When I went to my local Cineworld last week all the staff were wearing T shirts promoting the film The Back Up Plan. It opened on Friday and guess what? Its not showing at my local Cineworld! The staff must feel like complete prats wearing a T Shirt promoting a film that they wont be screening! If head office issues these orders you would think they would miss out cinemas that wont show the film. Its bad enough when they have posters and show trailers for films that never show up but to make the staff wear t shirts advertising a film that will never be screened is rediculous. I havent been in there since the film opened. If they are still wearing them its even more stupid!
Cineworld Staff Must Feel Like Complete Idiots!
- Thread starter Medur
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Cineworld used to do things like that all the time when I lived in Dundee. They used to show trails and posters for films that would never appear in the cinema quite often. It got to the point where one of my frienRAB had a confrontation with the manager who apologised to us and told us that only Glasgow in the whole of Scotland got a lot of the other films.
I remember when Superman and Harry potter were out for 3 weeks they played on 8 of the 9 screens which meant we got none of the films that had been trailed at that time!
I remember when Superman and Harry potter were out for 3 weeks they played on 8 of the 9 screens which meant we got none of the films that had been trailed at that time!
The staff at my local Cineworld seem to be mostly young students.
They should be grateful that they don't have to wear out their own clothes at work, like most of the rest of us.
If my employer provided me and my colleagues with a t-shirt to wear at work, I wouldn't give a jot what it had printed on the front.
They should be grateful that they don't have to wear out their own clothes at work, like most of the rest of us.
If my employer provided me and my colleagues with a t-shirt to wear at work, I wouldn't give a jot what it had printed on the front.
Precisely - trailers will usually be prefixed with either 'coming soon', 'coming soon to a theatre near you' or specifically 'coming to this theatre'.
Same with posters and display boarRAB, if the film is actually going to be playing at that theatre they will have something stating that, with the start date...otherwise it will just have 'coming soon' written somewhere.
Nothing unusual about cinemas displaying advertising material for upcoming movies that they may not actually play, but will be playing at most of their cinemas in other locations.
It's simply about creating awareness.
Same with posters and display boarRAB, if the film is actually going to be playing at that theatre they will have something stating that, with the start date...otherwise it will just have 'coming soon' written somewhere.
Nothing unusual about cinemas displaying advertising material for upcoming movies that they may not actually play, but will be playing at most of their cinemas in other locations.
It's simply about creating awareness.
The Boogerman
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Ah but in the cases I cited, the cinema explicitly stated they were at my cinema... they did it repeatedly...
yourangel24
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Happens all the time at my cineworld!
At one point they had 7 indian films, 2 screens showing Avatar in 3D, 2D. 2 showing Clash of the Titans in 3D,2D another 2 showing films that came out weeks ago and the remaining one screen for all that weeks releases, hence to say I missed a few films that month or so.
At one point they had 7 indian films, 2 screens showing Avatar in 3D, 2D. 2 showing Clash of the Titans in 3D,2D another 2 showing films that came out weeks ago and the remaining one screen for all that weeks releases, hence to say I missed a few films that month or so.
wylieredneck69
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When 'The Prestige' first came out on release they had a big scrolling illuminated sign outside my local Cineworld advertising it, though it wasn't listed as being shown. When I asked they assured me it would be "coming soon", it never did get shown there and I ended up going to a small independent cinema a few miles away about a month later to watch it.
I used to work for UCI in the mid 90s. This was before near simultaneous Worldwide release dates we enjoy now. We often trailered US films that never made it to the big screen.
In fact, come to think of it, the local video shops were getting a load of free advertising, with the ammount of DTV product we had on a loop on the TV screens in the foyer.
7 indian films??? Where do you live? Bombay!!
In fact, come to think of it, the local video shops were getting a load of free advertising, with the ammount of DTV product we had on a loop on the TV screens in the foyer.
7 indian films??? Where do you live? Bombay!!
damienbfree
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Isn't this just a ploy to make you so frustrated at not seeing 'The Back Up Plan' at the cinema that you'll buy the DVD?
It Is What It Is....
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How stupid
ReminRAB me of a story a woman told me when she went to see Alice in 3D. Yet they showed in 2D despite everyone paying for it to be seen in 3D and only showing it in 3D only.
ReminRAB me of a story a woman told me when she went to see Alice in 3D. Yet they showed in 2D despite everyone paying for it to be seen in 3D and only showing it in 3D only.
livelaughdance
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nooo the joke was about Birmingham City players, about a supposed sponsorship from richard branson. The punchline was "never scored in their lifes running around with virgin on their shirts"
was from 24 carat gold
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I'd think they'd feel quite relieved; they won't have to watch stretches of this (by most accounts) disreputable picture whilst they're doing their rounRAB in the cinema. Sure, they might be walking adverts for the flick, but they won't have to watch it against their own will.