The Interview | Limited Release on December 25, 2014

[Jandrew]

Wait so does this mean Team America is getting taken off Netflix? It's in my list, but I have no desire to watch at the moment. Hurry people! Give me desire!

[Dementeleus]

This is pretty wild. Some activists are planning on dropping DVDs of THE INTERVIEW into North Korea via balloons -- they already do this with a variety of other items, from bootleg DVDs of other movies to radios, pop culture stuff, etc.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-hack-activists-drop-interview-758529

Edited December 18, 2014 by Telemachos

[TServo2049]

That means they must have access to a leaked screener copy of the movie, no?

[Jack Nevada]

This is easily the most bullshit movie-related thing in my lifetime. Not even VOD? They're just going to bury this thing like The Day the fucking Clown Cried?

[ChD]

They might've scratched the plans for now, but I still see it getting released sometimes later on.

[CoolioD1]

This is easily the most bullshit movie-related thing in my lifetime. Not even VOD? They're just going to bury this thing like The Day the fucking Clown Cried?

I guess they wouldn't get the insurance money if they put it on vod.

[Alpha]

This will definitely be released when North Korea can't do anything about it., so expect a theatrical or VOD release within the next year.

[Deep Wang]

Yeah, it's gonna get released at some point.  If they do anything with it now, it will just dampen what could be a big get later on with all the controversy. 

[lilmac]

A movie thread got moved back to On The Lot.  That's hilarious.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Wait so does this mean Team America is getting taken off Netflix? It's in my list, but I have no desire to watch at the moment. Hurry people! Give me desire!

It is great comedy and intelligent written. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

This will definitely be released when North Korea can't do anything about it., so expect a theatrical or VOD release within the next year.

Not if there insurance covers the lost. VOD will never reach over 40m. 

[grim22]

This is pretty wild. Some activists are planning on dropping DVDs of THE INTERVIEW into North Korea via balloons -- they already do this with a variety of other items, from bootleg DVDs of other movies to radios, pop culture stuff, etc.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-hack-activists-drop-interview-758529

 

Do they have DVD players in North Korea that can be used by the general public to actually watch the movie?

[Dementeleus]

Do they have DVD players in North Korea that can be used by the general public to actually watch the movie?

 

At least for some -- apparently bootleg Schwarzenegger & Stallone movies are popular, and the article mentions people being influenced by Titanic.

[grim22]

The Czech Republic's response in 2004: http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2005%2f2%2f5%2flatest%2f21181NorthKore&sec=latest

 

North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police'' be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation, a report said Saturday.
 

North Korean diplomats issued their protest to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, saying the film ridicules North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the Lidove Noviny daily said.
 

The film, by "South Park'' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, uses a cast of puppets _ including one of Kim _ to poke fun at the U.S. war on terror. The team of marionettes fights terrorism, reducing world capitals to rubble along the way, in their quest to keep Kim from destroying the world.
 

"It harms the image of our country,'' the newspaper quoted a North Korean diplomat as saying. "Such behavior is not part of our country's political culture. Therefore, we want the film to be banned.''
 

The Czech Foreign Ministy said the film would not be banned in the Czech Republic.
 

"We told them it's an unrealistic wish,'' ministry spokesman Vit Kolar was quoted as saying. "Obviously, it's absurd to demand that in a democratic country.''

 

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This being in On the Lot depresses me greatly

[TServo2049]

North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police'' be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation[...]

The Czech Foreign Ministry said the film would not be banned in the Czech Republic.

"We told them it's an unrealistic wish,'' ministry spokesman Vit Kolar was quoted as saying. "Obviously, it's absurd to demand that in a democratic country.''

Edited December 18, 2014 by TServo2049

[DeeCee]

Clearly the mods have succumbed to North Korean pressure by moving the thread here.

 

It's a sad day for box office forums everywhere.

 

#moveitback

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[Dementeleus]

Clearly the mods have succumbed to North Korean pressure by moving the thread here.

 

It's a sad day for box office forums everywhere.

 

#moveitback

 

We wish to make it known that His Amazingness Kim Jong-Un managed to predict TF4's OW down to the penny. He also predicted the exact amount that Paramount fudged.

[DAR]

The Czech Republic's response in 2004: http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2005%2f2%2f5%2flatest%2f21181NorthKore&sec=latest

 

Funny you know what I though harms North Korea's image is the killing and starving of  their own people

Edited December 18, 2014 by DAR