'The Road' - Nov. 2008
11-24-09 | 09:37 PM
#126
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
People working in the film industry are getting dumber by the minute.
Why the hell would you market the film AT ALL if your not going to at least make it available to see?
They should all be beaten to death.
The locations on the list are confusing at best.
I just expected to be able to see it opening day, but NO I cannot because these dumb bastards are to stupid to make money.
I have spoken to a number of people who were all waiting to see this and no one is going to be able to see it anywhere close to me.
I live in a nice triangle between Indy, Louisville and Cincinnati. You would THINK they MIGHT try to make it available to AT LEAST 1 of these 3 cities with a combined population of close to 1.5 MILLION people???
Freakin Idiots, they can go to hell.
Why the hell would you market the film AT ALL if your not going to at least make it available to see?
They should all be beaten to death.
The locations on the list are confusing at best.
I just expected to be able to see it opening day, but NO I cannot because these dumb bastards are to stupid to make money.
I have spoken to a number of people who were all waiting to see this and no one is going to be able to see it anywhere close to me.
I live in a nice triangle between Indy, Louisville and Cincinnati. You would THINK they MIGHT try to make it available to AT LEAST 1 of these 3 cities with a combined population of close to 1.5 MILLION people???
Freakin Idiots, they can go to hell.
11-24-09 | 11:32 PM
#127
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
People working in the film industry are getting dumber by the minute.
Why the hell would you market the film AT ALL if your not going to at least make it available to see?
They should all be beaten to death.
The locations on the list are confusing at best.
I just expected to be able to see it opening day, but NO I cannot because these dumb bastards are to stupid to make money.
I have spoken to a number of people who were all waiting to see this and no one is going to be able to see it anywhere close to me.
I live in a nice triangle between Indy, Louisville and Cincinnati. You would THINK they MIGHT try to make it available to AT LEAST 1 of these 3 cities with a combined population of close to 1.5 MILLION people???
Freakin Idiots, they can go to hell.
Why the hell would you market the film AT ALL if your not going to at least make it available to see?
They should all be beaten to death.
The locations on the list are confusing at best.
I just expected to be able to see it opening day, but NO I cannot because these dumb bastards are to stupid to make money.
I have spoken to a number of people who were all waiting to see this and no one is going to be able to see it anywhere close to me.
I live in a nice triangle between Indy, Louisville and Cincinnati. You would THINK they MIGHT try to make it available to AT LEAST 1 of these 3 cities with a combined population of close to 1.5 MILLION people???
Freakin Idiots, they can go to hell.
11-25-09 | 01:36 AM
#128
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11-25-09 | 09:19 AM
#129
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Limited releases (or any consumer-based test markets) have to do with demographics, not necessarily population counts. Phoenix isn't normally in the standard 13 (?) test markets, even though we have the six largest population in the USA. That said, I'm no stranger to being left out on seeing smaller releases on the big screen. So I like that it's coming to Phoenix.
11-25-09 | 09:38 AM
#130
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...on-november-25
I am posting this only because there seems to be some misinformation running around as to how many markets John Hillcoat's The Road will be hitting on November 25 as it finally makes its long-awaited theatrical debut.
Recent rumors stated its wide release was whittled down to theaters in only New York and Los Angeles so I did a quick check and it appears it's going to be hitting 31 markets on November 25. Weinstein has also confirmed an additional roll out, but haven't confirmed markets. So I can't tell you where the film will go from here.
Below is the list I was given directly from Weinstein.
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Denver
Detroit
Erie
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New York
Oklahoma City
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
Palm Springs
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
Santa Barbara-San Marcos-San Luis Obispo
Seattle-Tacoma
St. Louis
Tampa -St. Petersburg – Sarasota
Washington, DC
I am posting this only because there seems to be some misinformation running around as to how many markets John Hillcoat's The Road will be hitting on November 25 as it finally makes its long-awaited theatrical debut.
