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Cultures clashed in a Midtown screening room this week when an upcoming documentary touting Sarah Palin's accomplishments was unveiled for conservative taste-makers directly across the hall from new gay romance "Weekend.""It was quite a dichotomy," one attendee said of the worlds in collision. Director Stephen K. Bannon booked his Palin documentary, "The Undefeated," into Magno, a regular haunt for New York's film industry, for a series of back-to-back screenings on Wednesday. Guests included a cross-section of Palin supporters, Bannon said, including members of a group called Jews for Sarah. "The 'Undefeated' director was guarding the door to the Palin screening...

Here is some sample tweets from some audience members at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis watching tonight the debut of the movie - note that over 1000 were in attendance ballroom watching the movie. KrisAnneHall @SarahPalinUSA i owe you an apology Even as a conservative woman i bought media hype just a tiny bit - that was enough to be wrong #Undefeated @stephenbannon thank you for bringing the truth about @SarahPalinUSA calebhays Caleb Hays @SarahPalinUSA, I had begun to doubt your qualifications. After #TheUndefeated, I realize I was wrong. You rock! If anything, #TheUndefeated shows that @sarahpalinusa IS qualified to...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Monica, Calif. (June 10, 2011)  Victory Film Group today announced The Undefeated, which chronicles Sarah Palin’s rise from obscurity to national prominence, will play exclusively at select AMC Theatres (AMC), a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company, starting on July 15th. The film will launch in markets such as Dallas, Denver, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Atlanta, Orange County, Phoenix, Houston, Indianapolis, and Kansas City. Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM), a full-service theatrical distributor specializing in digital cinema, is managing the theatrical release and ARC Entertainment has taken on worldwide distribution responsibilities for the project. “After screening...

"The Undefeated" is being screened for D.C. reporters all day, with the film's director Steve Bannon on hand to answer questions. After the screening I saw, Bannon revealed that the movie would start to arrive in theaters on July 15, in a limited release in a couple of states. (Andy Barr says the states include, funny enough, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.) The movie now has a distributor, Cinedyne, and its ad campaign will start up next week. "Every day next week, there'll be another announcement," said Bannon. "Look, this is not Batman: This is going to have to...