A lot of the time the studio tells us which trailers to program with their movies. Ferinstance Fox might position a 20th Century blockbuster trailer in front of a Fox Searchlight title.
Don't the trailers actually come attached to the films sometimes? I learned that at one point and then forgot and re-learned it when I complained about the trailer that was shown before
Waitress
. It was for that movie about the disturbed little kid who, the trailer implies, kills his family dog and tries to kill his infant sibling. It was incredibly graphic and disturbing and so very inappropriate in my mind considering the type of movie that
Waitress
is and the fact that its filmmaker was murdered.
Anyway, the movie theatre (independtly owned by a very responsive owner) couldn't do anything about what trailer was shown with the movie because the distributor sends them attached.
Sometimes trailers come attached and sometimes they come in the can. Usually they are shipped direct from the studio with a little note saying, "please program this trailer on "x" film." We almost always play the trailers that are attached but it is possible to remove them and put different ones on. Also, the studio sends out trailer checkers to watch the start of every film and make sure that the trailers that are shown are the ones that were agreed upon by the film buyer and the studio.
So I finally saw
300.
It had some cool fight scenes! And then 90 minutes of other stuff.
I like the
Across the Universe
trailer. It is awesomely trippy. And I have an Evan Rachel Wood problem (in a good way) despite her disturbing personal life choices. I am sad to hear that the movie was thiefed from its director and I hope it does not suck.
The Sentinel was filmed in my neighborhood!
I see that movie, and all I can think is, "that gateway to Hell is landmarked! You can't destroy it! You have to restore it to its original condition!"
Nightbreed!
Not sure remaking it would make me like it more. Its very much of its timeness aside, I loved it.
edited to try some punctuation...on a lark.
Nightbreed!
Not sure remaking it would make me like it more. Its very much of its timeness aside, I loved it.
Hey, me too! I actually saw that in the theater. The ending was way too "let's set up the sequel" (that never came), but I really like a lot of the movie.
I have a question for the movie peeps - I just watched Night at the Museum, and Owen Wilson had a fairly talky role, but he's uncredited. What would be reasons for that? Just curious.
Cute movie.
What would be reasons for that?
It was supposed to be a cameo done just because he's friends with Ben Stiller. The test audiences liked the wee cowboy so much the PTB went back to the cutting room floor and made it a bigger role.
