Sony Pictures' controversial movie The Interview is now out there,the goofball comedy about assassinating the leader of North Korea.YouTube Movies, Microsoft's Xbox Video and Google Play made it available today to buy or rent.The announcement from Sony Pictures comes a day after the studio sayssome independent theaters will show the movie, starting tomorrow.A few hundred are expected to do so.The wide release of the film was canceled after big theater chains decided not to show it following threats ― allegedly threats from North Korea.And now the demand is high for indie-theater owners ― owners like Josh Levin.And everything's sold out right now except for the 5:20.Levin owns West End Cinema here in Washington. I asked him if he's ever seen a situation like this before.It is extremely unusual that indie theaters are the lifeline for a major studio like Sony.And we're very happy to be partners with Sony and showing this film.What did you make of Sony's decision to offer the movie also as an online rental?I mean, does that take the wind out of your sails going into the showing tomorrow?Not at all. I think Sony made a wise decision to make it available on as many screens as they could given the heightened interest in this film.So what are you doing to prepare for the showing?We're treating this as if it was any other film showing.We've heard from other independent theaters who say they've reached out to their local police departments.
索尼影业备受争议的电影《采访》即将公开，这部荒诞喜剧片讲述的是刺杀朝鲜领导人的故事。YouTube电影频道、微软Xbox和谷歌电子市场今天将提供这部电影的购买和出租服务。索尼影业在发表这份声明的前一天曾表示，一些独立剧院将于明天开始放映这部电影。另外约有几百家影院也将上映影片。这部电影本来计划进行大范围上映，但是大型剧院遭遇了据称是来自朝鲜的威胁而决定取消上映计划。现在对于乔什・莱文这样的独立影院主来说，需求量很大。Interview is showing at 2:30, 5:20, 8:20 and 10:30.《采访》每天的上映时间为2:30，5:20，8:20和10:30。除了5:20的场次以外，其余场次均已售罄。莱文是华盛顿西区电影院的持有人。我问他以前是否遇到过这类情况。独立剧院成为索尼这样的大型制片公司的生命线非常不寻常。我们非常高兴可以和索尼合作上映这部影片。你怎么看索尼决定提供这部电影的在线租赁服务？我是想问，这样会不会影响明天的电影上映？完全不会。我认为索尼做出了明智的决定，考虑到这部电影引发的兴趣，这样可以让这部电影在尽可能多的屏幕上上映。那你为电影上映做了什么准备呢？和准备其他电影的上映一样。我们听其他的独立剧院说他们已经向当地的警局提出了帮助请求。
