"Narrows" first live virtual Q&A

LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Reuters) - Cinedigm (CIDM.O) said on Monday it will host the first live, virtual question-and-answer session between a film's cast in one location and audiences in separate theaters to show off a new way that digitally equipped cinemas can lure audiences.

On June 19, moviegoers in 17 U.S. cities will be able text-message questions to the cast of independent movie, "The Narrows," and watch the actors answer on screen in theaters, giving Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp a trial by fire in how to get moviegoers more involved in the cinema experience.

....Cinedigm's live Q&A for low-budget movie "The Narrows" will feature actors Kevin Zegers, Vincent D'Onofrio and Sophia Bush sitting in a New York studio, as audiences in cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Detroit ask them questions.

"It's the first film that I've been in that's been done like this," said D'Onofrio, who also stars in the NBC television show "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

"I think it's all new and it's all great," he said. "Anything to get small films out there in a lot of cinemas because before this, it was art houses."

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DCinemaToday, 6.1.09

First-Ever LIVE Virtual Nationwide Theatrical Premiere Hosted by Cinedigm

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today that it will host the first-ever, live virtual Q&A between a film cast and theatre audiences nationwide as a part of the June 19, 2009 opening night of the feature film “The Narrows.”

The live Q&A will be simulcast to selected theatres across the country giving audiences direct access to the movie’s cast members. The cast members, including Kevin Zegers (“Transamerica”, “The Jane Austen Book Club”), Vincent D’Onofrio (“Law and Order”, “The Break Up”), and Sophia Bush (“One Tree Hill”), will be located in New York and will answer in real-time audience questions submitted via text message, as well as questions submitted prior to the event via “The Narrows” Facebook page.

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