Sony pulls The Interview

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[Bob Juch]

I wonder whether any of the releases will be in Los Angeles County, which would make the film Oscar-eligible. Best Special Effects (exploding head), anyone?

I will make a point of seeing this movie, whether at the theater or through video on demand. The Streisand Effect strikes again. --Bob

Doesn't it have to play in NYC as well?

At least TheConfessor can see it.

I asked this question (out of idle curiosity) a year or two ago, and the answer I remember is that it has to show for at least a week in a theater in Los Angeles County. One of the theaters that will carry the film is the Cinefamily in Los Angeles, about two or three miles from my house, where it's apparently opening on Christmas Day. --Bob

You are correct. I must have read the NYC bit from someone who got it wrong.

http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/fil ... _rules.pdf

[Bob Juch]

It looks like you'll soon be able to watch it on YouTube.

[Estonut]

It looks like “The Interview” will appear in theaters after all. Select exhibitors are preparing Christmas Day screenings of the controversial James Franco-Seth Rogen comedy, with the Plaza Atlanta theater and Alamo Drafthouse announcing via social media that Sony Pictures has authorized them to show the film despite major exhibitors cancelling screenings in the wake of a cyber attack that debilitated the studio.

There is also growing speculation that the studio will offer the film via VOD. Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton stated in an interview with CNN on Friday that no on-demand providers had stepped forward to offer to handle the VOD release, but that may have changed in the past few days with the intense media coverage of “The Interview” situation.

I wonder whether any of the releases will be in Los Angeles County, which would make the film Oscar-eligible. Best Special Effects (exploding head), anyone?

I will make a point of seeing this movie, whether at the theater or through video on demand. The Streisand Effect strikes again.

There will soon be an Alamo Drafthouse in downtown L.A., but I believe it is still under construction. That is the same chain whose Austin location received an angry message from an ejected theatergoer and created this awesome "turn off your phones" message:

[Bob Juch]

It looks like you'll soon be able to watch it on YouTube.

Well maybe. It's there, I paid for it but then couldn't watch it because the servers were apparently overloaded. I'll try later today.

[silverscreenselect]

It looks like you'll soon be able to watch it on YouTube.

Well maybe. It's there, I paid for it but then couldn't watch it because the servers were apparently overloaded. I'll try later today.

Not surprisingly, all of today's showings at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta sold out (they'd probably have been lucky to be 10% full today with their usual fare). We'll try to go next week. After New Year's, my time will be somewhat limited.

[goongas]

I rented it on YouTube last night. For all the controversy, it is not that good of a movie...The RNC may regret defending the movie after seeing the content.

[silverscreenselect]

I rented it on YouTube last night. For all the controversy, it is not that good of a movie...The RNC may regret defending the movie after seeing the content.

From what I've heard, it's silly smut like Rogen's last film Neighbors and absent the controversy would pretty much have disappeared from public consciousness very quickly. Now, his clout in Hollywood has undoubtedly increased because he's "edgy." It will be a while before audiences get to see Rogen onscreen again though. His next major role, other than a voice in the upcoming Kung Fu Panda 3 is a movie due next Christmas season (still untitled) in which he and Joseph Gordon-Levitt want to throw the Christmas party to end all Christmas parties (in other words, typical Rogen).

[goongas]

I enjoyed The Neighbors, and thought it was much better than this movie...I am not opposed to liking "silly" movies. I could be biased because I think James Franco is one of the worst mainstream actors of my lifetime.

[Bob Juch]

I enjoyed The Neighbors, and thought it was much better than this movie...I am not opposed to liking "silly" movies. I could be biased because I think James Franco is one of the worst mainstream actors of my lifetime.

I wish This is the End had really been his end.

[Bob Juch]

I enjoyed The Neighbors, and thought it was much better than this movie...I am not opposed to liking "silly" movies. I could be biased because I think James Franco is one of the worst mainstream actors of my lifetime.

I wish This is the End had really been his end.

[goongas]

I did not enjoy This is the End much either...(Why do I keep watching their movies you may ask, I don't know...)

[Bob Juch]

I did not enjoy This is the End much either...(Why do I keep watching their movies you may ask, I don't know...)

I was certainly not in its target demographic.

[Bob78164]

I did not enjoy This is the End much either...(Why do I keep watching their movies you may ask, I don't know...)

I enjoyed seeing Emma Watson ham it up. --Bob

[jarnon]

My son and I both like James Franco and Seth Rogen. We've been waiting to see The Interview for months. Last night, we watched it with the family (the grandkids had to watch another movie). We were in a hurry because the whole family wanted to see it together, we were concerned that it could get hacked, and it was the patriotic thing to do (it's crazy that watching this movie has become a patriotic act). We laughed the whole time.