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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/25/2008

Disney angers theater owners with 'Bolt' stunt

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — When my colleague John Horn took his two young boys to see a matinee showing of Disney's... "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" in Pasadena the other day, he was in for quite a surprise. It wasn't enough that Disney got to promote... (more) Disney angers theater owners with 'Bolt' stunt

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apple.com - 10/19/2008

Movie Trailers - Bolt

— apple.com — For super-dog BOLT (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue -... at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he ... (more) Movie Trailers - Bolt

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weblogs.variety.com - 10/28/2008

Oscar Watch: Wall-E, Dark Knight Launch Campaigns

— weblogs.variety.com — Oscar season is under way. How do I know? Well, Paramount Vantage has published its Academy screening... schedule and is pushing hard for The Duchess, Defiance and Revolutionary Road. You'd never know that the label had been slashed within an inch of ... (more) Oscar Watch: Wall-E, Dark Knight Launch Campaigns

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Bolt promo annoys theatre owners
FilmChat — ... on the DVD for Shrek 2 (2004) -- but I can't recall seeing anything quite like this on the big screen before. The nearest thing to a precedent that comes to mind is the original teaser for WALL·E, which featured talking-head footage of director Andrew Stanton -- but only offered the briefest of glimpses of actual footage from the actual film. Anyway, apparently I am not the only person who finds the Bolt promo a little unusual. John Horn and Patrick Goldstein, both writing for the Los Angeles ...

Slapping At Bolt
The Hot Blog — ... John Horn had an interesting story yesterday about Disney attaching a 6 minute Bolt preview/EPK to Beverly Hills Chihuahua and getting some pushback from exhibitors... though apparently not enough pushback to make it a story before Horn saw the segment in a theater with his kids and asking questions. (Ironically, this blog-like bit of reporting-after-personal-experience was exposed by BFF Patrick Goldstein in ...

Disney honks off theater owners with Bolt preview
Movie Marketing Madness — ... Owners pushed back at Disney over a six-minute clip of their upcoming animated feature Bolt the studio attached to Beverly Hills Chihuahua when it opened a couple weeks ago. While Disney thought the clip was more of the “featurette” variety, theater owners saw it as simply a promotional play. ...