Palmers Green/CoS longevity

[GulPlum]

(I don't usually like compounding posts on different subjects, but neither 
of these issues are substantive enough for individual posts)

waterdogn wrote:

>The Palmers Green article linked to by The Leaky Cauldron goes into
>quite a bit of detail about the filming plans.

<snip>

Ah. Thanks. I'd not actually seen the article itself, as I had problems 
with that site at the time and then forgot to look. In view of all of that, 
as you seem to be implying, I agree that it'll probably one of the Knight 
Bus stops along the way dropping off a witch in Aberystwyth or wherever.

On the separate issue of CoS's longevity, Nick wrote:

>Must have missed the question previously; I live in Nottingham. I seem to 
>recall that you're from Brum? so the multiplex in question is about an 
>hour's drive from you. If you are getting CoS withdrawal symptoms, let me
>know and I will send you showing times and directions!

I've done some checking, and it seems that Nottingham isn't the centre of 
the Potter Movieverse after all. ;-) CoS's longevity appears to be down not 
to Nottingham, but to Showcase Cinemas, which I assume is the Nottingham 
multiplex to which you're referring. A browse through their site 
(www.ShowcaseCinemas.co.uk) shows that *all* of their 19 locations around 
the UK are still doing two shows a day...

These include Birmingham and Dudley (which, perhaps strangely, is much more 
convenient for me than the Brum one). I normally only pay attention to what 
goes on in UGC cinemas, as I have one of their Unlimited cards 
(http://www.ugccinemas.co.uk/AffichePage.jgi?ALIAS=cartesugc/5a) which is 
the only reason why I managed to se CoS so many times without breaking the 
bank. I may, however, make a trip to Showcase this week to catch CoS one 
last time before I go abroad for a month (returning on the day of the DVD 
release! Wahay!).

BTW Nick, the best answer I can give to a question you asked a couple of 
weeks ago: the reason I've seen CoS so many times is "because I can/could". 
:-) (As it happens, I've seen LOTR:TTT about 18 times and Chicago over a 
dozen, and I don't think I'm done with either...)

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GuilPlum AKA Richard, off to see The Hours in umm... a couple of hours.