'Fahrenheit 9/11' has a date

[struggle4progress]

Fahrenheit 9/11" has a U.S. release date, June 25, that presents both challenges and opportunities for Michael Moore and the consortium of companies that will distribute his new anti-Bush film.
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Marketing a movie is a major enterprise, one that Hollywood rarely undertakes to manage in 3 1/2 weeks -- the amount of time that will have elapsed between the announcement of a distribution deal and the actual release date for Moore's follow-up to his Oscar-winning documentary, "Bowling for Columbine."

Miramax Film Corp. co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein announced Tuesday that their new special-purpose company, the Fellowship Adventure Group, will release "Fahrenheit 9/11" in U.S. theaters with Lions Gate Films and IFC Films.

Plans call for the picture to screen at between 500 and 1,000 locations. To secure that many screens so quickly -- at a time when exhibitors have already planned their summer schedules -- could be an enormous challenge.
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[Lindsey]

1. I'm going to call Lion Gate (I'm assuming that they're here in LA

and see if I can get any info. I'll let you guys know what I find out.

[Skarbrowe]

2. All the theaters have to do

is get rid of "White Chicks" and a couple other total waste of film movies to make a slot for Farenheight911. Which do you think will make them more money?

heh heh I'm not sure when "White Chicks" is being released, but it would work for me!

Skarbrowe

[LoZoccolo]

3. Even so, /White Chicks/ might last three weeks (the last being slim)...

...while I can see Farenheit 9/11 being out right up to the point it's released on DVD (in October I think).

[ForrestGump]

5. Try this number, if you haven't already called:

[phone]

[ramblin_dave]

4. How are movies "distributed" these days?

Do they still use film or do they have some digital medium?

[Skarbrowe]

6. film or digital?

I know some theaters use digital. When I was living in Orlando they made a big deal out of pointing out what theaters used digital. I'm guessing here, but at the present time I think most theaters still use film, but that it's changing and eventually most might use digital.

I'm a film fan. I can't stand the choppiness of digital in the action sequences. The bad thing about film, though, is that it can get scratchy. Seriously, I hope they never stop using film completely. I don't always want things to look that "real". :)

Skarbrowe