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Originally Posted by Hancle704
I really don't believe it is a censorship issue. I had a conversation a few years ago with the manager of The Rialto (pre-Sumter Landing)about a film that I was hoping to see appear in The Villages. I was informed that the Theater Owner and management do not have control over what is shown. He explained that some films do not make it to all theaters because the distributor exercises control over this and if you are not a large chain of theaters, you sometimes don't get some films when they are released.
If folks really wish to see Sicko, they may wish to consider going to one of the chain owned theaters in Leesburg or Ocala, or wait until it comes out on DVD, which probably will happen fairly soon.
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I think I heard another manager-- this one at Sumter Landing-- give the same spiel. I have wondered why the two Village movie theaters, for instance, did not get 3:10 to Yuma while showing Shoot 'M Up? Does not make a whole lot of sense. Think it comes down to bargaining power as you suggest which big chains like AMC and Regal have.
Personally, I do not care that much for Michael Moore's kind of "documentarian" journalism if that is what you would call it. Liked An Inconvenient Truth a lot more in style and loved Planet Earth. Moore's stuff seems to be a lot like the tabloid journalism of the grocery stores or just a cut above.