A bit of potentially good news from a journalist friend who covers the film business. She was told by a distributor that there was a decent chance that Brokeback Mountain could have a commercial release in Bombay and perhaps one or two other big cities if it did well at the Oscars.
Of course, there's no knowing what the censors will do to it, but considering they passed the unexpected gay kiss in The Guru with no problems, and also since the actual sex in Brokeback is apparently not too explicit, there's a decent chance it should have no problems. When the multiplexes started opening, many with smaller theatres, the hope was that these could be used to show films like this which would have a definite audience, even if relatively small. But its not exactly happening because the exhibitors are finding the costs of paying for the screening to the movie companies still too high to justify the costs. The only way it happens now is when a year has passed since the film's release when the cost of screening drops to an acceptable level. That's how Hotel Rwanda made it to Bombay's screens a few months back, but well over a year since international release. Hotel Rwanda ran one week, was pulled and then came back on for another week due to demand from people who called the theatre to say they hadn't seen the publicity about it the first time round. That's the only way I thought Brokeback might make it to commercial release (and you can bet that long before then GB would have oranised a screening!). But what the distributor told my friend is that they are finding that Oscar winning films can generate enough pull to justify a relatively rapid release. So let's keep praying that Brokeback does well at the Golden Globes and Oscars - and not just because the film evidently really deserves it! Vikram ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ftt1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info ========================== This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Classifieds for personal advertisements are back on www.gaybombay.info site. Please exercise restraint in the language of your personal advertisement. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
