Yep, San Francisco. Howd'ja know?
When that "Homo On The Range" song starts playing, I guess at least the sheep ain't so nervous.
Just make sure you don't bend over. Might want to put your wallet on a chain just in case you drop it.
Nope. Not the same thing.
LOL!
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