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Ann Arbor's State Theater To Air Sony Pictures' 'The Interview'

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Ann Arbor film fans will get a chance to view the controversial film.

The film may have led to the hack of Sony Pictures and terrorist threats against theaters that show it, but Ann Arbor's State Theater will air The Interview, beginning at 6:45 P.M. on Christmas Day.

Because of threats of violence, most theater chains refused to air the film in which the CIA recruits James Franco and Seth Rogen to assassinate North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un. The threats prompted Sony to pull the movie from its Christmas Day release.

Michigan Theater Executive Director, Russ Collins, is also the Director of the Art House Convergence. The independent cinema organization convinced Sony to show the film in their theaters.

Like 89.1 WEMU on Facebook and follow us on Twitter— Andrew Cluley is the Ann Arbor beat reporter, and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News. Contact him at 734.487.3363 or email him acluley@emich.edu.       

Like many, I first came to this area when I started school at the University of Michigan, then fell in love with the community and haven’t left. After graduating from U of M in the mid 1990’s I interned at WDET for several years, while also working a variety of jobs in Ann Arbor. Then in 1999 I joined the WEMU news team.