Carlyle Group is buying Loews theaters...for real

TexasSissy

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:39 PM
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Carlyle Group is buying Loews theaters...for real

I saw this article today. Sorry I didn't copy the link and don't have it handy (Washington Times article maybe? In the Business section?)

The article said that the Carlyle Group has closed a deal to buy Loews theaters....the third largest theater chain in America.

This is very disturbing. Very disturbing. An attempt to stop the F9/11 movie from re-release before the election, or expansion?

I'll look for the link.

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noahmijo

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:42 PM
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1. The right is already using this as a means of

Edited on Mon Jun-28-04 08:42 PM by noahmijo

Showing Moore to be a total hypocrite in his attacks on Bush's ties with Carlyle.

Um Newsflash, Moore has no stock or business ties with Loews. I mean no REAL business ties like he's been chumming with them for the last decade secretly making illegal profits.

Next lie to debunk please.

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TexasSissy

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:45 PM
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3. I went to see F9/11 at a Loews. It won't be shown there after sale.

That's what I find disturbing. It'll buy the company, which owns thousands of theaters, and not show F9/11?

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Zen Democrat

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:46 PM
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5. F911 opened on Wednesday, Carlyle bought Loew's on Thursday.

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Junkdrawer

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:43 PM
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2. "They're fixing a hole where the truth leaks in....

And allows our minds to wonder" <--- bad take off on an old Beatles song...

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shraby

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:46 PM
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4. Re-runs of Cinderella or

Snow White anyone???

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Kurovski

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Mon Jun-28-04 09:30 PM
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7. They're going to bore us into submission

with a non-stop John Wayne festival and midnight showings of "Bedtime for Bonzo."

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sam sarrha

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Mon Jun-28-04 09:39 PM
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9. John Wayne, Ronald Reagan and Sanatra

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TexasSissy

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Mon Jun-28-04 08:47 PM
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6. Here's a link to the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040621/wl_canada_nm/canada_leisure_cineplex_onex_col_5

It's from 6/21/04.

If the Carlyle Group owns, or is a major owner of, Loews Cineplex (which is where I saw F9/11), then it can refuse to show F9/11, and decrease the number of people who will see it.

This is very scary to me, to shut down access to a movie. A free speech thing. There will be other theaters, but in some small cities, a Loews may be the only theater.

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MGKrebs

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Mon Jun-28-04 09:35 PM
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8. And I believe the Magic Johnson theater down here

in da' hood is a Loews. Will he buy it out? Will I have to go to Midtown for my movies?

Buy it Earvin!!! Don't get hooked up with these so-called people!

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