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The Dark Knight premiers at Goodrich Savoy 16
Midnight movie madness
4:00 am Jul 24 - by Keith Hollenkamp – buzz Writer, and Jeff Brandt – buzz Writer
MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Savoy 16 Theater »Address: 232 W. Burwash Ave. Savoy, IL 61874
Phone: (217) 355-3456
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Last Thursday marked the midnight showing of easily one of the most hyped films of the year, The Dark Knight. Hordes of people lined up at Goodrich Savoy 16 Theater as early as 10 p.m. to make sure that they could get a chance to see the caped crusader’s latest silver screen adventure. Among the crowd were a few attendees who showed their fandom by dressing up as their favorite character. The Joker seemed to be the costume of choice — even most of the staff had dyed green hair and makeup on.
A total of 10 theaters were filled up and it was the first midnight showing that Savoy 16 actually had completely sold out. “It was weird to tell people that we were actually out of tickets,” said Leigh Cunningham, one of the theater’s managers. They ended up selling 1818 tickets, almost 500 more than any other theater in their company, making it the most succesful midnight showing of any of the Goodrich theaters. Savoy 16 had a total of four prints of the film, which they interlocked between film proectors. Interlocking is the process of threading one copy of the film between two, or even three different projectors. “We were interlocked to the max so we really couldn’t show it in other theaters,” said Cunningham.
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