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[sraun]

Would you believe http://www.newline.com doesn't have a mailing address listed?

Don't ask me why I'm up at 5AM - I've actually been up for nearly an hour, after being lying in bed not sleeping for an hour or so.

I finally gave up - I'm in the process of writing a nasty letter to New Line Cinema.

I was unable to find tickets to Trilogy Tuesday. The only pair that went up on ebay for the Minneapolis theater went over $300 in two days of a seven-day auction. I've been watching the squeeing about Trilogy Tuesday and RotK, and I am NOT HAPPY!

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

I can understand your frustration, but it's not New Line's fault. They don't run the theatres.

[sraun]

IMAO, this one is New Line's fault. They limited the number of prints available, and refused to release more in response to overwhelming customer demand. Then they made a press release that (by implication) denied any possibility of any kind of repeat of Trilogy Tuesday at any time in the future - the way I read it, it sounded like they were going to destroy all the Extended Edition prints after they were returned!

One showing at a single 400-seat theater for a 3 million person market? Maybe a 5-6 million person market when you consider the nearest alternatives are six hours away?

My local theater was limiting the number of tickets one person could buy - they sold out a 400-seat theater in 20 minutes anyway.