Posted by Alpha on 01/16/72 11:48

"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody wrote:
>
>> In article <1148580117.251977.290540@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>> "Harkness" <caliban43@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>And in 2006, Lucas decided to fuck his fans again, with the non
>>>anamophic release of Star Wars and its sequels in their original form.
>>>
>>>Of course, George's fans were asking for it.
>>
>>
>> Geez, the first reply in this topic is some idiot whiner. :-(
>
> Well, I WAS going to nostalgically rhapsodize how, prior to 1977, Memorial
> Day was considered the "kiss of death" weekend for movies (well, everyone
> would be barbecuing at the beach, wouldn't they?), and Fox originally let
> Lucas have his bottle and dump the movie in a weekend where "no one would
> notice", so that they could concentrate on their big June studio opening
> for "Other Side of Midnight", but...times and current headlines must take
> precedence.
>
> Derek Janssen
> ejanss@comcast.net

The release was interesting around here. No, and I mean no publicity. But
at the national opening day, somehow word was out, and lines were around the
block.

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