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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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31 Dec 2005 11:04:30 PM |
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Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? |
'Brokeback' a Quiet Box Office Boon
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=051228&cat=news&st=newsd8epln1o1&src=ap
Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped
"Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the
film-flush holiday weekend.
The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between
two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with
$9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it
moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the
subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the
case.
Early numbers _ and early awards buzz _ establish the picture's staying
power, industry insiders say. "Brokeback" earned a leading seven Golden
Globe nominations.
"It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving,
competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period," said Jack Foley,
president of theatrical distribution for Focus Features. "It showed it
has breadth beyond the gay community."
Distributors planned to roll out the film slowly. It opened in just six
theaters, where it earned an "unprecedented" $109,000 per venue, said
Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations
Co. Inc.
The film expanded to 69 theaters the following week, then to 217 over
the holiday weekend, reaching suburban audiences in Portland, Dallas,
Denver and Atlanta.
The gradual release allows moviegoers to talk up the film's appeal,
Foley said.
And it seems to be working.
"This is a film that builds through word of mouth and critical
acclaim," Dergarabedian said. "People want to see what all the fuss is
about."
Response has been so robust that distributors are expanding the film's
rollout ahead of schedule. It will show on 269 screens this Friday, and
reach an additional 80 markets the following week, Foley said.
Still, he acknowledges that bringing a homosexual love story to the
Bible Belt presents its own set of challenges. Various Christian groups
voiced opposition to the film before its release.
Ted Baehr, who reviews films for the Christian Film & Television
Commission, called the film "abhorrent" and "twisted, laughable,
frustrating and boring neo-Marxist homosexual propaganda" in a review
on the Commission's MovieGuide Web site.
But based on the film's reception in Atlanta and Dallas, Foley said he
expects it will be well received in other markets.
"We're rolling it out ahead of schedule because the demand is there,"
he said.
Ever-building buzz can only help "Brokeback," Dergarabedian said.
"This film has so much buzz going for it and so much critical acclaim
going for it, it will transcend any limits the subject matter has
placed on it," he said. "If you want to be a well-informed viewer on
Oscar night, you should probably see this movie."
---
http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.rightard.org/ http://www.thedarkwind.org/
"SUVs don't burn down by themselves." -- Some Elf
"What? You're not dead yet? Man, I gotta get a bigger voodoo doll!" - Barb
"Someone give bush a ***** so we can finally impeach him" -- AVet4Peace
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| User: "Rev. Richard Skull" |
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| Title: Re: Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? |
01 Jan 2006 03:10:33 PM |
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<<But based on the film's reception in Atlanta and Dallas, Foley said
he
expects it will be well received in other markets. >>
Atlanta & Dallas!
Those two cities are the Queer capital of the World!
they make San fransico look like Milwalkee!
Why do you think so many Televangelist live in those two areas?
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| User: "Rev. Chain Smerker" |
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01 Jan 2006 02:56:34 AM |
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"Fredric L. Rice" <FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:11reojek93n4dc0@corp.supernews.com...
'Brokeback' a Quiet Box Office Boon
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=051228&cat=news&st=newsd8epln1o1&src=ap
Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped
"Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the
film-flush holiday weekend.
The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between
two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with
$9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it
moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the
subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the
case.
Early numbers _ and early awards buzz _ establish the picture's staying
power, industry insiders say. "Brokeback" earned a leading seven Golden
Globe nominations.
"It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving,
competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period," said Jack Foley,
president of theatrical distribution for Focus Features. "It showed it
has breadth beyond the gay community."
Distributors planned to roll out the film slowly. It opened in just six
theaters, where it earned an "unprecedented" $109,000 per venue, said
Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations
Co. Inc.
The film expanded to 69 theaters the following week, then to 217 over
the holiday weekend, reaching suburban audiences in Portland, Dallas,
Denver and Atlanta.
The gradual release allows moviegoers to talk up the film's appeal,
Foley said.
And it seems to be working.
"This is a film that builds through word of mouth and critical
acclaim," Dergarabedian said. "People want to see what all the fuss is
about."
Response has been so robust that distributors are expanding the film's
rollout ahead of schedule. It will show on 269 screens this Friday, and
reach an additional 80 markets the following week, Foley said.
Still, he acknowledges that bringing a homosexual love story to the
Bible Belt presents its own set of challenges. Various Christian groups
voiced opposition to the film before its release.
Ted Baehr, who reviews films for the Christian Film & Television
Commission, called the film "abhorrent" and "twisted, laughable,
frustrating and boring neo-Marxist homosexual propaganda" in a review
on the Commission's MovieGuide Web site.
But based on the film's reception in Atlanta and Dallas, Foley said he
expects it will be well received in other markets.
"We're rolling it out ahead of schedule because the demand is there,"
he said.
Ever-building buzz can only help "Brokeback," Dergarabedian said.
"This film has so much buzz going for it and so much critical acclaim
going for it, it will transcend any limits the subject matter has
placed on it," he said. "If you want to be a well-informed viewer on
Oscar night, you should probably see this movie."
---
http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.rightard.org/
http://www.thedarkwind.org/
"SUVs don't burn down by themselves." -- Some Elf
"What? You're not dead yet? Man, I gotta get a bigger voodoo doll!" - Barb
"Someone give bush a ***** so we can finally impeach him" -- AVet4Peace
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So Cartman was right? most arty films are about gay cowboys eating pudding,
well ill be....
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| User: "Rev. 11D Meow!" |
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01 Jan 2006 03:14:39 AM |
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"Rev. Chain Smerker" <michael@subgenius.con.com> wrote in message
news:6PMtf.162278$V7.35137@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
"Fredric L. Rice" <FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:11reojek93n4dc0@corp.supernews.com...
'Brokeback' a Quiet Box Office Boon
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=051228&cat=news&st=newsd8epln1o1&src=ap
Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped
"Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the
film-flush holiday weekend.
The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between
two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with
$9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it
moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the
subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the
case.
Early numbers _ and early awards buzz _ establish the picture's staying
power, industry insiders say. "Brokeback" earned a leading seven Golden
Globe nominations.
"It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving,
competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period," said Jack Foley,
president of theatrical distribution for Focus Features. "It showed it
has breadth beyond the gay community."
Distributors planned to roll out the film slowly. It opened in just six
theaters, where it earned an "unprecedented" $109,000 per venue, said
Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations
Co. Inc.
The film expanded to 69 theaters the following week, then to 217 over
the holiday weekend, reaching suburban audiences in Portland, Dallas,
Denver and Atlanta.
The gradual release allows moviegoers to talk up the film's appeal,
Foley said.
And it seems to be working.
"This is a film that builds through word of mouth and critical
acclaim," Dergarabedian said. "People want to see what all the fuss is
about."
Response has been so robust that distributors are expanding the film's
rollout ahead of schedule. It will show on 269 screens this Friday, and
reach an additional 80 markets the following week, Foley said.
Still, he acknowledges that bringing a homosexual love story to the
Bible Belt presents its own set of challenges. Various Christian groups
voiced opposition to the film before its release.
Ted Baehr, who reviews films for the Christian Film & Television
Commission, called the film "abhorrent" and "twisted, laughable,
frustrating and boring neo-Marxist homosexual propaganda" in a review
on the Commission's MovieGuide Web site.
But based on the film's reception in Atlanta and Dallas, Foley said he
expects it will be well received in other markets.
"We're rolling it out ahead of schedule because the demand is there,"
he said.
Ever-building buzz can only help "Brokeback," Dergarabedian said.
"This film has so much buzz going for it and so much critical acclaim
going for it, it will transcend any limits the subject matter has
placed on it," he said. "If you want to be a well-informed viewer on
Oscar night, you should probably see this movie."
---
http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.rightard.org/
http://www.thedarkwind.org/
"SUVs don't burn down by themselves." -- Some Elf
"What? You're not dead yet? Man, I gotta get a bigger voodoo doll!" -
Barb
"Someone give bush a ***** so we can finally impeach him" --
AVet4Peace
+
So Cartman was right? most arty films are about gay cowboys eating
pudding, well ill be....
blah blah blah
JESUS SUCKS MY FARTS!
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| User: "Rev. Richard Skull" |
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01 Jan 2006 03:06:56 PM |
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All those sheep out on the range?
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| User: "HellPope Huey" |
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01 Jan 2006 11:43:10 AM |
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Fredric L. Rice wrote:
'Brokeback' a Quiet Box Office Boon
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=051228&cat=news&st=newsd8epln1o1&src=ap
Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped
"Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the
film-flush holiday weekend.
So, is there a scene where they share a heifer and a stump? No biggie,
I simply wondered if they went whole-hog right away or if this is just
some fluffy set-up for the hardcore stuff to go mainstream on Fox and
finish the child-destroying process begun by Tracey Ulmann.
--
HellPope Huey
I get ribbed for everyone's pleasure,
but I'm a good sport about it, MOSTLY
"For a thousand years I wielded the power of the wish.
I brought ruin upon the heads of unfaithful men;
I offered destruction and chaos
for the pleasure of the lower beings.
I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe
and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High.
A mortal! A child! And I'm flunking math."
~ Anya, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
This place was built by idiots.
And rebuilt by SubGenii.
~ Gary G'Broagfran
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| User: "Doktor Dark" |
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| Title: Re: Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? |
01 Jan 2006 06:19:45 PM |
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Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
Don't let 'em ***** bumholes and go down for mouth fucks
Make 'em be gay doctors and queer lawyers and such
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
They'll never stay home and they've always got a bone
Even with some bum they love
gay cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
And they'd rather give you a dong then diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles off and old faded Levi's down each night begins
a new lay
And if you don't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probly just HIV away
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
Don't let 'em ***** sissies and dive for them old fucks
Make 'em be queer doctors and gay lawyers and such
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
They'll never stay home and their gerbils never alone
Even up someone they love
gay cowboys like stinky old poo rooms and queer mountain mornin's
Little warm gerbils and leather and boy-girls of the night
And them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sometimes won't know where to take him
He ain't wrong he's just different
but his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
Don't let 'em ***** bumholes and use their mouth for a *****
Make 'em be gay doctors and queer lawyers and such
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
They'll always stay homo and they'll ***** any mofo
Even give handjobs with no glove
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys
Don't let 'em ***** any arse on the range under the stars
Make 'em be AIDS doctors and gay rights lawyers and such
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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01 Jan 2006 03:52:11 PM |
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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 05:04:30 GMT, (Fredric L.
Rice) thought hard and wrote:
'Brokeback' a Quiet Box Office Boon
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=051228&cat=news&st=newsd8epln1o1&src=ap
Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped
"Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the
film-flush holiday weekend.
The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between
two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with
$9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it
moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the
subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the
case.
Ah, subtle insults. You have to love them.
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-Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 17 A.A. #2035
Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Geirr Tveitt are my Gods.
Head of EAC Denial Department and Madly Insane Scientist.
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