Kevin Smith to bring his movie 'Red State' to the Michigan Theater
Yesterday, filmmaker Kevin Smith rocked the Sundance Film Festival with the news that he was going straight to the audience with his new horror movie, "Red State" — bypassing the established distribution system by taking the movie out himself on a 15-city tour.
Today, Ticketmaster.com lists the dates for the tour — and one of them is at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10.
The Ticketmaster event page describes "Red State" as "Kevin Smith's highly awaited new horror film," and says the 90-minute movie will be followed by a 90-minute Q and A with Smith himself.
Tickets, at $48.80 and $76.10, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via Ticketmaster.
According to an announcement from the theater, "The plot of 'Red State' follows a gay-hating minister (Michael Parks) who goes on a blood-drenched rampage against an equally murderous squad of federal agents, with some sex-crazed teens stuck in the middle."
It's no surprise that Smith would bring his limited tour to the Michigan, given the theater's reputation in the movie community as well as the rapturous reception Smith received during an appearance there in 2009.
Comments
Random Man
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 : 10:56 p.m.
Umm... Sweet! Looking forward to it and hope I can get some tickets before it sells out on Friday. Even if the horror movie is more along the lines of "All Nazi Surfers Must Die" and less along the lines of the "The Exorcist", still getting to watch it with the director of "Mall Rats", "Clerks", "Dogma" and "Chasing Amy" worth the up price. (Hopefully, the popcorn will still cost about the same though.)
Scott
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 : 4:46 p.m.
$48.80 and $76.10 for tickets? That's robbery. The movie isn't getting very positive reviews from Sundance, so basically you're paying to hear Kevin rant for 90 minutes. No thanks.
mr_annarbor
Wed, Jan 26, 2011 : 12:09 a.m.
I'm with you and @none. I can't see where this is worth $50. I hope the Michigan Theater puts a sucker, errrrr patron, in every seat, though.
bs
Tue, Jan 25, 2011 : 4:28 p.m.
really, $50 to see a movie? Probably not.