EXTENDING THE 'RUN'.Byline: Chris CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response Information System (US DoD) CHRIS California Historical Resources Information System CHRIS Computerized Human Resources Information System CHRIS Command Human Resources Intelligence System Sieroty Staff Writer In an effort to increase box office receipts, DreamWorks Pictures will post the opening sequence of the clay-animated film ``Chicken Run'' on the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises company announced Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant . The opening 7 1/2 minutes of ``Chicken Run'' can be viewed and downloaded at wwww.countingdown.com for five days only, beginning Monday Monday: see week. and ending at 3 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT on Friday. ``While it has become commonplace to release short clips and promotional trailers on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , never has the entire opening sequence of a movie, much less a movie currently in theaters, been released to the Web,'' said DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp Tharp , Twyla Born 1941. American dancer and choreographer whose works, such as Deuce Coupe (1973), combine jazz, tap, ballet, and modern dance. Noun 1. . ``After watching the movie for a few minutes, the audience goes from being fascinated with the clay-animation process, to really getting into the characters and the plot,'' Tharp said. Analysts expect other studios to follow DreamWorks and begin releasing extended clips from their most recent movies over the Internet. ``We are going to continue to see an evolution, not only when it comes to promoting motion pictures but in full distribution because of the Internet,'' said Kevin Skislock, an entertainment analyst with Irvine-based Laguna Research Partners. ``This move by DreamWorks appears to put us in between promotion and full distribution,'' Skislock said. ``It's beyond simple promotion but it's short of full distribution.'' Tharp said this was the first movie sequence released by the studio for distribution on the Internet, and that DreamWorks would make future decisions on a picture-by-picture basis. ``Chicken Run'' has already grossed more than $50 million in its first two weeks of U.S. release. In its first five days of release in the United Kingdom, the movie grossed $7.5 million. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) The clay-animated cast of ``Chicken Run'' will appear on the Internet in a film sequence designed to hook moviegoers. |
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