We had booked in Atonement for the current week. On Friday about Noon I got a phone call at home from our booking office. They wanted to know why our website said we didn't have any shows on Saturday. I told them we had gotten bumped for the Vagina Monologues.
Apparently Westmount was still playing Atonement and complained, they probably weren't happy to begin with that were playing the same film as them. The distributor Alliance wasn't too happy not to have the whole weekend. I told them we do most of our business on Friday, Tuesday, Wed and Thurs and Saturday is relatively quiet.
Alliance pulled the film and wouldn't let us play it. We ended up playing Enchanted for both shows all week.
I've always tried to avoid getting bumped for various other events, especially on certain nights. The Monologues the last couple years took over a Sunday night which I wasn't too worried about. Hopefully this whole situation will be a good argument against getting bumped in the future. Probably not for the Monologues, the Saturday night show was really busy so I imagine they'll want to do it again next year.
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Hi James,
Know if Atonement will be back?
And do you know what the likelihood is of Juno, No Country and Blood to come to Western Film in the coming weeks? Are they just hopefuls or are they pretty certain?
Thanks :)
Atonement will be back, probably about the middle of March. Juno, No Country and There will be Blood will all play at some point. It might get tight as to when. Fox is going to want both shows each night the week Juno plays. Blood is so long it will probably be the only movie that plays that week. I'm hoping to get all these films played before exams start.
I was looking forward to Atonement but would rather wait for it to come to Western Film before going to Westmount.
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