Are Movie Theaters Screwed?

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The AMC theater chain cut a deal with Universal last week, ending a months-long standoff over the future of film distribution. What does the deal mean for the moviegoing experience? Will more chains and more studios join in? Will we see more movies at home? Amanda and Sean break it all down (1:06), along with news about the star of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, the state of film festivals in 2020, and the new Seth Rogen HBO Max comedy 'An American Pickle' (32:55). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:07.0	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:08.8	And this is the big picture a conversation show about movies.
0:12.8	There is a lot of news about movies in the world right now but not so many movies.
0:16.4	It is officially August which means three things.
0:19.0	One, it is hot as hell outside.
0:20.7	My Lord.
0:21.7	Two, it's Amanda's birthday.
0:23.6	Happy birthday Amanda.
0:24.6	Oh, thank you Sean.
0:26.2	Three, it's a very bad time for movies.
0:28.7	And this year of course it's unusually bad thanks to COVID-19.
0:32.4	So Amanda, we have a lot to talk about on today's episode.
0:35.0	A lot about the state of the movie business and more specifically about where you didn't
0:40.3	spend your birthday which is in a movie theater because movie theaters are not open.
0:45.2	And it sort of feels like movie theaters are screwed.
0:48.4	We're going to talk a little bit about some of the decisions that AMC made last week
0:52.8	and the ramifications of that and maybe some of the financial decisions that AMC made
0:57.6	earlier today and what that means for the future of movies.
1:00.1	It's a very complicated time.
1:01.8	Can you help us understand just a little bit of what transpired last week between AMC and
1:06.1	Universal Studios?
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