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I enjoyed the Washington Post's op-ed on Washington's continued second-tier status in Hollywood's movie release schedule. I spent last Monday utterly frustrated by Fandango, which wouldn't show me any December 9 showtimes for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". It took me an embarrassingly long period of time to realize the premier date was only for LA and New York. And yet I can't imagine there's any market in the country with a greater per capita interest in spycraft and the Cold War.

Ditto my disappointment with the delayed release of "The Iron Lady." With the greatest respect, I can't imagine most New Yorkers or Los Angelenos are able to pick Margret Thatcher out of a line up, let alone get excited about her bio pic.

In other vaguely Washington-related entertainment news, Entertainment Weekly published an article on Experian-Simmons's annual research survey on entertainment preferences based on political orientation. Other than the bizarre polarizing effect of Swamp Loggers, the most interesting thing, in my opinion, is the large number of basic cable programs on each side's most-viewed list. If the broadcast networks aren't worried, they should be.

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[neadods.livejournal.com]

I shall always remember with fondness watching The Hunt for Red October in a DC theater. You could tell which agency everyone in the audience worked for by how they reacted to different parts.

[goldiebug.livejournal.com]

oh wow, that's fascinating! (your comment as well as the general post about no political movies in DC) I never thought about that, since none of those arty LA/NY movies ever makes it to the Cleveland area first. I'm used to it. But it doesn't make sense for a political thriller not to premiere in DC every time!

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

The op-ed makes the argues that, with the number of film prints no longer being as big an issue, the original reason for delaying premiers throughout the country is no longer valid, and with the advent of the internet, most of us are consuming the same media at the same time, so we no longer need to wait for a buzz in NY or LA to convince people in Washington or Cleveland to see the film. I think that's pretty reasonable--trends are almost instantaneous now, and we have the capability to take part in a simultaneous cultural conversation. The only reason I can think of to keep the old system is coastal snobbery.

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

The unexpected chuckling from some corners must have been amusing. :D

[mrwubbles.livejournal.com]

You know, even if it was just limited at first to NY and LA, there were barely places in NYC showing it and not enough hype for it that when wheedling buds, they all just went "Huh?" re: Tinker, Tinker. But come on, Oldman, Firth, Cumberbatch?!

I do hope they do well. I have to say, there's been a trend in Fandango to not have a great listing system although that's partially the theaters' fault too. Still trying to figure out where the heck Sherlock is showing because I seriously doubt it's just showing in 3 theaters in Manhattan!

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

they all just went "Huh?"

Nooooo! Do we need to make it double-feature Thursday?

there's been a trend in Fandango to not have a great listing system although that's partially the theaters' fault too

Been seeing the same thing. It's weird that more theatres don't want to put their times up well in advance. I'm a woman with money, and I'm going to spend it somewhere. Don't you want it to be at your theatre?

[goldiebug.livejournal.com]

oh don't get me started on how annoying Fandango and the other online movie listing sites are! (takes deep breath before exploding in rage) Half the time when I look up a movie on yahoo listings it will only show me LA for a movie I KNOW IS LOCAL. The "choose a theater' option is wacked. The menus are confusing and you can never look things up more than a day or two in advance, for some; yet for others, you can get a week ahead of time. HUH? It doesn't seem to be tied to specific theater chains, sometimes Cinemark gives times ahead and sometimes not, same for regal, etc. It's enough to drive a poor girl back to the untechy newspaper...

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