Talk:Roadshow theatrical release

Intermission and Dreamgirls

Gods and Generals, which released in 2003, had an intermission, so the statement about the 1996 Hamlet being the last (wide-release) movie with an intermission is incorrect. There are also numerous movies that are not wide-release Hollywood pictures which are intended to show with an intermission, such as most Bollywood movies produced even to this day.

The bit about Dreamgirls having a roadshow release without an intermission seems to be saying nothing more than that Dreamgirls played in limited release before going to wide release, which the article later notes is a common practice for many movies. I removed that paragraph accordingly. Randy Blackamoor 10:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Dreamgirls debuted in a three-theater roadshow release at premium prices, with a program guide. A quick search for "dreamgirls" roadshow yields hundreds of results. I am reinserting the sentence, with a source. --FuriousFreddy 02:20, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

redirect from Roadshow

Is there a reason Roadshow redirects here, rather than the other way around? Is there another encyclopedic usage for the term roadshow? If the simpler name is as good, then it is the better title. — edgarde 23:54, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Road Show is the term used for the marketing trips before the puplic offering of a corparation. Why it is redirected to this topic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.255.108.20 (talk • contribs) on 2007-04-05 T21:30:26

Road Show referring to IPOs was named because it was reminiscent of a Roadshow (Theatrical Release) and so your version of the term would not be the first article but a disambiguation perhaps. It would go under IPOs or Stock Offerings, etc. QUESTION: are there any citations for this information. I know that its true because I know about the Roadshows of the 50s.. But there must have been a citation to get all the names of films. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.164.216.105 (talk) 04:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Probably because no one has written any other article for Roadshow. Care to start one?

At this time, the term on Wikipedia is mostly used in the movie business sense. A "marketing" roadshow article should have a disambiguation link to the Roadshow theatrical release page. If you need help with that let me know. / edgarde 22:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

In the UK, the BBC's popular music station, 'Radio One' held several Radio 1 Roadshow events each summer until 1999. --195.137.93.171 (talk) 02:01, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Japan

This term is used quite frequently in Japanese (it's written as ロードショー, roudoshou in romaji), but I was never quite clear on what it means in that context - as I've almost never heard the word used in English, I'd have to assume it's something somewhat different from what's described in this article. Any thoughts? LordAmeth (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

You are right. This term is used frequently in Japan. In fact roadshows exist in Japan to this day. The Japanese term for roadshow and the English term are one and the same. I think the article should be updated to reflect the fact that a lot of local films in Japan still use the roadshow format before their broad theatrical release.--109.64.195.106 (talk) 21:05, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Unclear article

I don't understand the article (not its facts):
1) WHY did studios release pictures this way?
2) WHY did they quit?
3) WHY did they start again ("for Academy consideration" doesn't somehow satisfy me, being outside the movie business community)?
4) It'd be nice, answering the above, to clarify WHO goes to these showings (they're not premieres, right?).
5) HOW does a flop become successful (or viceversa) with different kinds of showings?

I hope to encourage to find ways to make the article more meaningful.--David Be (talk) 19:13, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Why - marketing - premium prices for a superior early performance. Simplify logistics. Maybe tweak the edit following critical comment (eg 'too long')?

Why quit - better logistics, 'first night' or 'first week' statistics ?

--195.137.93.171 (talk) 02:05, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Removed section "Present Day Epics"

This section was nothing but unsourced speculation and commentary on modern films with long running times and had little to do with the topic of the Roadshow release. IrishStephen (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2014 (UTC)