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MoviePass adds Landmark Theatres to its subscription service
MoviePass, the popular cinema subscription service, just added another large theater company to its roster. While some movie theater groups, like Cinemark, have begun to offer their own (far less generous) take on the idea, others are jumping onboard. MoviePass announced its partnership with Landmark Theaters, known for its indie films and noticeably absent from the service. The agreement integrates MoviePass into Landmark Theatres' ticketing system, adding e-ticketing, advanced screening reservations and in-app seat selection to the movie-going experience.
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview ready for rent from iTunes
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview hit Landmark theaters last year and made a second run again in May of this year. Now, the documentary is available on iTunes. The 1:12 film captured a 1995 interview of Jobs conducted by tech journalist Robert X. Cringely. During this time, Jobs was in between his positions at Apple and serving as the CEO of NeXT. Apple fans can rent the original and unedited interview for US$3.99.
Steve Jobs interview returning to theatres
Last November, a 70 minute documentary based on "lost" interview footage with Steve Jobs was shown in a number of Landmark theaters in the U.S. Now "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview" is returning to Landmark theaters for a limited run in 19 cities beginning on May 11. The footage was originally recorded in 1995 when journalist Robert Cringely was working on his "Triumph of the Nerds" series for PBS. The master tapes were lost, but a VHS copy was found in London last October. After digitization and restoration, the interview footage was released to capitalize on the publicity surrounding both the death of Jobs and the release of the Walter Isaacson biography. MacNN reports that the resolution of the film has now been enhanced using digital cleanup techniques, and that Robert Cringely provides "context and linking narrative." The Landmark Theatres website doesn't show the listings for the film at this time, so check your local theater listings next week for show times and locations. [via AppleInsider]
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview coming to theaters in November
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview will arrive in Landmark Theatres nationwide on November 16 and 17. As the title suggests, the movie is an interview, specifically a 70-minute conversation between Steve Jobs and Robert Cringely that was held in 1995. A small 10-minute segment of the original conversation was included in the Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires, a 1996 PBS miniseries about Silicon Valley. The rest of the interview was supposed to be included in a sequel to the PBS series, but the original footage was lost. Unbeknownst to Cringely, Paul Sen, the director of the original Triumph of the Nerds series, recorded a backup copy of the interview on VHS. When Steve Jobs passed away, Sen began a hunt for the video and found it in the deep, dark recesses of his garage. Sen then contacted Cringely who, in turn, contacted Landmark Theatres co-owner Mark Cuban about screening the film. It only took five minutes for Cuban to agree and another $6,000 investment to convert the VHS recording into a theatrical-quality film. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview will be shown in Landmark Theatres in 17 cities nationwide including those in New York, Los Angeles and Palo Alto, the center of Silicon Valley.
