Re: True Grit Was Only A Hit Because Paramount Rigged It
"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, pcg wrote: >> You mean like churches buying out entire theatres and then giving the >> tickets away as part of their evangelization, and then claiming that >> the big grosses for The Passion of the Christ demonstrate the >> widespread popularity of Mel Gibson's film? > > Heh. Yes. That's exactly what I mean. :) > > Didn't the same thing happen with at least the first Narnia movie? Hmmm, I don't recall hearing anything to that effect. It was certainly marketed to Christians in a big way, but I don't think it was treated as an evangelism opportunity the way that The Passion was. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot