The good pre-Godfather movies on TV thread - For Galt, and anyone else

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why would you go to the theatre and pay 10 bucks to see a movie you can watch on TV or rent for a couple bucks? Also if for example a movie was released in the theatre and on dvd to buy and rent at the same time, theatres would be closing down left and right. The whole point of theatres is to be able to see a movie that is not available anywhere else. The same theory works with PPV, more so several years ago before dvds became popular. There was a deal made by distributors and PPV to have a window of 90 days between the time a movie was released for rental and when it could be shown on PPV. This way video stores wouldnt be hurt by PPV and would have a 90 day jump to rent films before people could order them from home on PPV and video stores would order more copies of the films to be able to rent. Before dvds, new release VHS films ran video stores on avg of 100 bucks per copy on street date release so it was a big business. The whole point is availability but you do have theatres especially in the city that strictly show only classic films.