The Interview

tuffenuff2

tuffenuff2

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In case anyone is interested it is playing at the movie theater in Brandywine crossing- xscape14 starting tomorrow.
 
Freefaller

Freefaller

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They Hype around this movie has got to be the biggest coup in free advertising that SONY has ever pulled off!
 
calvcopf

calvcopf

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Freefaller said:
They Hype around this movie has got to be the biggest coup in free advertising that SONY has ever pulled off!
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True! They will make a killing from all the hype, especially selling it online. The online sales are in direct competition with the theaters that are choosing to air it on Christmas day. I can't recall being able to buy a movie online as soon as it hits the theatres.
Nothing says Merry Christmas like a comedy about an assassination.:sarcasm:

Instead, I will enjoy some Christmas classics on TV and eat too many cookies!
Merry Christmas y'all!
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steppinthrax

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I already watched it. It's ####. It would been much better if they did a fictional drama of the assassination of Kim Jung-Un. I'm surprised this movie "might have" gotten sony hacked.
 
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BernieP

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Now showing in North Korea for free. Yes, you heard me correctly.

South Korean Activist To Launch Balloons Carrying 'The Interview' Into North Korea

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/31/the-interview-north-korea-balloons_n_6400028.html

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activist said Wednesday that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony's "The Interview" toward North Korea to try to break down a personality cult built around dictator Kim Jong Un.

The comedy depicting an assassination attempt on Kim is at the center of tension between North Korea and the U.S., with Washington blaming Pyongyang for crippling hacking attacks on Sony Entertainment. Pyongyang denies that and has vowed to retaliate.

Activist Park Sang-hak said he will start dropping 100,000 DVDs and USBs with the movie by balloon in North Korea as early as late January. Park, a North Korean defector, said he's partnering with the U.S.-based non-profit Human Rights Foundation, which is financing the making of the DVDs and USB memory sticks of the movie with Korean subtitles.

Park said foundation officials plan to visit South Korea around Jan. 20 to hand over the DVDs and USBs, and that he and the officials will then try to float the first batch of the balloons if weather conditions allow.

"North Korea's absolute leadership will crumble if the idolization of leader Kim breaks down," Park said by telephone.

If carried out, the move was expected to enrage North Korea, which expressed anger over the movie. In October, the country opened fire at giant balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets floated across the border by South Korean activists, trigging an exchange of gunfire with South Korean troops.

But it is not clear how effective the plan will be, as only a small number of ordinary North Korean citizens are believed to own computers or DVD players. Many North Koreans would not probably risk watching the movie as they know they would get into trouble if caught. Owning a computer requires permission from the government and costs as much as three months' salary for the average worker, according to South Korean analysts.

Not everyone supports sending balloons into the North, with liberals and border town residents in South Korea urging the activists to stop. North Korea has long demanded that South Korea stop the activists, but Seoul refuses, citing freedom of speech.

Park said the ballooning will be done clandestinely, with the pace picking up in March when he expects the wind direction to become more favorable.

Calls to the Human Rights Foundation on Wednesday were not immediately answered. The foundation says on its website that it works with North Korean defectors to use hydrogen balloons to send material across the border, as well as smuggling items through China and broadcasting radio transmissions to reach those who own illegal short wave radios.
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More people in North Korea might watch the movie than in the US.
 
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