Word: teaser
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...Julia Roberts (Duplicity) George Clooney (Michael Clayton), all of whom have starred in conspiracy dramas written or co-written by Tony Gilroy. They and their films appeal to adults - in box-office terms, the all-unimportant 25-to-80 demographic. The theatrical release of their films is just the teaser campaign for the real release: when they're available on Netflix...
...cinematic adventure than filmmakers do now, when they took an X rating (as the NC-17 was called then) to insure that their visions reached the screen - and when a film existed only in the version that was shown in theaters. Today, the theatrical release is often just a teaser for the "unrated" DVD, like a hardcover book that implicitly promises a smuttier paperback. It's as if, back in the '50s, the hardcover edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was censored, but the paperback had all the naughty bits. Wal-Mart won't sell NC-17 movies, but they...
Could the credit crunch get you out of paying that pesky divorce settlement? That's the teaser before London's Court of Appeal after Brian Myerson, a fund manager in the city, asked a panel of judges Wednesday to nix the $15.2 million agreement reached last March with his ex-wife Ingrid. The reason: turmoil in the markets has effectively wiped out his share of the couple's spoils. A ruling in Myerson's favor could see a tide of wealthy divorcees heading back to court in search of sweeter deals...
...TEASER GIRL IN HIGH HEELS...
...through the commercials and previews of coming attractions. There's a spot for--wait a minute--Booty Sweat, an energy drink from the rapper Alpa Chino. Then a trailer for Scorcher VI, a Rambovian sequel in which the Stallone figure closely resembles a bulked-up Ben Stiller. A teaser for The Fatties: Fart 2 seems awfully Eddie Murphy, with one comic playing multiple members of a morbidly obese family, yet the actor under all that latex could well be Jack Black. Finally, a preview for the art-house drama Satan's Alley, about medieval monks coping with their...