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To: Borges
There was no way to advertise that element of the film without giving the ending away.

Miramax pulled such a trick with The Crying Game to hype a film in America that did "ho hum" business in England.

"Don't give away the ending!" "What is the secret?" "Have you heard about the Crying Game?"

21 posted on 01/23/2005 12:24:37 PM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: weegee

Well their job is to get as many people as possible to see the movie and mysteries like that are a good way to do it. I think it's almost impossible to convey what's good about a movie through trailers. They either make the film seem worse or better then it is.


24 posted on 01/23/2005 12:29:04 PM PST by Borges
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