[MISP] 3 worthwhile articles,

 

courtesy of friend Michael Lamb, who might consider posting to this discussion list himself...

 

Meanwhile, I hope many of you saw ROMEO AND JULIET vs THE LIVING DEAD, premiering 2 weekends ago at the Guild, written and directed by Albq’s Ryan Denmark and Jason Whitter. It was hilarious, well-done, and featured many of Albq’s best actors. Those kids are goin’ somewhere!

 

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  In Hollywood, the Easy-Money Generation Toughens Up

By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES

New York Times Business and Finance, March 23^rd 2009

( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/business/media/23moguls.html?ref=business )

 

 

Scene Stealer - Who Threw the DVD From the Train? - NYTimes.com 3/22/09

...Business at the multiplex is going gangbusters. Ticket sales are up 14 percent this year over the same period in 2008, according to the tracking firm Media By Numbers. Attendance is up 12 percent after falling the last two years.

But according to studios, sales for some new-release DVDs are down a jaw-dropping 40 percent, hammered by the recession (see NYT interactive graphic http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/03/us/20090303_LEONHARDT.html?ref=business), a saturated market (on sale now: the complete ninth season of “Murder, She Wrote”) and a shift to Internet downloads.

At least for the moment, Hollywood is heading back to the days when the theatrical run of a film was actually important for more reasons than serving as a marketing platform for home video.

...Hollywood insiders recoiled at the Sony film “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” until it started printing money at the multiplex. So far, this screwball comedy, made for $26 million, has sold $138 million in tickets and is still playing.

Meanwhile: Movies, TV Shows Come Crashing Into Albuquerque  (By Dan Mayfield) Albuquerque Journal 3/22/09 "It's been a while since any major films announced they'll shoot in New Mexico, but it looks like the floodgates have opened."

 

 

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