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Movie: A big weekend for Alice? Or a disaster?
Member Since: 10/21/2005
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A big weekend for Alice? Or a disaster?
I pre-ordered 7 IMAX tickets. I'm really excited. Johnny Depp is gonna burn all yo' favs in this film.
This will be my 3rd favourite movie of all time, I can feel it now 
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Member Since: 12/29/2009
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Apparently it's gona flop cos some cinemas aren't playing it 
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Member Since: 5/7/2009
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 they aint playing it
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Member Since: 7/17/2009
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Originally posted by Skeleton Boy
Apparently it's gona flop cos some cinemas aren't playing it |
That's all to do with the feud between disney n the cinemas to do with th dvd release date.
But I am verrry exciting for this. It has an amazing cast who I love and Tim Burton is epic.
 Can't wait.
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Member Since: 9/28/2009
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It's not getting shown in some cinemas.
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Member Since: 12/29/2009
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Alice in Wonderland was always my favourite Disney film.
It better not be ruined.
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Alice is my favorite Disney story. So, yeah.
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Member Since: 9/24/2008
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Originally posted by Skeleton Boy
Apparently it's gona flop cos some cinemas aren't playing it |
Odeon aren't showing it so it's going to flop here  Odeon are the biggest Cinema chain in the UK, Alice could have been huge here seeing as it is an English creation. I don't see why Disney are being so stubborn about this, they should just wait 16 weeks to release the DVD
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Member Since: 11/10/2009
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Iffy about it. I love Alice in Wonderland, but I haven't liked Tim Burton since The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Member Since: 2/20/2009
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Originally posted by Celestial
Odeon aren't showing it so it's going to flop here Odeon are the biggest Cinema chain in the UK, Alice could have been huge here seeing as it is an English creation. I don't see why Disney are being so stubborn about this, they should just wait 16 weeks to release the DVD |
Odeon put their foot down? They really aren't showing it? 
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Member Since: 9/24/2008
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Alice in Wonderland will not be shown in Odeon cinemas
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Tim Burton's new film version of Alice in Wonderland will not be screened at Odeon cinemas in the UK, Ireland and Italy, the cinema chain has confirmed.
The move is in response to the Disney studio's plan to reduce the period in which it can only be shown in cinemas.
Disney said the plan, which would allow it to release the film on DVD at the end of May, was an isolated one-off.
But Odeon claimed it would "set a new benchmark, leading to a 12-week window becoming rapidly standard".
Cineworld cinemas will show the movie, however, after reaching an independent agreement with the Disney studio.
The Vue chain is also understood to have reached an agreement with Disney, details of which are due to be announced shortly.
Odeon's decision will not affect the film's Royal premiere on Thursday, which is coincidentally set to take place at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London.
Tim Burton talks about his experimentation with his latest film, Alice in Wonderland
Nor will it affect its plans to show the film in Spain, Germany, Portugal and Austria - territories where Disney intends to observe the normal DVD release window.
Starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland sees the novel's heroine return as a teenager to the magical kingdom for more surreal adventures.
Inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll, the film also stars Helen Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and Britain's Matt Lucas.
The Odeon & UCI Cinema Group is Britain's largest cinema chain with more than 100 sites nationwide. Cineworld and Vue are the second and third biggest.
Together they represent just under two-thirds of all cinema screens in the UK.
'Need for exceptions'
It is the amount of time that separates a film coming out in cinemas and its release on DVD that is at the centre in this dispute.
In the UK, the window for theatrical release is 17 weeks. In the case of Alice in Wonderland, Disney wants to reduce that to 12 in order to boost its DVD sales.
TOP FIVE UK AND IRELAND CINEMA CHAINS
Odeon - 107 sites/834 screens
Cineworld - 74 sites/758 screens
Vue - 63 sites/608 screens
National Amusements - 21 sites/274 screens
Ward Anderson - 24 sites/206 screens
Source: UK Film Council
Bob Chapek, Disney's president of distribution, has said the company remains "committed" to theatrical windows.
However, he believes there is a "need for exceptions to accommodate a shortened time-frame on a case-by-case basis."
Odeon, though, believes such a move will damage not just its business but that of all cinemas in the UK.
"The negative impact on cinema attendance that such a reduction in the window will have will threaten the continued existence of many cinemas, especially the smaller and medium-sized cinemas."
Odeon also highlights the additional costs the chain has incurred making its screens suitable for 3D movies.
"Odeon/UCI has invested considerable sums of money, especially in the UK, over the past 12 months to install digital projection systems in its cinemas," it said.
Opposition
"The proposed reduction in the window on a high-profile 3D title like Alice in Wonderland undermines the investment made."
Disney also faces opposition in Belgium, the Netherlands and the US over its plans for this title.
Anne Hathaway in Alice in Wonderland
Anne Hathaway co-stars in the film alongside Johnny Depp
It is not the first time, however, it has attempted to make overtures in this area.
Last year, the company attempted to reduce the theatrical window of Up, the hit Pixar movie named best animated feature at the Baftas on Sunday.
In that instance it dropped its plans after UK exhibitors threatened not to screen another of its titles, A Christmas Carol, later in the year.
Neither is Disney the only studio to have faced opposition over theatrical exclusivity from UK cinema chains.
In 2007, Odeon and Vue removed Ben Stiller comedy Night at the Museum from their cinemas after 20th Century Fox shortened its theatrical window to 13 weeks.
The Cinema Exhibitors' Association, the body representing the interests of around 90% of UK cinema operators, has not commented on this latest case.
Speaking "in general terms", though, it said it "strongly" supported the maintenance of "a clear and exclusive window between a film's theatrical release and its release on other platforms".
"The CEA believes maintenance of the window will ensure that audiences continue to enjoy the widest possible range of films in their intended environment, the cinema theatre."
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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^^^^ :0
odeon are the only cinema that are near me ... "/
i was planning on going watching it wednesday after its released for orange wednesdays ... we were gonna go to pizza hut and everything 
BAD TYMES!
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Member Since: 7/17/2009
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What a messs with Odeon  Im glad they have come to an arrangement with the others though but it's totally gonna affect the grosee greatly.
Least they still havin the usual Odeon Premiere.
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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i dont get it, can i watch it at the odean cinema (in trafford centre) or not ???
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Member Since: 7/17/2009
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^No.....it wont be showing it. I love that cinema
They are probs only having the premiere there because it has been arranged for months.
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Member Since: 7/14/2009
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I can't wait to see it. Johnny Depp is the main reason why me and my mom want to see it.
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Member Since: 11/22/2004
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I'm just gonna rent it. I was never really into Alice in Wonderland, and the only reason i would watch it is for Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Carter.
Besides, if Disney plans on releasing it on DVD at the end of May, I may as well just wait.
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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The end of May? Wowwww, that's out for two months, damn. Didn't Paranormal Activity get released that soon too? This is gonna battle that movie for soonest release ever!
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Member Since: 11/11/2009
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Eh. I would have preffered the horror version of 'Alice' with Sarah Michelle Gellar over this emofest.
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Member Since: 9/24/2008
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Originally posted by dianasguy
I'm just gonna rent it. I was never really into Alice in Wonderland, and the only reason i would watch it is for Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Carter.
Besides, if Disney plans on releasing it on DVD at the end of May, I may as well just wait.
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That's why it is getting boycotted by UK cinemas, they feel that they will lose business if films start to come out after a shorter period of time, more people will just wait for the DVD release rather than going to see it in the cinema.
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