
The nearly 120-seat theater was nearly full for the movies' first showing at 4:45 p.m. "I actually was already interested in the film," Smith said.


documents.Īfter eating Christmas dinner they headed to Hudson to see the film. moviegoers wouldn't be pushed around by North Korea, anyone that brought a copy of the Constitution with them to see "The Interview" at the Movieplex received a free medium popcorn.ĭale Smith and his mother, Debra Greaney, both of Leeds, Greene County, brought a whole book of important U.S. "If movie theaters are unwilling to play the movie, what's next? Are we going to cancel the Super Bowl or Election Day because of a threat?" "Freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental American value that we must take seriously," he said. "It was a tough decision, but in the end it was up to the moviegoer to decide," said Kevin Mullin, president of Glenwood Movieplex Corp., which made the decision to play the movie at four of its theaters, including the one in Hudson. Sony's Facebook page has a full list of showings.

The Hudson theater and Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties are two of only 18 in the state showing the film. this is a movie," said Tal, who moved to the U.S. "We have seen movies with all sorts of assassinations. Many theaters, perhaps fearing that they would be cyber-attacked, haven't scheduled the film. The company later released the film after they were criticized for holding it back. Sony Pictures canceled the film's initial release after a cyber attack that, according to Associated Press reports, involved North Korea. "The Interview" is a satire in which two bungling journalists land an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

"The more they aired about it, the more we wanted to see the movie." "They made the movie, so we're going to see the movie," said Liat Tal of Queens, who was with family at their vacation home in the Columbia County city for the holidays.
