Songs from "Brooklyn" to be heard in movie theatres nationwide

The "captive" part is right. Dear lord.

Brooklyn: Making the pre-show experience that much worse.

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Nevermind, I got confused by the 2 threads on this subject.

Updated On: 5/9/05 at 12:32 PM

wait i'm confused, the songs will be played before a movie starts? Which movies?

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I don't think they say which movies- it's not like a trailer reel that's attached to a certain film; it's the music that's played before the trailer reel. So it's attached to certain theaters rather than certain movies. Said theaters are in "major music markets," so I'm guessing the NYC area will be subject to this.

WOOOHOOO!
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THEM!!

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i agree that good music or not, this is an excellent marketing plan. people in movie theaters outside of NY won't know what you or I think about BKLYN and will just remember hearing the song before some movie. And the next time their in nyc and are looking for a show to see they'll recognize the name and will go see the show. or at least, i'm sure thats the theory behind it all. i mean, reaching over 26 million people... if even a quarter of those people make it to nyc and see the show...

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I have to agree... it is a great marketing ploy...It played prior to Kingdom Of Heaven last friday down here in miami... I went to see brooklyn with a friend of mine who was born and raised in Brooklyn (but not a "musical" person, if you will), while i followed the story well enough i feel she may have taken much more than i did out from the show, many of the references were lost on me... but then again i saw Dames at Sea and loved if for the satirical spoof it was and all she said was "i dunno it was like a small scale 42nd street" (oh well)...
In any case, i digress, this should be done with more musicals.. imagine if DRS were to reach theatre audiences on a large scale or even Dracula in its day ( i dont care what this board says about dracula, i loved it! I feel that if dracula had reached the populace on a larger scale via theatre (due it its very showy and movie like feel) it would have been much better off...just my 2 cents...

Updated On: 5/9/05 at 01:29 PM

Oh lord! Do you mean to tell me that there is a possibility I will get my eardrums blown out by the ear piercing shrieks of one Eden Espinosa while I'm calmly munching on my popcorn waiting for the main feature to start?!! That's enough to keep me away from the movies!!

Great idea! Hopefully they'll do this with more shows. Shame it has to start with Brooklyn. It just might HURT sales!

I dont know, I happened to enjoy Brooklyn...especially the music...not so much the lyrics but the music i thought was very good....much better than whats usually on the radio so....im happy for them!

I was at the Lowes Theatre in Pittsburgh and I suddenly heard Once Upon... playing in the background as I purchased my tickets!!!!!!!!!!!! This message board explains everything.