Sentences with phrase «of theater owners»

Almost two full decades before the explosion of effects - and gore - driven horror created in large part by the emergence of a viable VHS genre market, Lewis and his producing partner crafted careers out of servicing the more prurient interests of theater owners, who were eager to book cheap fare that could fill seats between Hollywood studio engagements.

«We believe that movies made for the cinema are different than movies made for home content,» says Fithian, the head of the theater owners» trade group.

Not exact matches

For the past year, they've been subleasing a 1,000 - square - foot space from the owners of the Thai restaurant in town, and now they have their sights on the theater.

Of course, the company still would have had to alert police, theater owners, and moviegoers to the risk.

He's currently the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures.

More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the movie business.»

Many filmgoers and theater owners said they supported the film in the name of free speech.

National Association of Theater Owners Vice President Patrick Corcoran declined to comment on Amazon's move but said the time between theatrical and home video release would play into theaters» decision on whether to take a particular film.

The owner of the mall, Simon Property Group, recently revealed plans to demolish the Sears store and replace it with several buildings, including a movie theater.

Other more narrow provisions include tax breaks for film and theater producers, NASCAR race track owners, manufacturers of electric motorcycles, commuters who use public transportation and teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.

National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ - NMS: NCMI)(«the Company» or «NCM»), the managing member and owner of 49.5 % of National CineMedia, LLC (NCM LLC), the operator of the largest in - theater digital media network in North America, today announced that Mark Segall and Renana Teperberg have been appointed to its board of directors.

The ordinance would have permitted any woman who felt degraded or victimized by a piece of pornographic literature or pornographic film to have a court injunction issued against the booksellers, theater owners, publishers and distributors to prevent the marketing of the offending material.

The owners of the Malverne Cinema say a planned expansion by a nearby theater could put them out of business, and last week they took their concerns to the state attorney general's office.

Pincus said the community board has decided to write a letter to Council Speaker Christine Quinn to expedite the process of changing the theater's legal purpose — if the building's owner files for a change of use.

The Council opposed the floor price, and the Real Estate Board of New York had argued it would have a negative impact on theater owners in market downturns.

The de Blasio administration scrapped a plan to make theater owners hand over a bigger slice of the profits from air - rights sales.

As content creators move to so - called «quad HD,» video with four times the resolution of today's high - definition video, the combination of higher contrast and higher resolution could make a commercial version of the researchers» technology appealing to theater owners, which in turn could smooth the way for the adoption of multiperspective 3 - D.

While his owners are away, Roddy the pet rat (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is planning to slip out of his gilded cage and go play with the action figures, dress - up dolls, plastic cars and theater - sized TV.

For those who don't know, CinemaCon is a convention where theater owners get a look at what the studios have to offer for the rest of the year, and where vendors can show new products for theaters to buy.

For attendees, highlights of this annual 4 day event, which celebrates the movie going experience and brings together theater owners and managers with movie studios, distributors and vendors and the latest technological innovations, was getting to experience live, in person, appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers in the business.

The festival controversy dividing audiences this year was between Netflix (which produced both Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories this year) and the professional association for movie theater owners, arguing over Netflix's refusal to open the two films in theaters as part of their «exclusive content» strategy.

MPAA and National Association of Theatre Owners ban Google Glass and other wearables in theaters

MPAA and National Association of Theatre Owners ban Google Glass and other wearables in theaters (Variety).

He sees the burgeoning trend of theaters selling monthly passes in an effort to bring people into theaters more often «should be a net - net» for filmmakers, noting that it has been a successful model in France, despite «resistance from our NATO allies,» he quipped, referring to the National Association of Theater Owners.

Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges.

For twenty - five out of twenty - six years in the third quarter of the 20th century, John Wayne was voted one of Hollywood's top ten money - making stars in Quigley's annual poll of movie theater owners.

Distributors and theater owners, however, can expect vastly different results from the upcoming weekend, when a host of broad family entertainment, popular names and Chinese - made franchise titles will compete fiercely for eyeballs — and perhaps cannibalize each other.

At the ongoing CinemaCon showcase for theater owners, Blum brought Curtis on stage during the Universal panel on Wednesday (April 25) to help unveil the first official teaser trailer for the highly anticipated film, which will be a direct sequel to John Carpenter's original Halloween, set 40 years after the events of the first film.

