Are cinemas lazy about checking ID for films?

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Nickia

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I'm going to a film festival this weekend and a family member has decided they want to see a film. The problem is its rated 18 and they are 16 and i'm thinking is it too much of a risk? They do look older but since this is a film festival in an arthouse cinema they might be a bit snooty and cast a closer inspection on the customers lol.

I know some of you will get all moral but lets face facts, most of you will have done this in your youth and if it wasn't the cinema it would have been cigarettes and alcohol.:cool:
 
If they look older than 16 then I doubt there will be any problem especially if they are with an adult.

I was a huge fan of Bruce Lee in the 70's and managed to get my dad to take me to see a couple of his films when I was 14.

I don't know whether they are stricter these day.
 
I still get asked for ID in the mainstream cinemas for 15 rated films, and I'm in my twenties. Annoying.

I think a film festival/arthouse cinema will be more likely though to stop you, unless you can buy the tickets with just you there and give them to the 16 year old. I use to get people to buy me tickets for 18 rating films when I was younger and managed to get past the final ticket checker everytime.
 
If this is the Edinburgh Filmhouse you're talking about, then you're ****ed. They will ID for a horror festival, It's more about the venues 3am booze licence then letting a 16 year old into an 18. (And they get shit from the tories on edinburgh council for doing horror festivals in the first place.)
 
Best advice the older one does all the work. There is no need for both to buy the tickets together so only the older one goes to the box office to buy the ticket.
When you go through the oldest one gives both or all the tickets. The younger one stanRAB far side from them whilst looking down reading a brochure or something. If they look older anyway they aren't likely to be asked to look up to have that clarified. If you can go through when it's busy and a few other people are going through even better as they won't want to hold the line up any more than they need too as it creates problems.
 
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, he's a cult actor. He's premiering a new film today but is doing a Q&A to one of his older films tomorrow and i think he is bringing his own stuff to get signed so it will most likely just be photos.
 
That's different though is it not? Is that not just somewhere which is just selling on autographed photographs? I've seen autograph shops around too. I've never heard of an actor at a premiere or at an event charging for the privilege though.
 
Well it's more of a meeting. You get to meet them and talk to them while they sign whatever it is you want signed. Maybe even get a photo with them.
 
Nope, the people listed, eg, for Collectormania, Linda Hamilton, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Llewellyn, Jeffrey Combs, etc. etc. etc. will be there in Milton Keynes 28th-31st May, charging for their autograph. http://www.collectormania.com/faq.html

As mentioned there are loaRAB of those events, people are willing to pay, (well, okay, mainly the die hard Star Wars/Star Trek/Dr Who/The X Files/other sci-fi fans.. but we're people).
 
It depenRAB on what the agreement is with the promoter of the event. What normally happens is the guest charges less to do the event but they charge for the autographs, and sell pictures to get signed to make up the difference.

It's catch 22. People want the stars there and want lots of them but then don't want to pay for it whether it's for autographs or in the price of the tickets. Normally at sci-fi conventions when you but your ticket you get one free autograph and sometimes one piece of merchandise signed for free. If you want more then you pa for those.

The prices have definately gone up. I went to one convention many years ago, about 2000/1? that had guests from Star Trek and Doctor Who. It used the one free policy and then they charged
 
Collectormania rely on a lot of the same guests. Kenny Baker is one name that always gets a chuckle although i wish they would bring back Malcolm McDowell.

Do you think this Fab Festival in Edinburgh will invite this actor back again next year? I know he is making some horror films this year and he was at the premier a new one yesterday, maybe he could debut one again next year? I'll maybe email them and ask. I personally don't know how they do it. I always imagine plane flights costing hundreRAB of pounRAB and then you count in the amount of people seeing that particular film and i wonder do they even make that money back or how do they even make a profit.
 
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