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America's Movie: Photographs from the Opening Weekend
All across the country this weekend people headed to the movies, packed the theaters and watched Fahrenheit 9/11. Last week we asked that people take pictures of their opening night experiences, but we never expected to see pictures like these. In every town and every city, long lines and sold out shows. Yesterday we posted the stories we were receiving and below we have posted the photographs. If you don't have much time, we encourage you to quickly skip down to Texas and check out the scene there. We'll be posting more pictures and more stories in the coming days, but for now, take a look at what America did this weekend--and what you did alongside your fellow Americans.
Also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who sent in photographs this weekend. We apologize for not being able to write back to each and every one of you. If we used your pictures below, thank you! And if we didn't use your pictures, we still thank you! It is an amazing collection and it boggles the mind. Thank you!
ALASKA
Anchorage: Front of the line, and back around the corner, the end.
ARIZONA
Tucson, a nice panoramic shot, and a shot spliced together from video.
CALIFORNIA
Emeryville: The people wait to get in and the shows are sold out!
Escondido | Eureka! |Glendale | Hollywood | Irvine | La Jolla | La Mesa | Lodi
Los Angeles: Waiting to get in.
Manhattan Beach | Mill Valley | Modesto
Oakland: The Grand Lake Theater... where the R rating is ignored and the lines are long!
Orange County: Sold Out! | The Line | The Voter Registration
Sacramento and the Tower Theater and the voter registration!
San Francisco: The line that will not stop... #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7
The same stories in Santa Cruz and Santa Monica.
In Santa Rosa, they got tired of standing.
Sonoma, and the beautiful Sebastiani Theartre.
COLORADO
Broomfield: The line starts here...
Colorado Springs | Reverse Angle
Denver | The crowd lines up down the block... and across town, the same scene!
The theater's inspired artwork:
CONNECTICUT
FLORIDA
Aventura | #2. The lines (the unceasing lines!!!) are driving people crazy in Miami
Fort Lauderdale | Fort Meyers | Jupiter
Naples... where the line just kept going.
The end of the line in Sarasota? Nope... Katherine Harris's district does us proud!
ILLINOIS
Champaign by day and by night and sold out
Chicago: The line , and a very excited crowd in the theater | SOLD OUT | The theater | More lines!
INDIANA
And in Lafayette, another full house!
IOWA
Cedar Rapids: All shows...
HAWAII:
The scene in Maui
and in Honolulu
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
Lexington: An endless line, a mob scene, and a special guest:
MARYLAND
Annapolis | Baltimore | Columbia | Gaitherberg
MASSACHUSETTS
Cambridge | Dedham | Hadley | Springfield
Northampton:
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor | Port Huron | Royal Oak | The Royal Oak marquee | Lansing | Lansing | and Lansing!
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis: The line at the Lagoon, and the view inside the theater.
MISSOURI
Columbia | And in the parking lot... a tailgate party!
NEBRASKA
Lincoln: People mingle outfront, pack the hallways, and inside, get comfortable.
NEW JERSEY
Deptford Edgewater Voorhees, and Voorhees at 11 AM.
Washington Township:
"No! Thank YOU Montgomery, NJ!"
NEW YORK
Brooklyn: Standing in the rain in Cobble Hill
In Rhinebeck, people were foced to line up down an alleyway:
But everyone seems to be having fun.
In Rochester, after waiting in line, everyone in the theater poses for a photo for michaelmoore.com.
Syracuse and Utica and Woodstock!
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh: Shows sold out, sold out, sold out!
Asheville: The line by day and by night. Yes... that means it's time to get comfortable. There's even entertainment!
Chapel Hill: The line inside, the line outside, and the resulting sign.
In Durham, the sign, the rush for seats, a packed house, the voter registration, and the scene outside:
To our friendly cameraman in Wilmington who shot this picture of the packed house, we're sorry you missed the first five minutes of the film, but at least you got to yell at the "President":
OHIO
Cleveland | Inside | Heading in
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown | Conshohocken | Erie | Oaks
Something is amiss in Philly
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
We're told Johnson City sold out.
Nashville: The line from back to front.
TEXAS
Austin: Opening Night, 9:30 Show | Sold out shows galore!
Houston turns out in force... and this is Bush country? Oh, who are we kidding... they love George!
Dick Cheney showed up in Houston, giving away $100 Hallibacon bills to bribe people out of seeing Fahrenheit. All in all, a good night for Dick.
It's the same scene at the matinee.
Demand is just as strong in Lubbock and in Dallas and in Frisco (#2) and in Grapevine and in Hickory Creek and in Pasedena
And hey, just look at El Paso:
VIRGINIA
Alexandria Richmond... sold out! And the crowd at night.
Roanoke in the rain.
WASHINGTON
Bellevue: Voter Registration!
Seattle: The Line | More of the line | The Neptune | The Neptune's line! Seattle voter registration.
In Tacoma, Spc. Edward Cruz--on leave between deployments to Iraq--takes in the movie on opening night and a local paper gets his reaction (you can read the article here).
Olympia and Woodinville
WISCONSIN
Appleton | Milwaukee | Eau Claire | Madison | And in Green Bay:
CANADA
London | Toronto | Vancouver | Vancouver #2 | Halifax:
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