Over the end credits, the cast sings «In the Navy» music video style with members of the Village People in an apparent attempt to help theater owners clear the theaters more quickly.

When director Bill Condon mentioned in passing that his upcoming Beauty And The Beast would touch, very briefly, on the sexuality of Josh Gad's character — Gaston - admiring crony LeFou — he probably wasn't expecting to unite Russian politicians and Alabama - based theater owners in common homophobic cause.

The death of Sherman Torgan, owner and proprietor of the New Beverly Cinema, reminded me of an evening in 1993 when my friend Julia Sweeney and I met up with Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Laurence Tierney, Chris Penn, and Michael Madsen (I think that was the whole crew) at Insomnia (Beverly and Poinsettia, near El Coyote) and did «The Walk» down Beverly Blvd. to the theater, where those guys were going to do a Q&A with the audience after a showing of «Reservoir Dogs.»

Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman Tom Rothman assured theater owners Monday that his studio is dedicated to appealing to a range of audiences — from global franchises such as «Spider - Man» and «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» series to family films, action pics, comedies and even Quentin Tarantino's Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt film «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.»

The CinemaCon convention features massive presentations from each of the major studios, in addition to a few of the smaller ones, like Amazon, with sizzle reels and stars to wow the theater owners with what's coming up and why theaters should be excited about the fresh movies on the horizon.

The LEGO Movie is a prime example of why movie theater owners are right to complain about trailers.

While these people might be compelled to check out the concurrently - issued Blu - ray Disc's uncompressed soundtrack, the standard DVD mix is sure to delight the vast majority of home theater owners.

Blockbuster directors demand movies large enough to house their egos; the studios are in a state of near - constant panic (and theater owners even more so); genuine storytelling is migrating to television; a lengthy series of explosions translates seamlessly in Beijing or Rio de Janeiro; and on and on.

Doug Munny (James Gandolfini), the owner of the casino in Las Vegas where the two have had their own theater for a decade, insists the duo come up with new material.

And his pleasure in using familiar bit players such as Jesse White (here the owner of a theater chain) and Dick Miller and John Sayles (members of Citizens for Decent Entertainment) is palpable.

Given the demand, Disney put more onerous demands on some theater owners for «The Last Jedi,» including a higher percentage — 65 percent — of ticket sales.

Avatar (Fox), the top - grossing movie of all time, hits DVD and Blu - ray, albeit without the 3D glory that helped make it such a theatrical experience (no surprise here: Cameron waited a decade to the technology to catch up with his vision, he's certainly not going to put it through the primitive 3D processes available to most home theater owners today).

Mr. Spielberg and Sidney Sheinberg, the movie's producer, have joined theater owners to allow 10th - and 11th - grade students to watch the film, which tells the story of the German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who risked his fortune to save more than 1,100 Jewish workers during World War II.

She spoke with theater owners under threat of suicide bombers in Pakistan, museum curators who risked all to save Afghani cultural treasures, and television producers from Algeria who were nearly killed for presenting a popular program.

Last year, the event attracted an audience of more than 7,000 theater fans, pet owners and animal lovers.

Orlando in 1948 was a typical mid-Florida town - small but bustling.Car - clogged Orange Avenue sported a movie theater, a bank or two, rows of small shops - and enough drifters and town drunks to give city officials their own pint - sized headaches.Appliance store owner Marion «Al» Wiggins and four other Orlando businessmen decided something had to be done to get «derelicts» off the street.

Original Debut: Home to a fading vaudeville scene when it opened in 1913, the Imperial became a movie house in 1934 when it was leased to Léo - Ernest Ouimet (owner of the Ouimetoscope, the first movie theater in Canada).

Microsoft has big plans for this E3 as it could be one of their biggest ones this generation, with a huge theater showcase, along with a special FanFest, where eager Xbox One owners can get their hands on the latest upcoming games.

When the building later found itself in the hands of a new owner who did not see MOBA as a good fit, the museum established its main gallery in the Somerville movie theater.

In 2008, a group of activists, students and neighbors organized an occupation of Volturno theater in Rome to prevent its new private owners from transforming it into a bingo hall.

Kate, a mom of two young children, is a theater artist and is also the owner and director of Yoga Refuge.

It brought together city planners, private - sector land - use attorneys, developers, architects, and theater - industry owners to explore the impact of proposed zoning changes for New York's theater district.