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Huge release day mess up over here in Brazil re ROTS

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Something I’m really hating now: this huge mess going on about Episode Three’s release date over here.

The thing is, the local distributor (local 20th century Fox) didn’t want to officially release a movie on a thursday, so they moved the released day to May 20th, a friday - therefore the midnight session would be midnight from May 19th to May 20th. BUT… all the promotional material released (including this huuge vader/yoda billboard near where I work) claims the release date IS May 19th, along with the rest of the world. Now, I’ve talked to two multiplex managers, and both had no idea what the date would be, although they confirmed the midnight session. The local distributor is now claiming BOTH dates, each date on each statement! Some newspapers say May 20th, others say May 19th… Because of this confusion, they are not selling tickets until May 9th, a date they belive they’ll have this whole mess sorted out… But I need the answer now, because some friends cannot go if it’s on a wednesday-to-thursday night…

Me I don’t care, I got all planed out, I won’t sleep after the movie, I’ll drive some people home, get to my own place, take a shower, get dressed and drive straight to work… and drink as much coffee as possible.

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Sounds like a good plan (yours, that is). If Ep III is as good as touted, you should be pretty wired at work.
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I'm seeing at midnight and going to Magic Mountain the next day for a school trip.

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

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I will probably see it the saturday after it is realeased. Then again, Star Wars is a rare enough occasion that my mother might take us out to see it Thursday.

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Why not go to a misnight session? It's the last one anyway, and you could always get some coffee the next morning...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Geez, Ric, that sucks. The confusion, that is. I'm surprised LFL hasn't stepped in and forced the decision.

I, too, will be dragging ass the next day at work. But it will be sooooooooooo worth it to see the film at midnight. Do you think theaters will be serving coffee at night?
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