# Movie distribution **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-distribution/715659 "2015-03-22T04:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-distribution/715659/1 "2015-03-22T04:06:45Z")
The SO and I are attending TCM’s screening of _Rear Window_ tomorrow. I noticed that every theatre that’s showing it is showing it at the same times. Is the show being ‘broadcast’ to theatres from a central location? Or does each theatre have a copy that they just happen to schedule at the same times? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-distribution/715659/2 "2015-03-22T05:08:33Z")
TCM does these screenings with Fathom Events ([http://www.fathomevents.com](http://www.fathomevents.com)). According to the Fathom FAQ ([http://www.fathomevents.com/faqs](http://www.fathomevents.com/faqs)) they do both live and recorded events. I’ve been to a couple of different screenings, Lawrence of Arabia (Fathom with TCM) and MST3K (Fathom with the MST3K folk). It’s been a couple of years since both, but I’m thinking Lawrence was recorded and MST3K was live. Before Lawrence there was a 30-minute feature on the remastering of, and there were two screenings that day. With MST3K, I think that they were doing their shtick live, and there was just one showing. Because Rear Window has several screenings, I would bet that the theater just starts the recording at the appointed time(s).