An American Carol: Ticket Fraud Reported by Production Company

Theater Fraud?!?
"An American Carol" Getting Screwed?
Movie Production Co. Receiving Reports of Ticket Fraud

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According to a spokesperson for Mpower, the production company for "An American Carol", there have been reports of ticket fraud over the picture's opening weekend.

Other irregularities have been reported as well, such as the movie posted with an "R" rating instead of the "PG-13" the movie received.

An "R" rating would limit younger viewers from seeing the movie and producers normally will jump through a few hoops in order to get a "PG-13" rating instead of an "R".

A website has been set up to investigate and take information from movie-goers who bought tickets for the right wing comedy, "An American Carol" and received tickets for other movies. According to the site, An American Carol/fraud:

We have had heard from numerous people across the country that there has been some ticket fraud when buying a ticket for An American Carol this past weekend.

Please check your ticket. If you were in fact one of those people that were "mistakenly" sold a ticket for another movie please fill out the form below. Hold on to your ticket so we can have proof.

If you have noticed other irregularities with the theatres in your area please let us know in the comment section below. For instance, Rated R film rating (when in fact we are rated PG-13), posters not being up, not being listed on the marquee, image or focus problems, sound issues, etc.

Please email us a picture of your ticket stub to fraud@americancarol.com

DBKP contacted Natalie Burkholder, who works at Mpower for more information and received the following email.

"I just spoke to the office (i'm remote at the moment) and there have been 20 separate reports of theater fraud. I will get details and let you know."

While 20 reports may not seem like many, the number of ticket-holders who didn't know, don't pay attention or didn't report is likely to be much high.

Todd Warner Huston at NewsBusters is also asking questions about possible ticket fraud:

An American Carol debuted this past weekend and there have been some disturbing reports that ticket sales for the film have been fraudulently credited to other films in cineaplexes all across the country. The rumors are so persistent that the American Carol folks have added a section to their website for movie-goers to report the fraud. The filmmakers are reporting that at least 10 theaters are being investigated for this fraudulent practice.

So, if you have attended this film and happen to still have you ticket stubs, take a look at them to see if you were credited with having paid to attend the right movie.

"An American Carol" is the rarest of Hollywood movies: it makes fun of the Left and liberals and celebrates America.

Predictably, it was slammed in reviews on Left-wing and MSM sites in the run-up to the film being released this past weekend.

On a personal note: In the cinema complex that this reviewer attended, outside of Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, "An American Carol" had a good audience, with most of the people in the line ahead requesting tickets to see the David Zucker-produced movie.

When new information is available, DBKP will have another report on the theater fraud.

by Mondo
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Video: Bob Hope, Zombies and Democrats

From The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Same as it ever was.



hat tip: PA Pundits, "Best Movie Line Ever"


by Mondo

An American Carol Trailer: Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell are "Pinheads"

We received this exclusive trailer--at least for a little while--from "An American Carol".

It's not your average "Hollywood view of America" movie.






See?


by Mondo

An American Carol: Movie Makes Fun of Michael Moore, Liberals

An American Carol: Two Video Trailers

A conservative movie?

From Hollywood?

Is this a joke?


It's not often--ever?--that a Hollywood movie makes fun of socialized health care, Michael Moore and most things Liberals hold dear.

But An American Carol, a new movie from David Zucker, "the master of questionable taste" (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4) does all of these and more.

In An American Carol, Kevin Farley (Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm) plays Michael Malone, an infamous “Hollywood” filmmaker who’s made a career out of criticizing America. When his newest crusade becomes an Ebenezer Scrooge-esque “Bah, humbug!” to abolish the Fourth of July holiday, he is visited by three spirits from America’s past who rise up to show him the error of his ways. In this outrageous and totally irreverent political satire, Malone has to confront the true effects of his films on the world around him while discovering the true meaning of America and what it stands for.

[ABOVE: Jon Voight, as George Washington, and Kelsey Grammer, as Gen. George S. Patton, are two of the three spirits that visit film maker, Michael Malone, during the night of July 4, in the upcoming comedy, An American Carol.]


Perhaps mindful that the film will not get talked up much in the MSM, the film's producers are trying a new-but-risky tactic: they are trying to inform potential theater attendees of the movie by using the Right Blogosphere.

The move is risky because one remembers a movie that got tremendous "buzz" online, but fizzled when it came time for movie-goers to pony up for a ticket: Snakes on a Plane.

Packed with Zucker’s trademark visual gags and verbal comedy, prepare yourself to laugh at the expense of people in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., and everyone in between.

In addition to Kevin Farley, the movie stars Kelsey Grammer, Zucker mainstay Leslie Neilsen, country music star Trace Adkins, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Arend, Serdar Kalsin and Jon Voight.

Now, this is a Hollywood film taking a risk: slapping Michael Moore and his views up alongside the head.

Any bets on what the odds of it receiving any Oscar nominations?

Will audiences go see it?

Will people hear about it to make that decision?

The movie debuts in theaters nationwide on October 3 with the slogan, "Be Heard on October 3rd".

Guess we'll know more about the box office success of a conservative movie on October 6.


by Mondo

Movies for Crash Test Dummies: Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers
America's Original Crash Test Dummies



An email recently arrived from our favorite Boston chronicler, Darren Garnick, who is the producer of a about-to-be-released movie "Hell Drivers: America's Original Crash Test Dummies". [www.helldriversmovie.com].

Darren usually runneth-over with info, and his latest didn't disappoint.

Hell Drivers is about guys who drive halfway across the country for the chance to drive a flaming garbage truck off a dirt ramp into a mound of junk cars. About motorcycle jumpers who have bounced back from brain-injuring crashes to soar fearlessly above county fair crowds. Most have no health insurance, no life insurance and don't get Hannah Montana money to go on tour.

Whether you work in a cubicle or an auto body shop, you'll be inspired by guys who get off their butts and follow their dreams -- even when all logic tells them to give it up for something "safe."

Hell Drivers premieres on June 13 at the New Jersey International Film Festival (details here: http://helldriversmovie.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/world-premiere/ ) and then moves on to screenings in Philadelphia (late June), the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Iowa (early August) and Orlando (late August). Final scheduling details are being worked out on those other locations and will be updated soon at www.helldriversmovie.com. Rest assured, we are also working on some New England screenings over the next few months.

To learn more about Hell-Drivers, check out:
Hell Drivers: America's Original Crash Test Dummies

At last, a movie for the whole family!

"Hell Drivers": a movie for the whole family

Darren adds this note for the athletically-inclined:

P.S. Anyone interested in sprinting up the Rocky steps after our Philadelphia screening is welcome to join me and director Peter Koziell!

A movie about guys who drive fast, jump over cars and crash into stuff--maybe with flames?!?!

A chick flick, it's not.


by Mondoreb
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* Hell Drivers: America's Original Crash Test Dummies