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...idea that when you buy a Windows machine, you're going to have no idea what you're going to see and how it's going to operate--that can't make sense for consumers. That's like saying you have a product called TIME magazine, but one distributor gets to rip out ads, and another one rips out some articles and puts in new ones. You'd get uptight. You can't have a distribution channel that is allowed to make your brand meaningless...
Like the Synoptic Gospels, Dogma has a happy ending. Two, in fact. In the movie, God comes to earth, sets things right, then does a handstand. In the drama behind the film, Lions Gate, an independent distributor, opens Dogma this week after successful screenings at festivals in Cannes, Toronto and New York City. "Now we can put the rest of the stuff behind us and start fretting about the box office," Smith says. "I'm hoping that when people see the film, they'll say, 'Oh, it's not the movie that flips the bird at the church...
...films thrive on the rantings of slackers and dopeheads and revel in the insignificant struggles of everyday life. Given the plot and the ribaldry of Dogma, it's no wonder the Catholic League has--well, raised hell about its release. The organization was responsible for convincing Disney, the original distributor, to drop the movie, arguing that it was blasphemous and immoral. Smith, himself a practicing Catholic, assures that the film was made with the utmost respect, but every fan knows that irreverence is the hallmark of his Jersey flicks. Dogma, though not always pro-religion, is consistently pro-faith...
...this group that Omega Code galvanized. Starting a year before the film's release, TBN viewers were treated to occasional segments on its production; the segments aired nightly beginning in September. The message, says Susan Chaudoir of Omega's distributor, Providence Entertainment, was "You are helping us make this." In early August, the network ran an on-camera plea for volunteers to help promote the movie; the 2,000 respondents spread out into their neighborhoods and congregations with flyers and 100,000 posters. When theater owners agreed to put tickets on sale a month early, TBN aired videos of supporters...
...business decision, a political decision or a moral decision? Wal-Mart, the nation?s fifth largest distributor of pharmaceutical products -- and often the sole druggist in smaller communities -- has decided not to sell an FDA-approved medication. The drug is Preven, a prescription morning-after pill that prevents pregnancy. The company says it?s strictly a "business decision"; Planned Parenthood and others involved in the birth control and abortion debate aren?t so sure. They believe the company is reacting to pressure from pro-life groups, though the company denies...