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Trailerage
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:58:53 GMT
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(from www.infobeat.com)
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - For diehard "Star Wars" fans, a full-priced movie ticket is a small price to pay for an early glimpse of the upcoming prequel - even if it's only two minutes long. After word got out that Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox were "sneaking" the trailer of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" in 75 North American theaters Tuesday, attendance was up markedly. At the Mann Village in Westwood, Calif., about 500 people showed up for a showing of "The Siege." Nearly two-thirds walked out a
fter the trailer played, skipping the feature entirely. A handful came back later to see a second run of the trailer. ###
(It's like buying a set just for one piece and selling off the rest...)
-Tom McD.
tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com
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| ET - Entertainment Tonight - running the trailer in its entirety! CBS 19 Nov 98 --Todd (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Tom McDonald wrote: <snipped potentially copyrighted info> (...) I do that all the time. Mike Stanley does too... in fact he often makes money at it, and I have too, once in a while. I think you mean "giving away all the rest" or worse "throwing (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Trailerage
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| (...) More like buying Belville for the one useful part, and throwing the rest away... Steve (who is giving #5848, Family Yacht[1], to his wife for her b-day. And is already wondering how long it will be before he can skife the boat hull...) [1] (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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