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(Vanity) Brokeback Mountain, a Curious Attendance Story
Michael Medved Radio | 1-6-06 | Vanity

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.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; brokebackmountain; hollyweird; homosexualagenda; medved; piqued; pudding
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To: MadIvan
This indicates confidence, this indicates money to spend, this indicates economic activity near to bursting at the seams.

You'd never know about the state of the economy based on MSM reports.

201 posted on 01/06/2006 5:46:12 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Happy New Year!)
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To: MCH

You shot him in the ass!

202 posted on 01/06/2006 5:51:12 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Recovering_Democrat

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'.


203 posted on 01/06/2006 5:51:50 PM PST by jwpjr
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To: Bon mots

I thought that Rock Hudson died from Botulism. ;-)


204 posted on 01/06/2006 5:52:29 PM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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To: Clemenza

Hey Tex, can you play the song from "Bah Bah Black Sheep"

205 posted on 01/06/2006 5:57:00 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

"No, but I do a mean version of 'Clang, Where's the Trolley.'"


206 posted on 01/06/2006 5:58:58 PM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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To: razorback-bert

"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.


207 posted on 01/06/2006 5:59:12 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Balding_Eagle

Sounds like someone is still trying to put lipstick on this pig of a flick.


208 posted on 01/06/2006 6:04:00 PM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: popdonnelly

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.


209 posted on 01/06/2006 6:06:13 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Balding_Eagle
No one is going to see this pile of trash.

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.

210 posted on 01/06/2006 6:15:22 PM PST by Reactionary (The Liberal Social Order is a Hedonistic Idiocy)
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To: Balding_Eagle

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?


211 posted on 01/06/2006 6:15:31 PM PST by AReaganGirl (Jesus came to take away our self righteousness and give us His righteousness!)
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To: Balding_Eagle
Perhaps a QUEER bought out all the tickets to make it look like folk bought them! I bet you it was one of those dudes seating in the theater munching away on...popcorn@!
212 posted on 01/06/2006 6:43:50 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: billorites

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?


213 posted on 01/06/2006 7:09:34 PM PST by Sender ("I am ready with my candies and my rockets..." -Allahu Fubar-)
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To: SuzyQue
They're SHEEPHERDERS. NOT cowboys!
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Yeah, but you know, late at night, out there camped out under the stars, no one else for miles but them and the sheep... You know they were PRETENDING to each other to be cowboys!
214 posted on 01/06/2006 7:14:05 PM PST by Cheburashka
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To: HawaiianGecko
The company can use any numbers it wants as long as it reports to the IRS accurately. By that time it's a year or more later. Nobody cares by that time.
215 posted on 01/06/2006 7:21:17 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Recovering_Democrat

When that "Homo On The Range" song starts playing, I guess at least the sheep ain't so nervous.


216 posted on 01/06/2006 7:21:38 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: potlatch
IIRC, at least two Freepers confirmed that happening with "The Passion" firsthand in different cities on threads about the movie.
217 posted on 01/06/2006 7:25:01 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Balding_Eagle
While I'd rather leave the washroom without washing my hands, I just might walk into the Brokeback theater to see how many are there.

Just make sure you don't bend over. Might want to put your wallet on a chain just in case you drop it.

218 posted on 01/06/2006 7:28:04 PM PST by SamAdams76 (Time to clean up for the cleaning people)
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To: Hank Rearden

Nope. Not the same thing.


219 posted on 01/06/2006 8:26:26 PM PST by SuzyQue
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To: Cheburashka

LOL!


220 posted on 01/06/2006 8:27:29 PM PST by SuzyQue
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