'Road House' Reboot Director Not Nice About Amazon MGM Steaming Film Instead of Theaters

[Mark Jeffries]

Doug Liman ("Bourne Identity," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith") says that he made the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze vehicle (with Jake Gyllenhaal in the Swayze role of the world's greatest bouncer who tells his assistants to "be nice" until you can't) to be enjoyed in a theater and is pissed that Amazon MGM is dropping the film on Prime on Mar. 21 without a theatrical run and is so pissed that he will not be attending the screening opening South by Southwest in Austin on Mar. 8, claiming that Amazon is more interested in selling plumbing fixtures than movies:

https://deadline.com/2024/01/road-house-movie-doug-liman-boycott-sxsw-premiere-amazon-1235803736/

[M-D November]

Road House (2024): Prime Don't Hurt.

[PGage]

That’s like saying Apple is more interested in selling phones than movies. Even those of us who simply pay monthly streaming fees should understand that, so much more those who make movies for them.

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:07 AM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Doug Liman ("Bourne Identity," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith") says that he made the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze vehicle (with Jake Gyllenhaal in the Swayze role of the world's greatest bouncer who tells his assistants to "be nice" until you can't) to be enjoyed in a theater and is pissed that Amazon MGM is dropping the film on Prime on Mar. 21 without a theatrical run and is so pissed that he will not be attending the screening opening South by Southwest in Austin on Mar. 8, claiming that Amazon is more interested in selling plumbing fixtures than movies:

https://deadline.com/2024/01/road-house-movie-doug-liman-boycott-sxsw-premiere-amazon-1235803736/

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