If you are like me and you didn't get a chance to see Ben Stein's controversial documentary before it was pulled from theaters due to a lawsuit brought by John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, you may have another chance in the coming months.
The trade paper Variety has reported that a judge has thrown out part of the suit over the use of the song "Imagine" in the film, citing that the song's inclusion was covered under fair use. This ruling may lift the restraining order against the film's rerelease in theaters, thereby freeing the production company to try to market the moderately successful film again.
There is no word on exactly if/when to expect "Expelled" back in theaters, but if it does get rereleased, there's word the producers may target large groups and offer tickets as low as $6 per person at certain screenings.
Sounds like an intelligent plan to me.
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LOL.
Translation: The film did so poorly (something like less than 10 people on average per theater on opening weekend in Canada) that the theaters won't show it unless they get guaranteed advance sales.
I guess the school bribery you guys tried before didn't work.
They like to harp about how "well" it did, but it did worse than average for opening weekend average per theater for documentaries, including political ones.
Seriously, just hurry up and release it on DVD. I'm not going to watch it in the theater, but I can be persuaded to watch a Creationist friend's DVD. I already spent the ticket money on Flock of Dodos, a much more balanced documentary on the same issue. Don't miss PBS's NOVA program Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial either, which is available for free on the PBS website. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html
Expelled was NEVER pulled from a theatre because of the Yoko suit. Not a single one.
Please do your homework next time.
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