Recent rumors stated its wide release was whittled down to theaters in only New York and Los Angeles so I did a quick check and it appears it's going to be hitting 31 markets on November 25. Weinstein has also confirmed an additional roll out, but haven't confirmed markets. So I can't tell you where the film will go from here.
Below is the list I was given directly from Weinstein.
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Denver
Detroit
Erie
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New York
Oklahoma City
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
Palm Springs
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
Santa Barbara-San Marcos-San Luis Obispo
Seattle-Tacoma
St. Louis
Tampa -St. Petersburg – Sarasota
Washington, DC
11-25-09 | 03:04 PM
#131
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
I understand key demos, but this is just stupid, for this film.
Indy is around 800,000 people. You put it in one theater and bang, you have a great showing, people will come.
The dumbest part of this is that I keep seeing Commercials saying in Theaters Nov 25th. I keep seeing trailers at theaters! WHY THE HELL do you spend the money to try to get people to see your film but not make it accessible?!!!
ITS COMPLETE MISMANAGEMENT!! Someone should be fired!!!
Indy is around 800,000 people. You put it in one theater and bang, you have a great showing, people will come.
The dumbest part of this is that I keep seeing Commercials saying in Theaters Nov 25th. I keep seeing trailers at theaters! WHY THE HELL do you spend the money to try to get people to see your film but not make it accessible?!!!
ITS COMPLETE MISMANAGEMENT!! Someone should be fired!!!
11-25-09 | 03:12 PM
#133
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Do you have a link to the article? I'm curious why they think they are deliberately hiding it; it's not a huge part of the movie. There are some religious undertones/subtexts that both the book and movie contain, but neither are overtly religious. The conversation between The Old Man and The Man has some Christian-type ideas in there but I think you would get out of it what you bring to it.
11-25-09 | 03:20 PM
#134
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Found it here, looks like I misremembered:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20319477,00.html
It looks like they had screenings at churches and such, but the trailers for this make it look more Mad Max than Passion of the Christ to me.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20319477,00.html
It looks like they had screenings at churches and such, but the trailers for this make it look more Mad Max than Passion of the Christ to me.
11-25-09 | 03:22 PM
#135
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Found it here, looks like I misremembered:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20319477,00.html
It looks like they had screenings at churches and such, but the trailers for this make it look more Mad Max than Passion of the Christ to me.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20319477,00.html
It looks like they had screenings at churches and such, but the trailers for this make it look more Mad Max than Passion of the Christ to me.
11-25-09 | 11:54 PM
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Saw this today at the only theater in the Phoenix area showing it.
Great movie and a wonderful performance by Viggo. Truly bleak shit in this movie.
Pretty full theater at the 4:40pm showing.
Great movie and a wonderful performance by Viggo. Truly bleak shit in this movie.
Pretty full theater at the 4:40pm showing.
11-26-09 | 11:31 AM
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11-26-09 | 10:22 PM
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
More often than not, what works in the written word doesn't work as well on the screen. It's a valid criticism. I wonder how much they could have damaged the film, however, since the book already reads like stage direction...
11-27-09 | 12:17 AM
#142
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
Maybe it's because i'm such a fan of the book, but I loved this film. Easily one of my favorites of the year. It was everything I thought it would be.
11-27-09 | 01:01 AM
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
I went to a 9:50pm showing and there were maybe 10 empty seats. Good job OKC*.
*Although I did hear this conversation afterwards:
Spoiler:
Thank you OKC for reminding me that you are all morons.
11-27-09 | 02:48 AM
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11-27-09 | 06:35 PM
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11-27-09 | 07:02 PM
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Yeah, but they were skillful in their direction. The tone of the movie perfectly matched the book. In this movie, it did the story a disservice to adapt the book in a more straightforward fashion.
11-27-09 | 11:47 PM
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Re: 'The Road' - Nov. 2008
I caught it today and I liked it. I'm a fan of the book - wrote part of my English MFA dissertation on it - and thought it was both faithful and well-directed. I knew John Hillcoat would be a good fit - The Proposition is basically a Cormac McCarthy movie. One thing I can see being an issue:
Spoiler: