{"id":640218,"date":"2013-01-27T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T20:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=223771"},"modified":"2013-01-27T15:19:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T20:19:37","slug":"youtubers-hit-the-big-screen-for-documentary-please-subscribes-theatrical-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640218","title":{"rendered":"YouTubers hit the big screen for documentary Please Subscribe\u2018s theatrical release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the surface, you wouldn&#8217;t think of YouTubers as being the most reserved of people, but talking into a webcam doesn&#8217;t necessarily reveal all your secrets. Which is why the documentary <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pleasesubscribefilm.com\/\">Please Subscribe<\/a><\/i>, directed by Dan Dodi, aims to illuminate the realities of what it&#8217;s like to create content for the YouTube community: chasing viewer numbers, aiming for ad dollars and dealing with the basic loneliness of the job.<\/p>\n<p>But while <i>Please Subscribe<\/i>&#8216;s target audience is the digital community, the film will first be seen someplace relatively unexpected: movie theaters.<\/p>\n<p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='604' height='370' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPScAyF76oc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>For one night only, <i>Please Subscribe<\/i> will be distributed theatrically, specifically, Tuesday February 5th at 7:30 PM. &#8220;Anytime you make a movie, your number one goal is to make it into theaters. So [this] is pretty cool and pretty important,&#8221; Dodi said via phone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted it to be more of an event,&#8221; Dodi said about the decision to go one night only.<\/p>\n<p>According to David Wengrod of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screenvision.com\/\">Screenvision<\/a>, which is handling the theatrical distribution, <i>Please Subscribe<\/i> will be available in 217 theaters nation-wide, including San Francisco and New York. You can even see it in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a pretty good national footprint,&#8221; Wengrod said via phone. &#8220;If we&#8217;re getting people who don&#8217;t normally go to see a movie on Tuesdays &#8212; people who normally experience stuff through their computers &#8212; then we&#8217;re a success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the theatrical premiere, <i>Please Subscribe<\/i> will be released <a href=\"http:\/\/chill.com\/dandobi\/please-subscribe\">via Chill Direct on March 22<\/a> &#8212; Screenvision requested a 45-day window. 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