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    Hollywood Breakdown

    Directors Back Theater Owners in Fight against Studios

    An update in the fight between Hollywood studios and theater owners over studios' decision to offer video-on-demand a mere 60 days after their release in theaters...

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    By Kim Masters • Apr 21, 2011 • 3m Listen

    Kim and John discuss the latest in the fight between some Hollywood studios and theater owners over the studios' decision to release movies into your living room a mere 60 days after their release in theaters. James Cameron, Todd Phillips, Michael Mann and more -- in all 23 big directors and producers -- have sided with the theater owners in protesting this development.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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