# Fahrenheit 9/11 - Now playing everywhere? Not quite. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977 "2004-07-01T00:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/1 "2004-07-01T00:36:27Z")
Despite the adverts’ claim that _Fahrenheit 9/11_ is now playing “everywhere,” none of the four or so theaters in Gulfport are playing the movie. Not only that, a search at [imdb](http://www.imdb.com/showtimes/location/gulfport,ms/tt0361596) reveals NO showings in the entire state! They even give locations in Tennessee and Arkansas as some of the “nearest cinemas” showing the movie. I really thought _F9/11_ would get shown AT LEAST at the Cinemark here in G-Port. I’m not too big on driving to Louisiana or Florida to watch the film. Are there any plans to expand the number of theaters at which it is being shown, considering how much money it has made already? Dang it, I had plans to drag one of my gung-ho conservative Republican friends to see it with me! (Bonus entertainment value!) ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/2 "2004-07-01T00:44:51Z")
Click on Friday in your link. It’s in a few places in the state then: Hattiesburg, Flowood, and Ridgeland. But honestly, isn’t Florida and Louisiana closer to you than most of the rest of Mississippi? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/3 "2004-07-01T00:49:10Z")
I remember when I was a movie theater manager, a customer once came up and wanted a ticket for Movie X, which we were not playing. This information, however, fell on the guy’s deaf ears because he _insisted_ that we _must_ be showing it. I assured him we weren’t but he wouldn’t listen, because, see, he’d heard it even advertised on the TV that we were playing it! Really? What did the ad say exactly? “Now playing everywhere”. :rolleyes: As for the OP, I suspect the film did well enough that any effort to increase the screen count will (hopefully) reach you eventually. I haven’t heard anything lately, though, in terms of hard fast numbers/dates. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/4 "2004-07-01T01:05:12Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Click on Friday in your link. It’s in a few places in the state then: Hattiesburg, Flowood, and Ridgeland. But honestly, isn’t Florida and Louisiana closer to you than most of the rest of Mississippi? Thanks - I didn’t even see that! (Most likely because I’m stupid.) Hattiesburg is a possibility. You’re right - I obviously wouldn’t want to drive to Flowood (MS) instead of New Orleans, but I just thought it was notable that there were no showings at all in MS (at this moment). ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/5 "2004-07-01T03:42:45Z")
BTW, look at the [same list for where I am right now](http://www.imdb.com/showtimes/location/naugatuck,ct/20m/tt0361596). It seems they think Connecticut is a bit more Democratic than Mississippi. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/6 "2004-07-01T07:33:27Z")
I don’t know of anyone who claims **Fahrenheit 9/11** was playing “everywhere.” I mean, gee, they only have 800-some-odd prints right now… ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/7 "2004-07-01T08:20:07Z")
It’s normal for a limited release to expand slowly. Yesterday, 316 theaters were added, and on Friday, 526 theaters will be added, making a total of 1,710 theaters around the country. It will probably expand even more in the coming weeks. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/8 "2004-07-01T11:20:11Z")
And once again, I breathe a deep smug sigh of relief that I left Moss Point, MS, far behind me and burned my Mississippi passport. Now I have to decide which one of the 10 theaters near me to go and see the film… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/9 "2004-07-01T18:11:25Z")
Disney didn’t want to release it at all, and the initial bookings had to be set up in a hurry. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. saw it, and he says, “You gotta see this movie!” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/10 "2004-07-01T18:25:26Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Dale Earnhardt, Jr. saw it, and he says, “You gotta see this movie!” :eek: Is that true?? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/11 "2004-07-01T18:39:19Z")
Yup, and the freedom-loving NASCAR-watching conservatives at Free Republic are [**pissed:**](http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2325) > [@](#): > > “Like it or not, America is a free country. If Dale Jr. thinks everyone should see Michael Moore’s crap, so be it. If he agrees with a hatriot like Moore it is his perrogative to do so. He must however face the consequences of making such a statement. Many people do not agree with him.” > > “If we ruined the careers of the Dixie Chicks we can ruin the careers of Michael Moore and Dale Jr.” > > “I’m just saying that a trairotous attack shouldn’t go unanswered. I can’t just ignore this. People need to know the truth about Earnhardt Jr.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/12 "2004-07-01T18:56:23Z")
Hmm, aren’t the Dixie Chicks’ album sales stronger than ever now? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/13 "2004-07-01T19:22:37Z")
can someone fix that link? I’d like to read that site. “Hatriot” indeed. My favorite part: > [@](#): > > \*Like it or not, \* America is a free country. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/14 "2004-07-01T19:35:16Z")
Doesn’t come as much of a surprise to be that Earnhardt Jr would be a fan – from the little I know of him he’s fairly politically active. He’s also a fan of Canadian rocker [Matthew Good](http://www.matthewgood.net/index.php) who’s as much activist as musician, to the point of actually playing a bit part in one of his videos. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/15 "2004-07-02T00:11:03Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > can someone fix that link? It seems the Freepers took the thread down; the only references remaining are in blogs. > [@lissener](#): > > I’d like to read that site. No, you don’t. Believe me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/16 "2004-07-02T01:24:20Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I don’t know of anyone who claims **Fahrenheit 9/11** was playing “everywhere.” > > I mean, gee, they only have 800-some-odd prints right now… Apparently the [Official Ticket Site](http://www.f911tix.com/) thinks it’s “Now Playing Everywhere.” ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fahrenheit-9-11-now-playing-everywhere-not-quite/252977/17 "2004-07-02T02:31:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hmm, aren’t the Dixie Chicks’ album sales stronger than ever now? One of my friends, who never listens to country music, bought 10 of their CDs just to help counteract the boycott against them. 😃