The Inconvenient Truth about booking limited release films

Written by Dan

Every 15 minutes I get an e-mail via our suggestion form asking me if we'll be playing Al Gore's AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH before the June 6th vote for a new coal-burning power plant in Springfield. Sometimes people leave their e-mail addresses, other times they don't. So, in the hopes of killing 896 birds with 1 stone, I'm going to reprint the e-mail I've been sending:

Dear loyal Moxie supporter,

We will be shownig Al Gore's AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, starting on July 5th. The movie just opened last weekend in four theaters (two in NYC, and two in LA). It will slowly expand on June 9th to larger cities. Then, on July 5th, it will be available to mid-market cities (i.e. Springfield). We booked it for The Moxie as soon as we possibly could. I wish we could play it before the vote, but unfortunately that's not how the theatrical exhibition industry works. I hope you get a chance to see it in July (we will be showing it for 2 weeks). In the meantime, perhaps you'd like to come see all the other great films we show that don't necessarily influence the outcome of upcoming votes.

Thank you for your inquiry,
Dan Chilton

I hope that helps stem the tide of requests. I wonder if all the people who are sending me e-mails will still come see the movie in July, long after the power plant vote has passed? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, please enjoy this funny picture I found while googling for an image of a "laser gun."

Matthew Martin (Master RJ) says:

That kind of looks like footage from a Claire Danes movie.

¤ Posted on May 27, 2006 @ 4:59 pm

Caleb says:

"In the meantime, perhaps you'd like to come see all the other great films we show that don't necessarily influence the outcome of upcoming votes."

Here here!

And I've never seen a romance/romantic comedy with laser guns, seeing as how that's about the only kind of movie dearest Claire stars in. I think we can all agree that was NOT her in T3, but rather a brainless, immoral clone of Claire.

¤ Posted on May 28, 2006 @ 12:18 am

brian of moore says:

and thats when jimmy the mechanic learned never to ask uptight rich white businesswomen for directions

.... sorry i got nuthin...

anywho... you should show my movie when im done with it
and by movie... i mean commercial...
and by commercial.. i mean short art film for nike that really doesnt have much to do with nike besides having a bug in it.. made of shoe parts.... but as long as nike thinks it has to do with nike... ... then thats all that matters....

maybe this could be my 'ad'... since i never got around to doing that other idea i had.... hmmm.....
just pretend its not for some multimillion dollar company that uses slave labor...

did i mention that ive been stuck in the art annex on campus for 9 days straight.. all day every day with the two same people every day..... animating...
no seriously... ALL day.... we keep staying up later and later ... im not even sure what day it is... i think i missed a day.... today should be my sunday... but its almost 11am on monday.... confusing.... ...eh
i need some social interaction that doesnt include anyone in the room im in...... dont get me wrong... their nice people....
at least... for the first five days......

...... help me....

¤ Posted on May 28, 2006 @ 10:37 am

erin says:

brian, have you been bathing in the sculpture lab sinks? with murphy's oil soap?

hope you join civilization again soon.

and brian... it was sunday when you typed that. not monday dude.

: )

¤ Posted on May 28, 2006 @ 10:36 pm

brian of moore says:

hmm.... no... that was monday.........

wasnt it? ... i mean.. wait.... holy crap youre right
everythings jumbled..... my head hurts

¤ Posted on May 29, 2006 @ 1:29 am

Caleb says:

In another surprising debut, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, amassed $365,787 at only four New York and Los Angeles theaters -- or $91,447 per theater, the highest-ever average for a documentary. (By contrast, X3 averaged $32,554 per screen.)

Saw this on IMDB today and thought you might find those numbers interesting. That's crazy! Hope it does that well for you guys in July!

¤ Posted on May 31, 2006 @ 10:46 am

Nicole says:

I think it could possibly be our biggest film yet.

¤ Posted on May 31, 2006 @ 12:25 pm

Matthew Martin aka Master RJ says:

Makes me think of Fahrenheit 9/11, everyone who wasn't Republican (me and Mom included) saw it in theatres and enjoyed it.

¤ Posted on May 31, 2006 @ 2:09 pm

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