Bosses left red-faced after film preview cancellation (From Dorset Echo)
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Bosses left red-faced after film preview cancellation
11:30am Thursday 25th October 2012 in News
RED-FACED cinema bosses were forced to cancel a special film preview at Dorchester’s new Odeon cinema last night because the building was not ready.
The cinema in Brewery Square was due to open its doors for an exclusive preview screening of The Sapphires.
The Dorset Echo carried a reader offer in yesterday’s edition offering free tickets, and the offer had to be cancelled due to Odeon’s last-minute announcement.
The cinema is on track to open to the general public tomorrow and a charity screening of the new James Bond film Skyfall, which is sold out, will go ahead as planned tonight, an Odeon Cinemas spokesman said.
The spokesman said: “Unfortunately Odeon Dorchester was unable to open for last night’s promotional screening of The Sapphires. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience and assure guests that the cinema will be opening on Friday as planned and a preview screening of The Sapphires will be rescheduled as soon as possible.”
Comments(4)
dontbuyit
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1:28pm Thu 25 Oct 12
DickDastardly
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3:29pm Thu 25 Oct 12
PortlandYoof
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8:42am Fri 26 Oct 12
The last time me and the missus went to Cineworld in Weymouth, it cost us close to £14 EACH, with food and a drink.
Free parking in the multi story after 6:30PM? Whoopy-doo!!
Plaza Dorchester = £2.50 a film or £3.50 for 3D I think, the food is perfectlly reasonable.
It's now such a joke that 'Orange wednesdays' at cineworld still amount to three times the price of a standard ticket at the plaza, plus it's just been refurbished. The staff aren't rude/ignorant like Cineworld (Personal experience).
Just a disclaimer, I don't work or am associated with the plaza, just disagree with paying £30 for me and the mrs to go watch a film in a substandard cinema! Rant over. :-)
stench says...
12:05pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Good promotion of what's to come, perhaps :)