   
Volume
III No. 5
A
publication of the National Association of Theatre Owners
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From
the President’s Desk
John Fithian reports that NATO has joined
with the MPAA, the RIAA and others to form a free-trade coalition..
Dateline:
Exhibition
Riverfront and Cinema Latino double their sizes; anti-piracy
trailers head to cinemas; GTC names two new execs.
Digital Cinema
Regal CineMedia hosts a digi-concert; manufacturers form a
d-cinema association; Madstone reconsiders strategy.
June
Preview
 Sequels to “Charlie’s
Angels,” “Dumb and Dumber,” “Rugrats
in Paris,” and “The Fast and the Furious.” Plus: “The
Hulk”! Also, Late
Additions to May.
International
Dateline
A consortium buys the United Kingdom’s largest cinema
chain; Toho takes over Virgin Japan; Kieft & Kieft buys
32 Ufa sites.
Next!
“X2” may be as sure a blockbuster
as any film released this year. How will the mutant marvels
evolve now?
Built By Association
Mid-States NATO executive director Belinda Judson touts the
member forums available on NATO’s Website.
Washington
Report
The cinema
captioning controversy is addressed; Congress
considers bills related
to digital rights management.
Final
Cut
Illinois exhibition vet Skip Huston says
there’s a “whole
herd” of sacred cows he’d like to barbecue.
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New NATO Members
Cinema owners who joined up.
Release
Calendar
Coming movies
ordered by date of bow. Updated
weekly.
Events
A calendar
of industry happenings.
How
They Rate
Why films
are classified as they are.
Cash
Drawer
Movies ranked
by gross. Updated
weekly.
Index to
Advertisers
A list of advertisers in this month's print edition of In
Focus.
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 The
Pixar Players
Vets of “Monsters Inc.” and the “Toy Story” series
talk about Pixar’s latest, the very fishy “Finding
Nemo.” Read the uncut web-only version here.
ShoWest 2003
Nicolas Cage, Gary Oldman
and Jamie Kennedy join Adam Sandler and Diane Lane at NATO’s
official convention.
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