I caught this in the news the other day, and if it was any other movie theater I may not have believed it, but given it was our favorite film and food emporium the Alamo Drafthouse, I knew the story was legit. Short version goes like this:
- Drafthouse has a strict no phoning/texting rule during movies, with the penalty being ejection without refund.
- All films begin with the above rule being highlighted in a short film that drives the point home.
- Someone was reported thumbing away and was, indeed, ejected.
- Ejected texter later called, presumably drunk, and left a rambling, laughable angry rant, claiming unfairness.
- Drafthouse took audio of call and used it to produce its latest "no phoning/texting" short:
- Makes news.
Love it! Not only does the Alamo Drafthouse generally offer the best movie lineup, good beer and decent food brought to your table during movie in a brilliantly inconspicuous manner, along with great special events and series like Master Pancake Theater and the Rolling Roadshow and showings of The Point with Booger from Revenge of the Nerds singing Nilsson songs in the lobby. Yup, Alamo kicks a little butt too. I'm not one for overdoing it with rules and stuff, but keeping yourself quiet (and dark) for the duration of a film shouldn't be so hard, should it?
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