cinemark to run the beckerhead travesty

[niyad]

after reading this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9599209

I called the local cinemark, where I WAS planning to go see the latest HP movie. I asked if they were, in fact, running promos for beckerhead's disgusting propoganda. the young man who answered the phone told me (apparently not understanding the word "preview") proudly, that they would be running this event live on 2 dec, and informed me that no other theatre would be carrying it any earlier.

I told him he had misunderstood my question, that I was not looking to see this crap, but was, in fact, calling to complain about the chain supporting this lunatic. also told him that I will be finding another chain where I can see movies from now on, as I will not be supporting any institution that supports him.

not much, but the best I could do at short notice.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I sent them an email.

Said if they were gonna support that crap then I'd never visit one of their stupid theaters.

[niyad]

3. just sent them an email as well-- and will be calling the corporate offices (gee, are we surprised

that they are located in texas) with the same message.

[alittlelark]

2. I just sent them the following e-mail....

I'm sorry I saw Harry Potter at your theater Friday morning.

Your theater will be showing a Glen Beck movie soon.

The man is a deranged propagandist and just plain dangerous.

I go to the Century in Mountain View due to the convenience.

I, and my family will now be going exclusively to the AMC in Cupertino.

Shame on you for allowing dangerous propaganda to be shown in your theater.

Gina
Los Altos CA

[we can do it]

7. how Was the Harry Potter Movie?

going in about a week

[alittlelark]

12. It was dark, rather sad.

Still worth seeing.

[XemaSab]

16. I think it was the best HP film so far

It was very true to the spirit of the book. In other words, a total downer. :P

[gort]

14. Fathom Events is not exclusive to Cinemark

They are a company that books many acts including Glen Beck. They also buy ad time and lease the screens from theaters that run digital preshow ads. That means AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Century and others will all play Fathom Event Shows.

That includes The Sound of Music and Grease sing-a-longs as well as MST 3000.

[jillan]

4. Time for a boycott!

[jillan]

5. It's not just Cinemark - holy crap, check this out.

Glenn Beck Live: Broke - Restarting the Engine of America will appear in 537 select movie theaters, including AMC Entertainment Inc., Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark Holdings, Inc., Clearview Cinemas, Cobb Theatres, Georgia Theatre Co., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Hollywood Theaters, Malco Theatres, Marcus Theatres, National Amusements, Rave Motion Pictures, R/C Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group movie theaters, as well as The Carolina (Asheville, NC), Palace Cinema 9 (South Burlington, VT), The Peerless Theatre (Holyoke, CO) and Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA), through NCM´s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network : - North America´s largest cinema broadcast network.


http://www.live-pr.com/en/glenn-beck-s-broke-restarting-the-r1048603083.htm

[niyad]

6. thank goodness for dvd's--not the same, but at least not supporting the groups that support

the reichwing.

[niyad]

9. unfortunately, our local, independent theatre, cannot show things like HP

interestingly, it wasn't even able to show michael moore's "capitalism"--disagreements with the distributors.

[PBS Poll-435]

8. After seeing 'An American Carol' crash and burn at the box ofice, this is a good thing!

Remind the theatre chains what a bad business decision it is to play this crap.

[Initech]

10. I'm heavily considering doing a review of the movie for this website.

Don't worry - it will be strictly for comedic purposes and I'll use this as my guide:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/i-watch-glenn-becks-comedy-tour-regret-it/

[mitchtv]

11. aren't they the ones whose owner donated heavily to PropH8?

sounds like them

[Fuzz]

13. I have no idea what this thing is.

[XemaSab]

15. I saw HP at a cinemark theater

and they did not show that trailer. :P

[niyad]

17. . . . .

[mmonk]

18. There are none of these theatres in nor near my zip code thank God.

Or else, I would boycott.

[niyad]

19. you are lucky. I am going to have to wait until it shows up at the dollar show

(unless, that is, that theatre belongs to a chain I don't know)

otherwise, I will have to wait for the dvd

[Beaverhausen]

20. This is a little ridiculous. Do you boycott bookstores that carry his books?

Hey, I hate Beck too but this 'event' is put on by Fathom Events which as someone already pointed out, show all sorts of events at movie theatres.

Doesn't do any good to boycott a certain theatre or chain because of this.

[niyad]

21. no, I call and complain about the crap being sold (amoung other things)

you can denigrate those standing up to this kind of insanity all you want, it really doesn't matter.

by the way, in case you haven't been following all of this, cinemark supports lovely little things like prop 8, and other assorted reichwing causes. reason enough to boycott them, don't you think?

it is fascinating to me to hear so many people supporting these chains, stating that they have no control over what is being shown in previews, as though they were helpless little victims. a pathetic commentary.

[gmoney]

22. This does sound a bit like Freepers boycotting Michael Moore

This is not even a regular movie booking, but rather, Beck/Fathom pay to RENT the theaters for one showing, and pay to run the promos before other movies. That's one reason the ticket price is something like $25, to cover the cost of the rental/ads.

Michael Moore at least gets his movies released the usual way and theaters choose to book the films. It could very well be that if they're afraid if they refuse to allow Beck/Fathom to rent the theaters, they'll get sued or at least publicly chastised for "censorship" and denial of Beck's First Amendment Rights, blah blah blah.

Supporting free speech means permitting even the crazy talk to be heard.