It's Not Out Yet

[TruthHurts]

I get a call from a customer asking if we have the new Richard Gere movie on DVD yet. I asks him to describe the film to me in the hopes that it will jog my memory.

As the customer explains it, I realize he is talking about the newest film, the one that isn't due in theaters for another couple of weeks or so. I tell him that it's not even out yet. He asks me if we will be getting it on DVD this week.

I explain again that the film is not even out in theaters yet so likely it won't be on DVD for months. He thanks me and then says "I'll call back next week and check if it you guys have it."

[Becks]

Maybe he'll forget.

Or realize he's not that smart.

[Imogene]

Used to get that all the time at the Chesterfield...
"Yeah, I'm looking for that new Jim Carrey movie...?"
"Eternal Sunshine...?"
"No, the new one... where he has multiple personalities?"
"The one that hasn't even hit theaters yet?"
"Yeah."
"We don't have it."

[Evil Queen]

Do people not know how long it takes for a movie to go from Theater to DVD?

Oh wait, that's too smart for the average moron... silly EQ.

[Automan Empire]

I may have been sucky once

I remember asking video store clerks for History of the World part II.
It took a lot of NOs before I realized that Mel Brooks never made a Part II. Just that teaser on the end of part I.

New titles before they've even hit the theater? Come on! Although nowadays, it seems the DVDs are in stores before the show has left the theaters...

[Imogene]

Although nowadays, it seems the DVDs are in stores before the show has left the theaters...

Oh, please? I'd have snatched up Wall*E the moment I left the theater, if it were only true...

[Automan Empire]

It's true. I believe some movies are out 8 weeks after screen release. Studios wanted to shorten the time; exhibitors with millions of $ invested in theaters of course protested furiously. It has become a problem for long-tail and second run theaters. It used to be months. With the internet, file sharing, and piracy, they have to grab the revenue as quick as possible. </threadjack>

[AdminAssistant]

New titles before they've even hit the theater? Come on! Although nowadays, it seems the DVDs are in stores before the show has left the theaters...

And in Spaceballs you can get the video before the movie is even finished!!!

[Shards]

And in Spaceballs you can get the video before the movie is even finished!!!

"But when will then be now?"
"Soon."


Priceless.

[Sonoma]

And in Spaceballs you can get the video before the movie is even finished!!!

And while you're picking up Spaceballs the movie, you can also pick up your Spaceballs the bath towel.

[Apathy]

Do people not know how long it takes for a movie to go from Theater to DVD?

No. Absolutely not.

[Shards]

And while you're picking up Spaceballs the movie, you can also pick up your Spaceballs the bath towel.

And spaceballs the flamethrower!

[Mordecai]

And spaceballs the flamethrower!

Yogurt: And last but not least, Spaceballs the doll, me.
[pulls string]
Doll: May the schwartz be with you!
Yogurt: [kisses the doll] Adorable.

[Becks]

They're showing commercials for Spaceballs: The Animated Series...

Thinking more on the OP--maybe he was expecting direct to DVD?

[Crow The Robot]

And in Spaceballs you can get the video before the movie is even finished!!!

"No, no, no, no. go past that. In fact, never show that part again."

Gah I hated those people. When i sometimes covered Electronics for WM, we had a list of movies and their repective release dates. People still asked for DVD's that wouldn't be released for weeks. Oh, wait SCs can't/won't read. My bad.