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From: ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly)
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Subject: Re: Strange Preview Practices
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 23:34:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 23:34:21 1985
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> In article <3254@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> trudel@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jon) writes:
> 
> >Well, I live in NJ, and I find that I discriminate heavily when it comes
> >to moviegoing.  Within 15 minutes of New Brunswick, I can think of at least
> >twenty-count 'em-twenty movie screens.  There are a lot of movies to choose 
> >from, and I can bet that advertising for a movie will be quite extensive 
> >due to this large amount.  One other thing of note is that in the theatres,
> >they also show a lot of minute-long+ previews.  Is this true elsewhere too?
> 
> One thing that's started around here is the practice of running COMMERCIALS
> with the previews!  I mean commercials just like on the small screen!
> 
> Has this obnoxious practice appeared elsewhere?
> 
> C Wingate  umcp-cs!mangoe  (here is C.P., Md.)

The last ( and it was the last ) time I went to a movie here in
Davis, I paid $5.00 to watch 10 minutes of commercials and previews
that finished up with a pitch for the 'Will Rogers Institute' (which
I am sure is a place worthy of donations) and 2 ushers with hats for
donations walking through the aisles.  Then, they had the nerve to
show "Mad Max ..." on a screen with a giant scratch in the middle
and lousy sound.  Boy, was I ticked! But this isn't New Brunswick,
so we only have 3 screens within 15 minutes, and the same people
own all of them.

Maybe I will move back to Perth Amboy after all.

		- Brian Reilly

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